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The Avenue of the Saints is a 560-mile highway that connects St. Paul, Minnesota, and St. Louis, Missouri. State capitol building in Saint Paul Saint Paul is the capital and second-largest city of the state of Minnesota in the United States of America. ...
The Gateway Arch, shown here behind the Old Courthouse, is the most recognizable part of the St. ...
History
The Avenue of the Saints was the idea of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, businessman Ernest Hayes, who envisioned a four-lane highway between St. Paul and St. Louis in the 1980s. The Iowa Department of Transportation decided to study the idea in 1988. Several politicians endorsed the idea, including Mount Pleasant mayor (and future Iowa governor) Tom Vilsack, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa, and Congressmen David Nagle and Fred Grandy of Iowa and Dick Gephardt of Missouri. Mount Pleasant is a city located in Henry County, Iowa. ...
The 1980s in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1980 and 1989. ...
State nickname: The Hawkeye State Other U.S. States Capital Des Moines Largest city Des Moines Governor Thomas Vilsack (D) Senators Chuck Grassley (R) Tom Harkin (D) Official language(s) English Area 145,743 km² (26th) - Land 144,701 km² - Water 1,042 km² (0. ...
1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Thomas James Vilsack (born December 13, 1950, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) was elected 40th Governor of the state of Iowa in 1998. ...
Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ...
Charles Ernest Chuck Grassley (born September 17, 1933) is the senior United States Senator from Iowa. ...
The United States House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the Congress of the United States. ...
Fred Grandy (born June 29, 1948) was an actor on the U.S. television series, The Love Boat, before his election in 1986 to the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa. ...
Richard Andrew Gephardt (born January 31, 1941) served as a U.S. Representative from Missouri from January 3, 1977, until January 3, 2005. ...
State nickname: The Show Me State Official languages English Capital Jefferson City Largest city Kansas City (largest metropolitan area is Saint Louis) Governor Matt Blunt (R) Senators Kit Bond (R) Jim Talent (R) Area - Total - % water Ranked 21st 69,709 mi²; 180,693 km² 1. ...
By the end of 1989, four possible routes for the Avenue of the Saints were under consideration by the Federal Highway Administration. Two of the rejected routes would have followed U.S. Highway 52 and U.S. Highway 63 from St. Paul through Rochester, Minnesota, to Waterloo, Iowa. Another rejected route would have followed U.S. Highway 61 from St. Paul through La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Dubuque, Iowa, to Davenport, Iowa, and U.S. Highway 67 from Davenport to St. Louis. 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is a division of the U.S. Department of Transportation that specializes in automobile transportation. ...
United States Highway 52 is an unusual United States highway. ...
United States Highway 63 is an north-south United States highway that runs for 1,286 miles (2,070 km) from northern Wisconsin to northern Louisiana. ...
Downtown Rochester and the South Fork of the Zumbro River Rochester is a city located in Olmsted County, Minnesota. ...
Waterloo is the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. ...
The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, Dubuque, Iowa. ...
La Crosse is a city in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. ...
Downtown Dubuque and the Riverfront Dubuque is a city located in Dubuque County, Iowa. ...
Dillon Fountain and Main St. ...
United States Highway 67 is a north-south United States highway. ...
In 1990 the FHWA chose its route for the Avenue of the Saints. It would follow Interstate 35 from St. Paul to a point south of Clear Lake, Iowa; U.S. Highway 18 to Charles City, Iowa; U.S. Highway 218 to Cedar Falls, Iowa; Iowa Highway 58 and U.S. Highway 20 around Cedar Falls and Waterloo, Iowa; Interstate 380 from Waterloo through Cedar Rapids to Interstate 80 near Coralville, Iowa; U.S. 218 to Donnellson, Iowa; Iowa Highway 394 and Missouri Highway B to Wayland, Missouri; and U.S. Highway 61 and Interstate 64 from Wayland to St. Louis. This article is about the year. ...
MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION MILEPOST Mexican Border Texas 0 I-10 Texas 158 I-20 Texas 418 (I-35E) I-30 Texas 427-428 (I-35E) I-40 Oklahoma 126-128 I-44 Oklahoma 133-138 I-70 Missouri 3 I-80 Iowa 72-87 I-90 Minnesota 13 I-94...
Clear Lake is a city located in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. ...
United States Highway 18 (US 18), an east-west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. ...
Charles City is a city located in Floyd County, Iowa. ...
U.S. Highway 218 is a spur of U.S. Highway 18. ...
Cedar Falls is a city located in Black Hawk County, Iowa and is home to one of Iowas three Public Universities, the University of Northern Iowa. ...
U.S. Highway 20 is an east-west United States highway. ...
Waterloo is the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. ...
Interstate 380 is a spur highway that connects U.S. Highway 20 to Interstate 80; the highway also serves to connect Cedar Rapids, Iowa, the second largest city in Iowa, to Interstate 80. ...
City Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Downtown Cedar Rapids, including Mays Island Cedar Rapids is a city located in Linn County, Iowa. ...
MAJOR JUNCTIONS JUNCTION EXIT # US-101 CA 0 20px I-880 CA ? I-580 CA ? CA ? I-680 CA ? I-780 CA ? I-505 CA ? I-5 CA ? California/Nevada State Line CA ?/NV ? I-580 NV ? Nevada/Utah State Line NV ?/UT ? I-215 UT ? I-505 UT ? UT...
Coralville is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa. ...
Donnellson is a city located in Lee County, Iowa. ...
Wayland is a city located in Clark County, Missouri. ...
The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, Dubuque, Iowa. ...
