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Contains Photo Albums, Post Cards, and Maps of America's Longest Highway For more information, visit http://route6tour.com/ http://www.route6tour.com/Route6iowa.htm And we are on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Route-6-Iowa/107074632682057?ref=hl

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River To River Classic Car Cruise 2013
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Route 6 Iowa Favorite Photos

For more information on U.S. Route 6, visit these fine links....

http://route6tour.com/

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http://www.myspace.com/usroute6

http://www.heritagedocumentaries.org/Route6/index.html

http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/us6.html

http://www.whitepoleroad.com/

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Grinnell, Iowa
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Spaulding Museum for Transportation
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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa 2012 Cruise Day 3
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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa 2012 Cruise Day 2
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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa 2012 Cruise Day 1
Sep 7, 2012
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Grinnell Iowa
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Old Gas Station - Durant, Iowa
Mar 6, 2012

The additions have been demoed, and a restoration is potentially on the horizon.

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Route 6 Massachusetts
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Route 6 Rhode Island
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Route 6 Connecticut
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Route 6 New York
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US Highway 6 New York
Feb 15, 2004
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Route 6 Pennsylvania

For more information visit http://paroute6.com/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/US-Route-6-in-Pennsylvania/344749856283

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Route 6 Pennsylvania (East to West)
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Route 6 Ohio
Aug 18, 2011
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Route 6 Indiana
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US Highway 6 Illinois
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US Highway 6 Iowa

The long, and lonesome highway, the longest highway in America, and also the highest, going over Loveland Pass, Colorado at 11,990 Feet.

For more information on U.S. Route 6, visit these fine links....

http://route6tour.com/

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/US-Route-6-Iowa/107074632682057

http://www.myspace.com/usroute6

http://www.heritagedocumentaries.org/Route6/index.html

http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/us6.html

http://www.whitepoleroad.com/

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US Highway 6 Nebraska
Jun 27, 2009
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Cross Country in a 1940 Chevy

Dave Sopa and Bob Roehm crossed the country on US Highway 6 in this 1940 Chevy Coupe. These photos were taken during their visit in the Quad Cities.

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Route 6 River to River Cruise - Pilot Trip
May 21, 2011

May 21-23, Getting ready for the big cruise...

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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa 2011 Cruise Day 1
Jun 10, 2011
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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa Cruise Day 2
Jun 11, 2011
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Route 6 River to River cross Iowa Cruise Day 3
Jun 12, 2011

The Aftermath...

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US Route 6 Tour Across Iowa
Aug 13, 2008

What happens when 2 couples from California and Washington drive across the US on Route 6 in a pair of classic cars.

My friends Kris and Heidi Hernandez and I gave them the tour of original US 6 across Iowa.

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Wilton Candy Kitchen - Wilton, Iowa

The World's Oldest Continuously operating Ice Cream Soda Fountain
http://www.qctimes.com/business/article_8df3a16c-5252-11de-b499-001cc4c03286.html

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Shady Lawn Motel & Cottages - Oakland, Iowa
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Sudbury Court Motel - Marengo, Iowa

One of Iowa's oldest continously running motels. Clean, family owned, with reasonable rates. (And wireless internet!)

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Postcards From Highway 6
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River to River Road

The Grandfather of US 6 in Iowa, created in 1 hour July 2nd, 1910. These photos are from the following stretches: From Durant to Moscow, Grinnell through Kellogg, and from Redfield to Council Bluffs.

Link to Map:

http://public.fotki.com/dwdarby/us-route-6/huebingers-map-and-/

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Huebinger's Map and Guide for River to River Road Iowa

Published in 1910, this is a guide to what became the greater part of today's US Highway 6 in Iowa. For more information, see the below link.

http://www.iowadot.gov/autotrails/rivertoriverroad.html

The River to River Road celebrated its Centennial July 2nd, 2010.

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1926 Road Map of Iowa showing US 32 - predecessor of Route 6
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The Great River to River Race
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White Pole Road

Iowa's oldest registered auto trail, The Great White Way, a portion of which became Highway 6.
http://www.whitepoleroad.com/

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Huebinger's 1912 Good Road Atlas

Photos of the route Highway 6 takes

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Huebinger Pocket Road Atlas and Automobile Guide Iowa 1915

Covering the Counties that the River to River Road and the Great White Way, as well as US 6 passed through.

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Detroit Lincoln Denver - Whiteway 7 Highway
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Hotel Colfax, Colfax Iowa
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Abandoned Weigh Station near Atalissa
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Route 6 Flood Damage
Jun 21, 2008

US Route 6 west of Wilton, Iowa, east of the Cedar River bridge. (The damage was repaired within 6 weeks, and the route is once again passable.)

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