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Intermodal Terminal
To handle the increasing volume of piggy-back freight, Union Pacific Railroad has opened an intermodal freight terminal in Omaha, according to W. J. Fox, UP vice president of operations. The terminal, located on the old Union Station passenger yard,…
International Association of Fire Fighters 75 Years Charter
Document commemorating 75 Years of continuous affiliation of Local 15, Council Bluffs, IA Fire Department.
International friendshp blooming in AL history class
New friendships . . . developed through an exchange of ideas among A.L. students Tessa Milner, seated, Rosanne Nevling, Maria Guarte and Marie Kuo. -- Nonpareil Photo
International ladder truck
Photograph of Fire Department International ladder truck
Interstate 480 Bridge
Photograph of Interstate 480 Bridge during construction, May 1966. Connects Broadway (Council Bluffs) to Douglas Street (Omaha).
Interstate 80 Bridge Near Completion
Work on the Interstate 80 bridge at Spring Street is now centered near the Nebraska end, with less than 400 feet of deck to be paved. This picture shows the section of the bridge between a paving machine and the Nebraska abutment, which is partially…
Interstate 80 Fill:
An earth fill, towering 30 to 40 feet above the floor of this valley in Rockford Township about three miles east of Loveland, will carry Interstate Highway 80 across the valley and over the concrete drainage chute shown under construction. Looking…
Interstate 80 Fill:
Hills Are Leveled . . . by workmen and equipment of the S.E. Gustafson Construction Co. of Sioux Falls, S.D. The huge dirt movers will move over 2 million cubic yards of earth from the hills in construction of the two-and one-half-mile strip of…
Interstate 80 Progress
Construction on Interstate 80 diagonal from northwest of Neola to the proposed intersection with I-29 at the old Council Bluffs airport is on schedule. Two-thirds of the grading work was completed before winter weather halted that phase. Work on the…
Interstate 80 Progress
Three Million Cubic Yards . . . of dirt will be moved in the 20-odd mile diagonal. Cuts through hills, such as this about 1.5 miles south of Weston, will provide fairly level driving. This bridge will carry county road traffic over the four-lane…
Interstate 80 Progress
Three Levels Of Traffic . . . will use these two bridges and the east-west Interstate 80 route east of the intersection of the Interstate and Highway 64 north of Neola. Top bridge will channel traffic from the westbound Interstate 80 route south over…
Interstate Bridge Gap Closing Fast
A gap of about 200 feet remains to be closed for completion of the steel frame for the new Interstate Highway 80 bridge, said Gerald Rainwater, superintendent for John F. Beasley Company of Texas, erection contractor. "We hope to close the gap by…
Interstate Bridge Work Pushed
These steel pilings - resembling the bony structure of a huge fish stuck in a sand dune - will provide support for a bridge on Interstate 29-80. Work shown here is one of the many phases in the highway project. This span west of Highway 192 on…
Interstate Diagonal Nears Completion
Paving machinery dots the panorama of the Interstate 80 diagonal intersection with the east-west I-80 route north of Neola as workmen complete the project. Paving between the intersection and Council Bluffs is now complete according to…
Interstate Routing:
This aerial photograph of Council Bluffs shows the route of the Interstate Highway System (heavy black lines) as it affects the area west of Sixteenth Street. In the center of the picture is the major interchange that will carry traffic between…
Interstate Should Be Five Miles From Finish By Jan. 1
By Christmas, Concrete Pavement . . . will have inched its way along Interstate 80 (2) from Highway 375 (1) onto the approaches (3) to twin spans across the Rock Island Railroad piggy-back yards. The overpasses will link I-80 to I-29.