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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.
Interstate Span Open To Traffic
Symbolic Linking...of the two states is performed by Nebraska Gov. J.J. Exon, William Gray, chairman of the Iowa Highway Commission, and Council Bluffs Mayor Joseph B. Katelman.
Introducing 'psycho-education' to Bluffs
Nadine Rey, a youth life educator from France, plays backgammon with a client at the Christian Home. Rey is at CHA under an exchange program. Nonpareil photo by Steve Glowacki.
Intruder Flushed Out of Atlantic Store
Atlantic Police, Iowa State Patrol and Cass County Sheriff's officers escort Dennis Edward Elliott, 28, of Red Oak from Cappel's Ace Hardware Store in Atlantic after and eight-hour standoff Tuesday morning. Elliott and Morgan Lee Jensen, 21, of…
Invite Members For House; Drive Opens Monday
The General's Suite...at the Historic Gen. Dodge House, just opened to the public, is viewed by Mrs. John A. Whittaker, Mrs. Andrew Fluetch and Mrs. Clifford Lee
IOOF Lodge Room
Photograph shows the first IOOF (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) Lodge in Council Bluffs, IA.
Printed on reverse of image: "November 24, 1931 - The second story of the above building on the revers side was occupied as the first Hall or Lodge Room…
Printed on reverse of image: "November 24, 1931 - The second story of the above building on the revers side was occupied as the first Hall or Lodge Room…
Iowa And Nebraska To Push Bridge Work - Linking Council Bluffs And Omaha
Shaking On Agreement . . . to cooperate in Interstate Bridge construction are L.M. Clauson and John Hossack. Nebraska Gov. Frank Morrison, second from left, and Iowa Gov. Harold Hughes look on.
Iowa City Played Key Roll In Early History Of State - Territorial Capital Century Ago . . .
An Old Brick Walk . . . leads across the inviting grounds of Plum Grove, home of Robert Lucas, first governor of the Iowa territory. Now a state historical monument, the restored Lucas home is open to the public.
Iowa City, Iowa
Hundreds of Johnson County settlers gathered around Old Capitol in the early 1850's for the Johnson County Fair. The building was still unfinished at this time and had not been completed in December, 1857, when it became the property of the State…