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Glossary
IA 122:
This expressway, which runs from I-35 to I-80, was US 18 before the new US 18 freeway was built.

History:

Date Activity
1970 Complete
December 6, 1999 Designation changed from US 18 to IA 122

 

IA 141:
IA 141 is an expressway from IA 144 in Perry to I-35 / I-80 in Des Moines.

History:

Date Activity
1975 Granger to I35 / I-80 complete
1977 IA 144 to US 169 complete
November 1997 US 169 to Granger complete

Junction Log:

Junction Type of Access
IA 144 / CR P58 traffic light
US 169 interchange
IA 210 interchange
CR F31 traffic light
IA 17 interchange
IA 415 interchange
IA 44 interchange
NW 54th Ave traffic light
I-35 / I-80 interchange

 

US 151:
An expressway from Wisconsin to the  south end of the US 61 multiplex, on the Cascade Bypass, and from Anamosa to C St in Cedar Rapids. The entire route is eventually scheduled for upgrading to either freeway, expressway, or Super-2.

History:

Date Activity
1968 Grandview Ave in Dubuque to Dubuque Airport complete
1971 Interchange with US 61 complete
1992 Springville to IA 13 complete
1993 Wisconsin to Grandview Ave in Dubuque complete
1995 IA 13 to IA 100 complete
November 1997 IA 100 to Mount Vernon Rd complete
December 1997 Super-2 between Amana Colonies and US 30 proposed
May 2000 Mount Vernon Road to US 30 complete
August 2001 IA 1 to Springville complete
September 2001 Super-2 between Amana Colonies and US 30 postponed indefinitely
November 2001 IA 64 to IA 1 complete
September 11, 2002 Cascade Bypass complete
October 14, 2003 A 3-mile bypass of Langworthy (from CR E17 to CR X44) complete
May 2004 IA 64 to Langworthy Bypass complete
June 2004 Monticello Bypass to Cascade Bypass complete
July 30, 2004 Monticello Bypass complete
September 13, 2004 Cascade to Dubuqe Airport complete

Junction Log:

Junction Type of Access
US 30 trumpet interchange

 

IA 163:
An expressway from Williams St in Des Moines to Oskaloosa.

History:

Date Activity
1965 Williams St in Des Moines to CR S27 complete
1995-96 Prairie City to Monroe Bypass, Monroe Bypass to Otley Bypass, Otley Bypass to Pella Bypass complete
Fall 1998 CR S27 to Prairie City complete
Summer 1999 Otley Bypass complete
September 30, 1999 Pella to Oskaloosa complete

Junction Log:

Junction Type of Access
US 65 signalized interchange with US 65 as the thru route
64th St / CR S14 traffic light
80th St traffic light
CR S27 traffic light
IA 117 interchange

 

IA 169:
An expressway on the Fort Dodge Bypass,  from IA 7 to US 20.

History:

Date Activity
1992 complete

 

US 218:
An expressway from the north end of the US 18 multiplex to the north end of the Charles City Bypass, the southern 6  miles of the Charles City Bypass, on the Nashua Bypass, from Plainfield to the north end of the Waverly Bypass, from the south end of the Waverly Bypass to the north end of the freeway at Cedar Falls, from the north end of the US 30 multiplex to 16th St in Cedar Rapids, from IA 22 to Mount  Pleasant, and from the north end of the US 61 multiplex to Keokuk. By 2005, US 218 will be a freeway / expressway between Charles City and US 20, and south of I-80.

History and Construction Schedule:

Date Activity
1992 IA 201 to 16th St in Cedar Rapids complete
1993 South end of the Waverly Bypass to Janesville complete; Multiplex with US 61 complete
1995 Janesville to the north end of the freeway at Cedar Falls complete; IA 22 to CR G36 complete
October 1997 CR G36 to IA 92 complete; Crawfordsville Bypass complete
August 1998 IA 92 to CR G52 complete
June 1999 CR G52 to CR H28 complete
November 1999 West end of US 30 multiplex to IA  201 complete
August 1, 2000 Southern 6 miles of the Charles City Bypass complete (south to 240th St)
October 2000 From the north end of the US 18 multiplex to the north end of the Charles City Bypass complete; CR H28 to Mount Pleasant complete
Mid-2001 Construction started on the Donnellson  Bypass
Mid-2002 Construction started on the Mount Pleasant to Donnellson segment
July 19, 2002 Plainfield to the north end of the Waverly Bypass complete
November 8, 2002 Plainfield Bypass complete
September 3, 2003 Nashua Bypass complete; between 240th Street in Floyd County and Walnut Street northwest of Nashua complete
November 8, 2003 Charles City Bypass (240th St) to Nashua Bypass complete
November 14, 2003 Nashua to Plainfield complete
February 19, 2004 Donnelson Bypass complete
2005 Missouri to Mount Pleasant slated to be complete

Junction Log:

Junction Type of Access
IA 188 diamond interchange
IA 92 interchange

 

 

Sources:
Jason Hancock, Iowa DOT, Neil Alexander Bratney
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Last Updated: 1/24/05

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