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Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous
Oct
24
US 34 opening ceremony article
Yes, more, because it finally opened, it’s been decades in the making, and after driving 670 miles in two days I need recovery time. I hope to have photos up next week. Omaha World-Herald article KMA: Bridge to common ground … Continue reading
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Oct
22
Photo 26,000
June 24, 2014: Entering Missouri on the new I-70 Mississippi River bridge. My summer Missouri vacation re-clinched I-70 between Denver and central Maryland (3 miles of new road) and clinched the entirety of I-44. Kansas City is used as the … Continue reading
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Oct
21
More US 34 bridge stories
After seeing a short Omaha World-Herald story, excerpted below, I was puzzled for a minute. However, the story has mixed up the bridge across the Missouri River and bridges across Interstate 29, which got that exact new configuration last week. Westbound … Continue reading
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Oct
20
US 34 bridge ceremony, opening Wednesday
Information was slow to trickle out, but now the details are ready: The new US 34 bridge across the Missouri River will open Wednesday at 3 PM. The DOT press release did not include any information about an opening ceremony, … Continue reading
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Oct
18
Cityview description of Lincoln Highway change is wrong
I don’t know what possessed Cityview’s Jim Duncan to open up a story about food at the Meskwaki casino with a Lincoln Highway conspiracy theory, but it’s flat out incorrect. Duncan writes: The Lincoln Highway’s course was only altered in one … Continue reading
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Oct
16
US 34 Missouri River bridge will open Oct. 22
After many delays, the new Plattsmouth bridge is scheduled to open Oct. 22, creating a shorter four-lane link from I-29 to the south Omaha suburbs. There are stories from the Omaha World-Herald, WOWT, and KMA Radio. After the bridge is … Continue reading
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Oct
15
US 20 figures into governor debate
Story from Sioux City Journal. This version online puts the four-laning of US 20, and the closely related gas tax issue, as the centerpiece of the debate.
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Sep
30
Second US 65 Bondurant stoplight activated
The four-lane US 65 diagonal through Bondurant gets a little more suburban with the addition of a signal at 32nd Street starting tomorrow. This is between Grant Street (former IA 945) and I-80. There will be another signal added to US 65 … Continue reading
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Sep
29
Beltway interstate designation talk rises again
December 18, 2006: Two numbers, two opposing directions, and the occasional bout of confusion about what road you’re on. US 65 and IA 5 share the Des Moines beltway between US 69 and Carlisle. I have pointed out before that … Continue reading
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Sep
16
Lincoln Highway bridge needs repairs again
The historic unique Lincoln Highway bridge on the east end of Tama is about to celebrate its centennial. It underwent an extensive rehab project in 1987, but flooding and time have raised the need for more work to be done, … Continue reading
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