Iowa sure does love gravel roads
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Great for gravel cycling.
Never appreciated how much engineering goes into road building. Go take some gravel and the steep inclines and descents are crazy compared to paved surfaces.
Never appreciated how much engineering goes into road building. Go take some gravel and the steep inclines and descents are crazy compared to paved surfaces.
being from north central iowa, almost all gravel is north/south or east/west.
When i moved to southern Iowa, i was shocked to find this wasn't true. I had to go to Pekin Iowa for a game one time and got lost (pre cell phone) because the gravel wasn't like in the north and I got on a gravel road that was a highway. I had never seen that before.
When i moved to southern Iowa, i was shocked to find this wasn't true. I had to go to Pekin Iowa for a game one time and got lost (pre cell phone) because the gravel wasn't like in the north and I got on a gravel road that was a highway. I had never seen that before.
Indeed. Loudoun County, VA has a gravel road map, and the roads are some of the most beautiful in the state -- sunken roads with stone walls on both sides, covered by a tree canopy, coursing through some of the most spectacular horse farms in the Commonwealth.
i wish we had a gravel-only map in Rockbridge County, VA
I avoid them whenever possible now, but you haven’t lived until you’ve gone Dukes of Hazzard on some gravel roads. From Eldon to the BP on 63 south of Ottumwa is 11 miles of twisting, turning gravel roads. When I was a young buck I could make that trip in 10 minutes.
With declining tax revenue, State roads won't be getting much improvement.
We're approaching the point where State govt. will need to steal $$$ from city and county entities to cover the losses.
Then...the Dim One can cover her drunk ass on finances.
We're approaching the point where State govt. will need to steal $$$ from city and county entities to cover the losses.
Then...the Dim One can cover her drunk ass on finances.
Drank a lot of busch lights on those gravel roads in eastern iowa. Csb
Thank you for the booze cruise map. I'm sure there are a couple roads I've missed.
Puss bag has to go political. 🤡
Between drinking and smoking I did a lot of gravel travel in my youth
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UI is one of the only places testing self-driving vehicles on rural roads
The University of Iowa’s National Driving Safety Institute is one of the only places in the country where automated vehicles are taken on gravel roads.
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Nothing better than loading up a cooler and hitting the gravel roads with friends.
Did some gravel bike races with sections on level B maintenance. Holly shit, make Dukes of Hazard look like I80
We are on them almost every Saturday and Sunday as my wife is a birder. I have to wonder how often people in the country have to replace windshields-we had to last year when someone speeding past us flicked a large piece of gravel into our front windshield. But that was the first time we got hit that bad. Usually the only negative is all the gravel dust on the vehicle.
And a sweet girl in a halter top and shorts.
It's not necessary. MO, IL, MN have a lot of rural roads and are not gravel/limestone. It is what Iowa does and it's a health issue. River gravel would be better for health.
It does cut down on farmer lime costs for pH.
It does cut down on farmer lime costs for pH.
I love the smell of limestone dust in the morning.... oh that was napalm.
I live on gravel, drive it several miles a day, and even more during hunting seasons. Great for a booze cruise, a slow drive home, teaching the kids to drive, etc.
Being able to fill a huge cup of coffee and get your kid out of the house on Saturday mornings to go look for wild life and not just sit in front of the TV.
Grew up in ne Iowa and all the gravels seemed to lead somewhere. Moved to more eastern Iowa and many of them seem to come to a dead end, a level b or limited usage road. Those first few months of finding out what gravels not to take was annoying.
Growing up in and around Burlington I lived in a gravel road for a few years. My grandparents lived on a gravel road, and in high school I dated a girl who lived on a gravel road. I hate gravel roads.
When I go back to visit I’m impressed by how many of those rural roads are now paved.
When I go back to visit I’m impressed by how many of those rural roads are now paved.
Missouri has lots of gravel roads and most are not much wider than one lane. Nebraska's are also inferior to Iowa's. You can't use river rock because it does not bind together to form a base. It would be like driving on marbles. You have to use rock with jagged edges.
Nothing more exhilarating than flying down a gravel road at 60+ miles an hour knowing the slightest little slip of the wheel can send you flying into a death spiral, lol. I used to traverse gravel on the regular. Been probably 10+ years since I’ve drove a gravel road. One of those things you don’t think about until it’s brought up at random on HBOT. Kinda feel a little home sick right now……
I won’t drive on them anymore unless it’s absolutely necessary. They tear vehicles up mercilessly. Why bother washing your vehicle if you live on one? It will only be clean until you drive it again.
Love me some gravel roads. Would never live in then but they are quintessential Iowa. I feel sorry for people who drive on nothing but four lanes with ramps and overpasses.
