Waterloo/Cedar Falls area
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Looking northward, these two signs in Waterloo indicate that I-380 is about to end a half mile ahead -- but the exact end of the route (below) is not signed. These signs, featuring the new Clearview font, replaced the signs that were previously there sometime in late 2006. |
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This overhead warning sign is placed at I-380's 73rd and final mile marker. |
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This is the signalized intersection of Mitchell Avenue and US 218, which is officially the north end of I-380's 73-mile journey. US 218 continues through Waterloo as an at-grade boulevard for two more miles before it becomes an elevated freeway (again) downtown. More photos related to I-380's northern terminus can be found at aaroads.com's Interstate Terminus Page. |
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Believe it or not, an interchange exists between University Avenue, formerly US 218 and still a major thoroughfare, and Greenhill Road, a parkway built in the early 1990s. These signs along northbound Greenhill Road show examples of freeway signage at the on-ramps. (Originally I said this interchange was between two city streets, but University Avenue is really an unsigned state highway, IA 934. Photos of its endpoints can be found here.) |
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This big green sign appears on westbound University Avenue. It looks like the "TO" in front of the US 218 shield was added after the last segment of the Rooff Expressway was completed. The "TO US 218 NORTH" sign does not appear on eastbound University. |
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US 218, the Leo P. Rooff Expressway in Waterloo, turns westward at the Broadway Street exit near the airport before intersecting IA 57 and IA 58/27 in Cedar Falls. The interchange is a cloverleaf except for a flyover ramp connecting northbound US 218 with southbound IA 58/27. (Note that "Cedar Falls" is in smaller type than the other two control cities; my guess is that the Iowa DOT planned to put something else on the sign before deciding on "Cedar Falls.") More photos can be found on Jeff Morrison's site, as this is a common end for both IA 57 and 58. |
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The first big green sign for the interchange used to have two big markers for IA 58 (south) and US 218 (north), but IA 27 came along. As was the case in the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City areas, some signs were too narrow to fit regular-sized markers in so the DOT used small markers in their places. But lo and behold, IA 27 appears under both banners! |
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The flyover ramp splits into two directions at this point. IA 58 is a four-lane expressway through Cedar Falls before ending at a simple diamond interchange with US 20 which actually predates the expressway. US 218, meanwhile, continues northward as part of the Avenue of the Saints. (You may be able to make out the shape of the large US 218 marker that used to be where the small marker is now; it's a slightly brighter green than the rest of the sign.) |
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These signs are on northbound IA 58/27 at the US 218/IA 57 interchange. Two small shields for US 218 and IA 27 replaced the large US 218 shield on the sign on the left. |
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The posted end of IA 58 at the US 218/IA 57 interchange, looking northward. The road continues as US 218. |
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These signs are at the end of IA 57, which continues as the Leo P. Rooff Expressway and US 218. The sign on the right had room for a regular-sized IA 27 marker. |
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And just when I thought I'd never see a wide three-digit US highway shield in Iowa, I found this one at the eastern end of IA 57. They are very similar to the shields on the big green signs at the upcoming interchange. |
Additional Waterloo/Cedar Falls area photos can be found on the terminus photo pages for IA 21, IA 57 (pre-1986 east and 1986-1995 east), IA 58 (south and pre-1995 north), IA 281, old IA 297, and old IA 412 (San Marnan Drive).
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