Interstate 64 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern United States. ...
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 made the Avenue of the Saints an official "high-priority corridor," and signs were put along the route by the end of the year. At that time the only four-lane segments were Interstates 35, 380, and 64; U.S. 20 around Waterloo; U.S. 218 from I-80 to Iowa Highway 22 near Riverside, Iowa; and two segments of U.S. 61 in Missouri (from La Grange to New London and from Bowling Green to St. Louis). The decision had also been made to build the Avenue of the Saints to expressway standards — with intersections at rural roads — rather than to full freeway standards as a cost-saving measure. Freeway segments would be built around cities that needed to be bypassed. The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 102-240) (ISTEA, pronounced Ice-Tea) posed a major change to transportation planning and policy, as the first US federal legislation on the subject in the post-Interstate Highway System era. ...
1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Riverside is a small town located in rural Washington County, Iowa on the English River. ...
La Grange is a city located in Lewis County, Missouri. ...
New London is a city located in Ralls County, Missouri. ...
Bowling Green is a city located in Pike County, Missouri. ...
High-capacity freeway interchange in Los Angeles, California. ...
After the routing was approved, both Iowa and Missouri began constructing new four-lane segments. Iowa opened bypasses around Waverly (1998), Mason City (1999), Charles City (2000), Mount Pleasant (2001), and Donnellson (2004). A four-lane link between I-35 and I-380 was completed with the opening of a segment near Nashua in November of 2003. Missouri completed four-lane segments from New London to Bowling Green in 1999 and from Canton to La Grange in 2003. Waverly is a city located in Bremer County, Iowa. ...
1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...
Mason City is a city located in Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. ...
1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Nashua is a city located in Chickasaw County, Iowa. ...
For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ...
2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Canton is a city located in Lewis County, Missouri. ...
In 2001 the Iowa Department of Transportation gave the Avenue of the Saints its own highway number: Iowa Highway 27. The number was added as an additional number to the existing routes; however, after the Donnellson bypass opened in 2004, Iowa 394 was decommissioned and Iowa 27 is now a standalone highway south of the split with U.S. 218. Decommissioned highway Largely in the United States of America, as the states build freeways as a new classification of highways, the state may strip the old highway of its old designation as a numbered highway or downgrade it to a lesser status. ...
Present status As of 2004, the Avenue of the Saints is open to four lanes from St. Paul to Mount Pleasant, Iowa, and from Canton, Missouri, to St. Louis. A two-mile segment around Donnellson, Iowa, is also open to four lanes.
On December 8, 2004, a new four-lane bridge across the Des Moines River opened; this replaced an existing toll bridge. A new four-lane road between the bridge and U.S. 61 south of Wayland also opened that day. This road was numbered Missouri Highway 27 to match Iowa's number for the Avenue of the Saints. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Paying toll on passing a bridge. ...
In June 2005, a four-lane segment from the end of the Mount Pleasant bypass to the junction with Iowa Highway 16 east of Houghton was opened to four lanes of traffic. The segment of Iowa 27 between the split with U.S. 218 and the Des Moines River bridge opened to four lanes on August 25, 2005. This article does not cite its references or sources. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Houghton is a city located in Lee County, Iowa. ...
August 25 is the 237th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (238th in leap years), with 128 days remaining. ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Future construction Iowa is currently working on its remaining two-lane segment, which follows U.S. 218 and Iowa 27 from Iowa 16 to Iowa Highway 2 east of Donnellson. Paving of the remaining two lanes of this segment is scheduled to be completed by the summer of 2006. 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The remaining Avenue of the Saints segment, following U.S. 61 from Wayland to Canton, has been affected by a lack of funding from the Missouri Department of Transportation. However, in recent years, Missouri has set aside funding to complete the remaining two lane segments in Lewis County and Clark County by 2008. Lewis County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ...
Clark County is a county located in the state of Missouri. ...
2008 (MMVIII) is a Leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Cities and attractions along its path
In Minnesota The City of Saint Paul State capitol building in Saint Paul Motto: Nickname: Location in Ramsey County, Minnesota Founded Incorporated 1851 1854 County Ramsey County Borough Parrish Mayor Chris Coleman (DFL) Area - Total - Water 145. ...
In Iowa Cedar Falls is a city located in Black Hawk County, Iowa and is home to one of Iowas three Public Universities, the University of Northern Iowa. ...
City Hall, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Downtown Cedar Rapids, including Mays Island Cedar Rapids is a city located in Linn County, Iowa. ...
Charles City is a city located in Floyd County, Iowa. ...
Old Capitol Building in February 2005 Iowa City is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 62,220, making it the sixth largest city in Iowa. ...
Keokuk is a city located in Lee County, Iowa. ...
Mount Pleasant is a city located in Henry County, Iowa. ...
Waterloo is the county seat of Black Hawk County, Iowa, United States. ...
Waverly is a city located in Bremer County, Iowa. ...
In Missouri Bowling Green is a city located in Pike County, Missouri. ...
Canton is a city located in Lewis County, Missouri. ...
Hannibal (Americas Hometown) is a city located in Marion and Ralls County, Missouri. ...
La Grange is a city located in Lewis County, Missouri. ...
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Saint Louis (pronounced in English, in French), frequently spelled St. ...
Troy is a city located in Lincoln County, Missouri. ...
Nearby Cities and Attractions BOLD cities are widely known cities or highly populated ones. Quincy, known as the Gem City, is a city located in Adams County, Illinois. ...
Italic words are attractions.
Nearby Attractions are within 15 miles of the highway.
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