Category Archives: Highway Miscellaneous

Dec 11

New Lincoln Highway kiosks in Cedar Rapids

Posted on Wednesday, December 11, 2013, at 1:10 PM by Jeff

KWWL has three paragraphs, but the story notes that these are the last kiosks to be placed in Linn County. A different website has a 19-photo slide show of national Lincoln Highway pictures.

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Dec 06

The other I-480

Posted on Friday, December 6, 2013, at 3:46 PM by Jeff

October 1, 2013: A grammatically incorrect “Ends 480” in northeastern Ohio sign is placed just south of the Ohio Turnpike, but drivers must exit and travel a short connector to reach I-80. It’s not possible to travel the entire distance … Continue reading →

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Dec 04

US 63 reroute in Rochester set for 2014

Posted on Wednesday, December 4, 2013, at 1:24 PM by Jeff

July 17, 2013: This is where US 63 will join/leave US 52, eventually. County Road 14 connecting 52 and 63 is still rural, for now. Although there were previous reports that Rochester MN had accepted the transfer of US 63 … Continue reading →

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Nov 25

Reconstructed IA 86 now open

Posted on Monday, November 25, 2013, at 11:52 AM by Jeff

This photo from Chris Ehret shows new IA 86 at the Minnesota state line. If “Dickinson County” had been white on green and on the top of the pole, it would look like an older style county sign, but this … Continue reading →

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Nov 21

I-74 bridge moves fractionally closer

Posted on Thursday, November 21, 2013, at 11:41 AM by Jeff

Speaking of things destined to be built Real Soon Now, WQAD reports that construction of a new I-74 bridge across the Mississippi River is expected to begin in 2017 and won’t be done for another five years. All you will see … Continue reading →

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Nov 20

Tama County US 30 meeting tomorrow

Posted on Wednesday, November 20, 2013, at 11:35 AM by Jeff

The Iowa DOT is holding a hearing in Toledo on Thursday to discuss proposals for upgrading US 30 east of Tama. What makes this hearing different from many of those in the past few years is that there will be … Continue reading →

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Nov 18

IA 175 bridge transfer, end to tolls scheduled

Posted on Monday, November 18, 2013, at 1:06 PM by Jeff

September 17, 2007 The second-to-last privately owned toll bridge on the Iowa part of the Missouri River is about to be free. A story earlier this month from the Sioux City Journal (reprinted in the Lincoln Journal Star) said the … Continue reading →

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Nov 14

IA 100 plans out, but will still take a decade

Posted on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 3:06 PM by Jeff

March 18, 2004: This sign near Edgewood Road won’t be going anywhere for a while. The Iowa DOT had an open meeting on IA 100 Wednesday in Cedar Rapids and put the plans online. KCRG has a news story about … Continue reading →

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Nov 13

A meeting about US 30

Posted on Wednesday, November 13, 2013, at 1:03 PM by Jeff

This short item in the Carroll Daily Times Herald says the U.S. 30 Coalition will meet Friday in Nevada, but doesn’t say much else that hasn’t been mentioned elsewhere. Mainly it appears to say two things: The coalition will ask … Continue reading →

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Nov 12

Kansas futzes with US 40 in Lawrence

Posted on Tuesday, November 12, 2013, at 10:52 AM by Jeff

Why?? Among the October 2013 applications for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Highways, Special Committee on Route Numbering, were the reroutes of interstates in the St. Louis area for the new bridge, creating I-49 through Arkansas* (PDF), and a minor … Continue reading →

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