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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Sep
14
C57 interchange ribbon cutting Thursday
There will be a ribbon cutting for the US 218/County Road C57 interchange Thursday at 2:30, the Iowa DOT says in a press release. The exit itself will not open until October. After it is opened, the surface-road intersections will … Continue reading
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Sep
08
Speed limit at US 18/218 reduced
The speed limit on the Avenue of the Saints in Floyd around the US 18/218 split will be reduced from 65 to 55 mph tomorrow, the Iowa DOT says. The speed zone will be a mile and a half long. … Continue reading
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Aug
29
Tama County Lincoln Highway meeting tomorrow
Nov. 22, 2002: Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama. If you haven’t seen my fall 2002 photo project, it’s new to you! Following a meeting in central Iowa about the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway corridor, there will be a similar meeting … Continue reading
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Aug
23
Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway meeting Wednesday
Prairie Rivers of Iowa is a nonprofit group promoting the Lincoln Highway as a Heritage Byway. It’s in the last year of developing a “Corridor Management Plan, or a long-term plan for the entire byway.” A meeting in State Center on … Continue reading
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Aug
11
Why IA 162 became IA 322
May 11, 2002: South end of IA 322 in Pammel State Park. Photo by Neil Bratney. Semi drivers making bad decisions caused a state highway to be renumbered in 1982. From the DOT’s newly online primary route archive: The park officer … Continue reading
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Aug
05
Renewed push for Floyd overpass
Iowa’s network of four-lane roads grew substantially in the 1990s, but it came with the tradeoff that most of them had at-grade intersections. That has proven to be a problem in certain locations as traffic increased. Right now, construction on … Continue reading
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Aug
03
Waterloo accepts transfer of University Avenue
July 15, 2007: East end of IA 934 approaching the complicated US 63/218 interchange. IA 934 is gone as soon as the Iowa Transportation Commission finalizes a $28 million agreement with the city of Waterloo. The Waterloo city council voted … Continue reading
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Jul
18
Knoxville cut out of IA 5/92 interchange
October 15, 2010: This sign isn’t at the IA 5/92/Business 92 interchange east of Knoxville anymore. The expansion of genericized interchange signage in Iowa from interstates to other highways is not sitting well with some in Knoxville. This is likely … Continue reading
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Jul
01
Moving IA 17 off Lincoln Highway
July 5, 2013: The original Lincoln Highway runs on IA 17 between E41 and 205th Street in Boone County. The elevator is part of West Central Cooperative. There is a mile-long east-west segment of IA 17 that runs along old … Continue reading
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Jun
24
Updates to the index page on the blog’s fifth anniversary
May 10, 2005: IA 98 is expected to be turned over to Van Buren County July 1. There’s a front door to this place, although it has less action than the blog page. I haven’t done major work on the … Continue reading
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