This is a selection of photos from trips in April-May 2009. Please note that the comments under the photos will not appear when you click on the image to enlarge it (800x600). Apple-click to open in a new tab.
South end of IA 173, NW of Atlantic |
Lewis, along former IA 414 |
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Rural signs at north end of IA 48 |
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Montgomery County Courthouse, Red Oak |
East end of former IA 184 |
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Scene-setter at IA 2's entrance into Iowa |
Fremont County Courthouse, Sidney |
No it's not |
I had no idea at the time, of course, that these photos of the Farragut school would come in handy. |
Years later, after Farragut started grade-sharing with Hamburg, the state shut down the district. |
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Page County Courthouse, Clarinda |
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What was left of the original New Market school. Newer elementary and gym addition on either side remained. |
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A series of correspondence set me up to get from Traer to Denver in two days. |
While I was in a bit of a hurry, I wanted to cover highways along the way, including US 69 through Kansas City. |
Still following 69's convoluted route through metro KC |
The "funny" part was that I ended up at the same Salina hotel I'd stayed at seven months earlier. (No photos as it got dark and rainy.) |
Former end of US 156 |
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(I mean, of course I had to stop by here.) |
Kansas has quite a few spur highways connecting towns formerly on US 40 to I-70. |
I-70 through Kansas was a pleasant drive, just long. It was a beautiful day. |
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K-274 to the Agricultural Research Center in Hays has been decommissioned. |