NORTH End: Stop sign, US 6, Cass County
Facing north on 48
Photo by Neil Bratney
Facing north on 48
Photo by Neil Bratney
Facing east on 6
This is possibly the only US 6 shield in Series C font in Iowa, because the one at I-35/80 I saw in 2004 is gone.
Facing east on 6
Facing east on 6
Rural sign at intersection
Photo by Neil Bratney
Way, way, way back when, before US 6 was US 32 or even IA 2, the White Pole Road connected Council Bluffs and Des Moines. While 6 is marked as White Pole in Cass County west of Atlantic, the north-south road changed to Indian Creek here because the creek begins to parallel the gravel road north of 48.
SOUTH End: Stop sign, US 59/Fremont St., Fremont/Page county line
Facing west, but heading south, on 48
Photo by Neil Bratney
I had incorrect information here earlier (in part because I was using Mapquest). IA 48's end has moved farther north from its original route through Shenandoah, meeting 59 on the north edge of town. In the deep background - not the road the blue car is on - is old IA 2, but it met 59 to the south (left) of this picture, at Sheridan Avenue, which east of 59 was old 48.
Closeup of signs in above picture
Facing north on 59
Facing north on 59
For an intersection with a state highway near a town, this intersection and US 59 at IA 2 are both surprisingly lacking in development.
Facing south on 59
Photo by Neil Bratney
Neil says the Wabasha Trace trail goes sixty miles from Council Bluffs to Blanchard on an old railroad grade.
Pictures by Neil Bratney: First, second, and sixth, 5/11/02; seventh, 4/20/02
Pictures by me: Third, fourth, and eighth-eleventh, 6/12/06
Page created 5/12/02; last updated 8/20/06