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Overlook Tower Is Completed
Towering Above . . . Interstate Highway 680 at the Loveland rest area is the long-awaited observation platform. The wooden tower has five levels, giving tourists a panoramic view of the Missouri River valley to the west. The tower was part of a…
Loveland Post Office Closing - Residents Aren't Happy
The Loveland Post Office . . . has been housed in this small frame building for more than 30 years. Mrs. Iona Wood, retired postmistress and her husband Eugene, will continue operating the combination general store and gas station after the postal…
Loveland Drive Resembles Dinosaur - 'Scenic Lookout Brontosaurus'
Use Your Imagination . . . and you will see a Brontosaurus dinosaur in the scenic drive atop the bluffs east of Loveland. Access to the area is only from the westbound lane of Interstate 80N at the present time. The drive will be ready for use when…
Concrete, Steel And Wire Make Up Relay Building
Solid Concrete And Steel . . . structure overlooking Missouri River valley will house microwave equipment.
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…
New Rest Stops Thoroughly Modern - Loveland Spot On Interstate 80
Inside Looking Out . . . is attendant Bob Millett, who checks tourist information on folding display board at the Loveland rest stop on Interstate 80. From this workshop he can view the parking area, still coated in winter white, through the window.
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
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…
Little Loveland Smack Dab In Middle Of Interstate Dispute - Citizens Look For Boom If Route Approved . . .
From The Opposite End . . . of town the business section looks like this. The east-west Interstate Highway, when it comes, will cut across the present Highway 75 a short distance beyond the point where the truck is seen entering town.
Little Loveland Smack Dab In Middle Of Interstate Dispute - Citizens Look For Boom If Route Approved . . .
The Business District . . . of Loveland consists of five establishments along one and one-half blocks of Highway 75. Trees at far right obscure the residential section.
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…