(1928-July 1, 2003)
WEST End: Stop sign/T intersection, IA 5, Marion County
Facing west on 156
Photo by Jason Hancock
Jason raced down to get 156 before July 1, but he got beat to the punch even though it was June 28. Ironically, I would spend June 30 in Benton County waiting for signs to come down and they were still up at the end of the day (except for 199, which I wasn't looking for because it wasn't on 30 - ack!). The first "East 156" pole, similarly naked, is on the left.
Facing west on 156
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing southeast, but heading south, on 5
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing southeast, but heading south, on 5
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing southeast, but heading south, on 5
Left photo by Jason Hancock
Photo by Jason Hancock
Only the rural signage revealed the old highway.
Facing northwest, but heading north, on 5
Facing northwest, but heading north, on 5
This photo is bigger to show the new rural sign in the background.
EAST End: City limits of Bussey, Marion County
Facing north, but heading west, on 156
Photo by Jason Hancock
Jason writes, "Finding the east end was harder than I thought. I forgot to check the PDF map first, and I thought the east end was further in town, but I later found out that IA 156 ended at the west edge of town, at 2nd and West Streets. The only shot I got in that area was this, the leaving-town LGS."
Facing north on Merrill Street, two blocks east of above picture
Photo by Jason Hancock
What, then, of this sign? There doesn't appear to be any space for a pole above it. Given that the last county map with 156 on it ended at the photo above, and that we aren't in the business district, perhaps the state route was turned over inside the city prior to 2003.
Facing south
Photo by Jason Hancock
Jason says the space on the post above the speed limit sign originally led him to believe a 156 marker was there.
Facing north
Photo by Jason Hancock
There is space for a sign here too. The T23 sign at far left may give credence to the idea that 156 originally ended here before an early turnover.
Facing south on T23
Photo by Jason Hancock
Pictures by Jason Hancock: First-fifth, seventh, and tenth-fourteenth, 6/28/03
Pictures bye me: Sixth, eighth, and ninth, 7/11/05
Page created 12/18/03; last updated 10/30/05