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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Jul
21
Lincoln Highway routes in Belle Plaine, Part 2
July 7, 2013: Preston’s Station in Belle Plaine as it appeared in the centennial year of the Lincoln Highway’s creation. In 1924, the Lincoln Highway through Belle Plaine had almost nothing in common with what we think of as the … Continue reading
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Jul
20
Lincoln Highway routes in Belle Plaine, Part 1
July 7, 2013: Downtown Belle Plaine is a block south of today’s signed Lincoln Highway route. Main Street, formerly 12th Street, is now one-way eastbound. It’s time to refine the history of the Lincoln Highway in Belle Plaine, and along … Continue reading
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Jun
30
Front of Sparks Garage has collapsed
April 17, 2016: Sparks Garage in Beaver. A Lincoln Highway landmark in central Iowa has entered its death throes. The Sparks Garage in Beaver, established in 1912 but abandoned for decades, deteriorated significantly in the past year. The cinder blocks … Continue reading
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Jun
28
History of the Lincoln Highway in Wyoming
Wyoming Public Television made an hourlong documentary for the centennial of the Lincoln Highway in that state. It won an Emmy. It’s entertaining and informative, and I’m going to link to the station’s page with the video although I first … Continue reading
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Jun
24
Lincoln Highway: Sutherland, Nebraska
August 6, 2016: Mural on side of building on side of Lincoln Highway/US 30 in Sutherland, Nebraska, about 6 miles east of the Mountain/Central time zone boundary. NOTE: I am getting a WordPress fatal error “undefined function current_action()” and until … Continue reading
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Jun
22
Lincoln Highway: Marshalltown, Iowa
March 26, 2010: Closeup of the clock tower at the Marshall County Courthouse. The Lincoln Highway’s original route through Marshall County went right through Marshalltown. It wasn’t relocated onto a straightaway until the end of 1947. The route through the … Continue reading
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Jun
21
Lincoln Highway: Jefferson, Iowa
May 15, 2011: The Greene County Courthouse, as seen from the Lincoln Highway (above) and looking east on the Lincoln Highway from the Mahanay Memorial Carillon Tower (below). Half a century plus one year after the Mahanay Memorial bell tower … Continue reading
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Jun
20
Lincoln Highway: Williamstown, Ohio
October 3, 2013: Intersection of the Lincoln Highway and US 68, Williamstown, Ohio. A significant stretch of the Lincoln Highway in Ohio was signed as US 30 as recently as the beginning of the 21st Century. The highway was upgraded … Continue reading
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Jun
19
The Lincoln Highway, as previously seen here
July 6, 2013: Youngville Station at the intersection of US 30/218 in Benton County. Over multiple days, I traveled the then-newly-signed Lincoln Highway Historic Byway across Iowa for its 100th birthday. Since this week is the Lincoln Highway Association’s annual … Continue reading
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Jun
09
Final IA 17 reroute revealed
At a mid-May meeting, the Iowa DOT presented the newest version of its plan to reroute IA 17 east of Boone. A new road would run north of the Central Iowa Expo (Farm Progress Show) grounds for about ¾ mile … Continue reading
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