There Are Dirt Roads in Iowa!

[Jamisjockey]

Yet they are always flabbergasted that Flyover Country rolls their eyes at them. Whatever happened to that HuffPo project to investigate the darkest reaches of wild America that exist outside of NYC?

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2019/05/20/iowahawk-unleashes-brutal-thread-over-politico-reporters-observations-from-iowa-hot-take/

WTF.

Loudon County, VA is one of the richest counties in the world and is covered in gravel roads lol.

[DittoHead]

You just don't have enough practice, once the frost boils harden and the grader knocks down the wash boarding in the spring, I can run 60-70 mph on most gravel roads. 

Maybe so. The dirt roads I'm used to look like this:

mostly sand and 40mph is usually no problem. That loose gravel was something else, anything over 25mph and I couldn't keep it straight.

[HeroHog]

That's how I learned to "back it into a corner" and race dirt track.

[Regolith]

Your dirt roads have signs?! Well la de freaking da. 

[freakazoid]

Having lived on a dirt road that was often washboarded, I found that the faster you drive the less you feel it.

[HeroHog]

Myth Busters did an episode (or two) about this effect.

[charby]

Your dirt roads have signs?! Well la de freaking da. 

It's a warning sign for those New Yorkers. Not all mud/dirt roads have signd, fyi.

[K Frame]

WTF.

Loudon County, VA is one of the richest counties in the world and is covered in gravel roads lol.

That's not gravel. Those are the ground up bones of the poor who have been eaten by the nefarious rich.

[K Frame]

"anything over 25mph and I couldn't keep it straight."

You say that as if it were a problem or something...

[Angel Eyes]

It's a warning sign for those New Yorkers. Not all mud/dirt roads have signd, fyi.

Speaking of signd, what does "Level B Service" mean?

[charby]

Speaking of signd, what does "Level B Service" mean?

In Iowa, this came about in from legislative action the 1980's because dipshits were going down mud roads and causing damage to their vehicles, in turn suing the state, county or townships.

Level A roads are roads that are regularly maintained, such as paved or gravel. Also means that snow is removed.

Level B roads receive very little maintenance, maybe a grader once or twice a year, maybe once every 5 years.

Level C roads are gated, most public is not allowed to use them. Think of abandoned ROW or roads on state land. Landowners in the area will usually have a key to the gate. Sometimes they are roads that are open seasonally. Find most of these in the rural older settled parts of the state, some go back to old cemeteries or rock quarries.

Many Level C roads are one step away from the ROW being granted back to the neighboring property owners, but kept a Level C either to reserve it for future use as a Level B or Level A road, or it does provide access to a land locked parcel on it.

[WLJ]

Wait till they find out there are cow farts in Iowa

[charby]

Wait till they find out there are cow farts in Iowa

Way more pig farts and lots of Roundup.

[BlueStarLizzard]

I wonder how well she'd cope with a dirt road that also has a ford. 

[WLJ]

I wonder how well she'd cope with a dirt road that also has a ford.  

Delivering Amazon packages

Oh wait, for some reason my mind was thinking AOC

[Brad Johnson]

I wonder how well she'd cope with a dirt road that also has a ford. 

Gerald R. or Henry?

Brad

[grampster]

I served as an elected Trustee on our Township Board and vice chaired the Planning Commission and Zoning Board.  Our township is rural, had state and federal forestland, prairies, quite a few lakes, streams and the Muskegon river.  In other words, it was God's Country.  We had more gravel roads and two tracks than paved roads.  Slowly, over the years many if not most of the recreational properties (seasonal cabins and cottages) started to become primary dwellings for folks from the cities nearby.  It was only about a 30 to 40 minute drive to two large metro areas.

So we started to have pressure from these transplants to pave the gravel roads and improve the two tracks, wanting street lighting and sidewalks.  Every time a group of them would show up at our township board monthly meetings to ask about that heresy, we'd ask them why they moved here from the city.  Uniformly they would always respond about the beauty of the township, the peace and quiet, and all of the outdoor things that could be accessed.  Then we'd ask them why did they want to turn the township into the same thing they left behind in the city?  And if they liked those sorts of amenities, they were free to move back to the city.  Usually got very quiet and they'd leave the meeting.