IOWA CITY (AP) — As a kid, Rex Brandstatter's parents would send him out of the house with one simple instruction.
"They would tell me, 'You can go anywhere, but you can't cross the highway,'" said Brandstatter, a lifelong Coralville resident.
The highway was U.S. Route 6, at that time a major conduit bringing cars from all corners of the U.S. through Brandstatter's small town in the 1950s.
Today, Brandstatter, ...
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