Elkhart, Indiana, to Bellevue, Nebraska - July 26, 2016

Signs and scenes from our ride on and near I-80 from Elkhart, Indiana, to Bellevue, Nebraska.

We start the day by going into Elkhart. [Crop/Zoom: 552x724]

After an unintentional side trip on Old US 20, we will cut down to the real US 20 on Indiana 331. [Crop/Zoom: 752x474]

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Interesting sign here on US 20 south of South Bend. We are entering the Mississippi River drainage basin from the St. Lawrence here. [Crop/Zoom: 1590x687]

The rural scenery on US 20 west of South Bend.

We passed through the nice little town of New Carlisle, Indiana. [Crop/Zoom: 1163x433]

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I didn't know this part of US 20 was once the Lincoln Highway. [Larger: 2304x1728]

More New Carlisle. [Larger: 2304x1728]

Arrival at I-94. [Crop/Zoom: 2439x685]

On I-94 in Indiana. [Crop/Zoom: 1433x657]

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Into Illinois on I-80 and I-94 West. [Crop/Zoom: 629x493]

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Now it's I-80 all the way across Illinois. [Crop/Zoom: 1070x891]

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With a little more time, we'd have made a loop off the road to travel I-180. [Crop/Zoom: 2484x1376]

Coming up on the Quad Cities area. [Crop/Zoom: 2339x993]

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On I-80 on the east side of the Quad Cities metro. [Crop/Zoom: 646x1380]

Passing the western end of the western I-88. [Crop/Zoom: 3429x1190]

Our lunch exit. [Crop/Zoom: 960x1016]

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Illinois 84 is also the Great River Road. [Crop/Zoom: 1270x1856]

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After lunch, it's back on I-80 to cross into Iowa. [Larger: 2304x1728]

View to the east from the I-80 bridge over the Mississippi. [Larger: 2304x1728]

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I-80 West into Iowa. [Crop/Zoom: 1172x1229]

We made a little loop back through the Quad Cities for highway clinching purposes. [Crop/Zoom: 3086x1082]

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Construction on the I-74 bridge over the Mississippi. [Larger: 2304x1728]

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Onto I-280, which will give me my last Iowa Interstate segment. [Crop/Zoom: 2358x832]

The Mississippi River bridge on I-280 back into Iowa. [Larger: 2304x1728]

View east from the bridge. [Larger: 2304x1728]

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Taking this exit for the side trip through Grinnell. [Crop/Zoom: 1462x1439]

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Historic US 6 is well-signed through here. [Crop/Zoom: 843x990]

Onto modern US 6. [Crop/Zoom: 2121x1105]

The short US 6 and US 63 concurrency here. [Crop/Zoom: 818x915]

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Grinnell was nice, but we didn't stop and I didn't take any good pictures. [Crop/Zoom: 760x1108]

Historic and current US 6 both go through Grinnell. [Crop/Zoom: 1033x1193]

This is where we turned to return to I-80. [Crop/Zoom: 640x615]

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We had a little detour trying to get to US 275 here in Couuncil Bluffs. [Crop/Zoom: 791x1100]

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Heading toward the Missouri River on US 275.

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Now into Nebraska. [Crop/Zoom: 2944x856]

terescoj+pics@teresco.org - Wed Jul 27 15:19:43 CDT 2016

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