Longest U.S. suspension bridge celebrated New York-style. NEW YORK New York City's Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was celebrated on Friday as an engineering marvel on the 50th anniversary of its opening, but a proposed toll increase for the longest suspension bridge in the United States put a damper on the birthday party.
Walker, Iowa. Walker is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 791 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Experts say the rural-versus-urban shift has been ongoing for decades in Iowa and the Midwest as residents move to areas with more employment and a higher concentration of services. Dallas County, which contains Des Moines' western suburbs, is the fastest-growing county in the state, with 13,996 new residents since 2010. Johnson County, which includes Iowa City and Coralville, showed the second-fastest growth, followed by Polk County. Dallas County's population rose 21.2 percent in five years.