Fun with highways: Des Moines, Iowa

Like a lot of people, our attention today was focused on Iowa. And within Iowa, on its capital and largest city, Des Moines.

My only personal experience with Des Moines is traveling through on I-80, one of several major highways that meet here, including I-35, US 65 and US 6. The main highway through the city itself is I-235, which includes this cool pedestrian bridge overlooking the downtown. It actually reminds me a bit of the pedestrian bridge to the Marina in Berkeley, CA – which happens to span I-80, just a few miles to the west.


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But this pedestrian bridge across Gray's Lake is even more interesting:


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And yes, they hold this big event every four years in Iowa. And somebody gets to win it. This year, congratulations go to Barack Obama.

While we at CatSynth are not officially endorsing anyone (why would we do that?), we have enjoyed watching Obama's rise, along with the more youthful, energetic and sophisticated crowd that follows him – the same “college kids” that were sneered at in Iowa four year ago when they supported Howard Dean.

And of course we have no illusions about CatSynth's contribution, but it's a nice footnote if I he does go on to become President…

3 thoughts on “Fun with highways: Des Moines, Iowa

  1. Those are two very pretty night pictures. Post card material. So pretty. Should blow it up into a big poster.Thanks for sharing.

  2. Those are cool photos, but I can't take credit for them. There are from WikiMedia Commons. You can click on each of them for credits and additional info.

  3. I've only been to Des Moines once, to pick up my dog who was lost (I live in Las Vegas). 18 months after she got loose she turned up there.

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