Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous

Feb 15

Mediapolis bypass, IA 78 interchange part of US 61 plans

Posted on Monday, February 15, 2016, at 11:00 AM by Jeff

Iowa’s last rural segment of US 61 that isn’t four lanes north of Keokuk is between Burlington and Grandview, and a meeting in Mediapolis on Tuesday is about closing that gap. The existing five-year plan has US 61 four-laned from … Continue reading →

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Feb 11

Great River Road to be signed like other Iowa byways

Posted on Thursday, February 11, 2016, at 10:10 AM by Jeff

I travel the whole thing and THEN it gets new pretty signs. May 14, 2010: The current style of Great River Road shields in Iowa is a square smaller than square highway shields. This is at the north end of … Continue reading →

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Feb 10

Keokuk no longer a ‘control city’ on I-172

Posted on Wednesday, February 10, 2016, at 10:05 AM by Jeff

April 20, 2008: Former sign at a road intersecting I-172 in Adams County, Illinois. I-172 is an interstate spur in far western Illinois connecting Quincy to Interstate 72. For decades, I-72 ended where I-172 began, until a new bridge across … Continue reading →

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Feb 04

Input wanted on improving I-80

Posted on Thursday, February 4, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

If you haven’t been all focused on the caucuses, you may have noticed a few news articles about the DOT undergoing an all-encompassing study on I-80. Right now, the study is about asking for input; it’s an “online public information … Continue reading →

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Feb 02

Clearview is dead

Posted on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

September 13, 2015: The exit sign for the new US 63 interchange with IA 3 is signed in Clearview. Note the “L”s especially, and how the lowercase letters aren’t that much shorter than the capitals. The interchange replaced a four-way … Continue reading →

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Jan 19

What if we swapped US 6 and 275 in Omaha?

Posted on Tuesday, January 19, 2016, at 10:09 AM by Jeff

By the end of this year, Broadway through Council Bluffs will no longer be part of the Iowa highway system. US 6 will have to be taken off its straight route through the city and moved onto I-29 and I-80. After … Continue reading →

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Dec 29

Year in review: Completion of US 20 in Illinois and Indiana

Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015, at 3:00 PM by Jeff

October 9, 2015: US 12/20/45 share the road for a while on Mannheim (not Steamroller) Road. In October I went after one of the more prominent missing segments in my highway travels: US 20 between Rockford and about Portage, Indiana. I … Continue reading →

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Dec 28

In-depth guides to Route 66

Posted on Monday, December 28, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

August 4, 2010: Replica early cutout highway sign at the Chandler (OK) US 66 Interpretive Center. Traveling Route 66 is something every roadgeek (or at least those in the western half of the country) gets the urge to do. I … Continue reading →

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Dec 24

A highway created and a state un-clinched

Posted on Thursday, December 24, 2015, at 10:14 AM by Jeff

November 21, 2012: Well, this sign on new 20 didn’t last long. It will be replaced with one reading “North 71 South 471 / Storm Lake / Early”. Iowa Highway 196 probably died today. [OR NOT: see bottom] The highway running … Continue reading →

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Dec 22

At least the number is in the right place

Posted on Tuesday, December 22, 2015, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

January 30, 2012: This sign on I-35 in Texas could have an interstate shield in its future, I-14, running west along US 190 to Fort Hood. Embedded in the five-year highway bill recently signed into law is designation of more … Continue reading →

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