Jun 19

Minor page updates

Posted on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, at 3:14 PM by Jeff

Photos taken in the past year have been added to IA 38, 186, 234, 273, and 359. The US 18 page now has the plaque that stands where the old suspension bridge crossed the Mississippi River. (Somehow I never added that earlier.)

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Jun 17

Gazette articles on railroads

Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at 7:30 PM by Jeff

Informative articles from the Cedar Rapids Gazette about the importance of the railroads in Iowa’s history and the network “representing arms of urban economic imperialism of Chicago”.

Iowa’s past, future converge with railroads

Union Station was hub of downtown Cedar Rapids

This is a timed post.
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Jun 17

License plate countdown — ZKQ

Posted on Sunday, June 17, 2012, at 3:47 PM by Jeff

I saw that one right after a ZKN with a “for sale” in the windshield. (Then why did they get the plate?)

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Jun 16

Chief Wapello is down

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 10:09 PM by Jeff

 December 18, 2006

Thunderstorms in Wapello County knocked down the statue on the courthouse in Ottumwa. The rain came the same week that the county was declared to be in a moderate drought.

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Jun 16

Don Bosco gets its own football field

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 2:39 PM by Jeff

KWWL story here.

That reminds me, I still have a school district directory to update…

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Jun 16

Madison County Courthouse

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 10:00 AM by Jeff

It’s not my best courthouse picture, but it’s a clear winter sunset in Winterset. January 10, 2012.

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Jun 16

I-74 Exit 1 now a six-ramp interchange

Posted on Saturday, June 16, 2012, at 12:31 AM by Jeff

Two loops at 53rd Street opened Friday.

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Jun 15

US 20 construction in Sioux City

Posted on Friday, June 15, 2012, at 2:26 PM by Jeff

KCAU update from a week ago. I know it’s old, but there’s a video showing work on the volleyball interchange. The story is about ramps closing at I-29/US 20.

Slightly more recent is this Sioux City Journal story from the 12th about future work in Woodbury County.

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Jun 15

What’s NOT in the highway plan

Posted on Friday, June 15, 2012, at 1:57 PM by Jeff

Plans for four-laning US 63 south of Ottumwa had made it to the design stage, but construction or preparation for construction is not in the new five-year program.

The Ottumwa-to-Kirksville segment will remain two lanes for the foreseeable future.

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Jun 14

Tama County in the highway plan

Posted on Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 1:25 PM by Jeff

The IA 21 bridge over Wolf Creek is scheduled to be replaced in 2017. That’s all. The big infusion of money came with the US 30 work that is now complete.

The good news is that the Benton County plan includes preparation for four-laning US 30 from US 218 westward to IA 21. The style and location for an interchange at the former is still being discussed (the Youngville Cafe has to be protected) and there will also be a diamond interchange at the latter.

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