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With the High Trestle Trail, the 26-mile (42 km) Neal Smith Trail, which generally follows the east bank of the Des Moines River and often is called the East River Trail, and the connector between those two trails which is called the Ankeny connector, both Des Moines and Big Creek State Park are accessible along paved trails. [5] [6] [17] [26] [27]
The main lock was constructed from 1952 to 1957 and is 1,200 feet (366 m) long and 110 feet (34 m) wide with a lift of just over 38 feet (12 m) and large enough to handle a full-length tow of barges. It was put into operation in 1957 at a cost of 13.5 million dollars.
These picturesque hills are depicted in many of the landscapes of Grant Wood. ... temperature at Des Moines is 50 ... snow depth inches (cm) 6.9 (18) 7.4 (19) 4.2
Height in this list refers to the distance from the bridge deck to the lowest point on the land, or the water surface, directly below. A bridge's deck height is greater than its clearance below , which is measured from the bottom of the deck structure, with the difference being equal to the thickness of the deck structure at the point with the ...
Newton is the county seat of, and most populous city in, Jasper County, Iowa, United States. [2] Located 30 miles (48 km) east of Des Moines, Newton is in Central Iowa. [3] As of the 2020 Census, the city population was 15,760. [4] It is the home of Iowa Speedway and Maytag Dairy Farms.
Michaela Ramm, Des Moines Register October 7, 2024 at 5:38 AM Two candidates are on the ballot for this year's general election to represent Iowa House District 38, which covers Newton, Colfax and ...
Galen Bacharier, Des Moines Register May 8, 2024 at 6:30 AM Two candidates are running to represent Iowa House District 38, which covers Newton, Colfax and most of Jasper County.
Iowa Highway 163 (Iowa 163) is a state highway that travels from U.S. Highway 69 in Des Moines to US 63 near Oskaloosa.The Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) has signed Iowa 163 from Oskaloosa to Burlington along US 63 and US 34, but it does not officially recognize those sections of road as part of the route.