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2 Interstate Stretches To Open Soon
The Neola Turnoff Sign . . . marks point near the end of the new I-80, to be completed soon. Neola is at left of highway.
A 'Lift' For SW Iowa Drivers - 40 More Miles Of Interstate To Open Labor Day
Heavy Black Line . . . across center of map indicates segment of Interstate 80 that will be opened to traffic Labor Day from a point east of Dexter to an interchange on Highway 71 northeast of Atlantic.
B'dway Bypass Route Is Opened
Workmen Remove Barricades . . . to open the Broadway bypass, thereby saving motorists 10 minutes on trips to and from Omaha. This photo was taken at Thirty-sixth Street and Broadway and looks west.
Bridge Moves Along
Drilling into rock about 106 feet below the river, men and machines for Tri-States Drilling Co. are nearing completion of the caissons under pier 9 for the Spring Street Interstate 80 bridge. All other piers with the exception of number 8 in…
Ceremony Marks Openings Of Major SWI Highways - State Officials Present
Cutting Ribbon . . . to officially open Interstate 80 at Avoca is Secretary of State Gary Cameron, assisted by State Representative Burl Scott, Highway Commission Chairman Harry J. Bradley Jr., and Congressman John R. Hansen.
Council Bluffs Aerial Views
Aerial photo of Valley View Drive and Mosquito Creek, looking southwest. Interstate 80 is pictured across the upper left, at Franklin Avenue.
Delay Opening Of I-80 West Of Avoca
Interstate 80 . . . winds from the bluffs overlooking Loveland to an interchange with Interstate 29. Bridge in foreground is the new Interstate 29 overpass and east section of that bridge will be open next week. Bridge in center takes Illinois…
First Section Of Interstate 80 Starts 'Nowhere' And Ends There - There's A Reason, But . . .
The West End . . . of the initial Interstate Highway 80 construction in Pottawattamie County will be in Minor Nelson's backyard. Nelson points to the approximate spot the road will terminate.
First Section Of Interstate 80 Starts 'Nowhere' And Ends There - There's A Reason, But . . .
The East End . . . of the Pottawattamie County stretch of the highway will stop somewhere in this general vicinity on the Albert Mc Crickard farm.
Freeway To Cost $38 Million
Interchange Driving Will Come Naturally - Brush Up A Bit, But . . .
From North Sixteenth Street . . . the twin lanes of Interstate 29 jog alongside the Missouri River to approximately Thirty-seventh Street and Avenue G, where they curve south. You are looking southwest. Converging lanes in the foreground form the…
Freeway To Cost $38 Million
Take A Look:
This massive aerial photo, with the Council Bluffs Interstate super-imposed, will be on display at Carrier Hall in The Nonpareil Bldg. until 9 p.m. Tuesday and for several evenings thereafter. Miss Margaret Adams of Neola, an employee at the United…
Freeway To Cost $38 Million
Interchange Driving Will Come Naturally - Brush Up A Bit, But . . .
Airport Exchange . . . will link two Interstate highways. This view, pointing northeast, shows Interstate 29 running across the bottom of the photo. Interstate 80 heads up Mosquito Creek Valley. The center of the interchange is about 1,000 feet north…
Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
End Of Line . . . for the moment on westbound Interstate 80 is a quarter mile west of Highway 71, north of Atlantic. Paving reached this point in 1959.
Grading Begins On Interstate 80; Construction Resumes After 5 Years - 'It's A Barrier' to Farmer . . .
Grading Began . . . last week south of Elk Horn to finally start westward extension of Interstate 80 toward the Missouri River.
Headed For The River
Paving crews for Dugdale Construction Co. of Omaha are pouring concrete paving on Interstate 80 Highway west from Highway 192 to the Spring Street Bridge now being built across the Missouri River. The $2.5 million paving project will be completed…
Huge Interchange Is Taking Shape Near 37th, Broadway - Multi-Million Dollar Project
Growing Interchange . . . of Interstate 480 has changed the topography of Council Bluffs near the Missouri River. The earthen hills in the center will support lanes of traffic above ground level; to their left are piers for four overpasses. Other…
Hwy. 375 Gap Closed
The concrete deck for the Interstate 80 bridge over Highway 375 near South Avenue will be ready to pour in about two weeks, a spokesman for Cramer Brothers Construction of Des Moines said Friday. Crews are now pouring spacer joints between the…
I-80 Another Step Forward For State - Twin Dedication Tuesday
Barricade . . . is shoved aside to open Interstate 80 by Robert Walton, Pottawattamie County supervisor, State Treasurer Paul Franzeznburg, Council Bluffs Mayor Joe Katelman, Mayor H.R. (Cy) Watson of Missouri Valley, Highway Commissioner Everett…
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…