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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Mar
19
What Lisbon bypass will do to Lincoln Highway
July 6, 2013: The Lincoln Highway departs from present-day US 30 right at the Linn-Cedar county line. After the bypass is built, this intersection will still be here, but the road won’t be US 30. Maps and documents for the … Continue reading
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Mar
17
Bridge on Linn Lincoln loop to be replaced
August 24, 2013: The Bloomington Road bridge over Big Creek in Linn County is part of the Lincoln Highway loop route through Marion. An 85-year-old bridge in Linn County is too young to have been a part of the Lincoln … Continue reading
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Feb
23
US 71 to replace IA 196 in Sac County; IA 471 coming
September 17, 2007: Now it’s really the end of IA 196. The route of US 71 in Iowa will undergo a significant change in 2015 and a new state highway will be created. Among the DOT’s public lettings for Jan. … Continue reading
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Feb
13
IA 3’s last blocks change in Dubuque
April 18, 2006: This part of 9th Street in Dubuque is now two-way. Remember this story from a while back about Dubuque getting rid of some one-way streets? That happened Aug. 25. That conversion of east-west streets affected US 52 … Continue reading
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Feb
05
Davenport could kill east-west one-way pair
Third and Fourth streets in downtown Davenport are one-way streets, and the city council is looking into eliminating those, reports WQAD. This would not affect the north-south one-ways on Brady and Harrison streets carrying Business 61. Cedar Rapids has approved … Continue reading
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Feb
04
DOT committed to interchange at 65/330
After years of public meetings and study, the US 65/IA 330/IA 117 intersection in Jasper County will be upgraded to an interchange. The interchange will be northeast of the current intersection and both the present intersection and the F17 intersection … Continue reading
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Feb
03
Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge being demolished
A major bridge that carried Route 66 traffic for a while near St. Louis, the westbound I-270 Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge, was partially imploded today. The Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge — not the one over the Mississippi River, but to … Continue reading
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Jan
30
Could Jefferson Highway be signed like Lincoln Highway?
July 11, 2004: This Jefferson Highway turn stone has been placed on the interpretive walking trail at the Reed-Niland corner in Colo. Photo taken on day of dedication of renovated Niland station. Earlier this month, the Osceola Sentinel reported the … Continue reading
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Jan
29
US 20 author coming back to Cushing
Cross country US 20 traveler Bryan Farr made such an impression on a small Woodbury County town last June that they invited him back this summer. Cushing now has the Old 20 Community Development Corporation. I tagged along that day, helping … Continue reading
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Jan
28
IA 415-NE 66th Avenue exit will be removed
One of Iowa’s oldest interchanges is on its way out. IA 415 in Polk County between Des Moines and Ankeny was upgraded to four lanes, with a grassy median, in two stages: Broadway to Northeast 54th Avenue in 1959, and … Continue reading
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