Interstate 880 (Iowa)
Route information | ||
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Auxiliary route of I-80 | ||
Maintained by Iowa DOT | ||
Length | 19.63 mi[1] (31.59 km) | |
Existed | October 5, 2019[2]–present | |
History |
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NHS | Entire route | |
Major junctions | ||
West end | I-29 near Loveland | |
East end | I-80 near Neola | |
Location | ||
Country | United States | |
State | Iowa | |
Counties | Pottawattamie | |
Highway system | ||
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Interstate 880 (I-880) is an
Route description
I-880 begins at a
History
Location | Loveland to Neola |
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Existed | 1966–1973 |
In the initial drafts of the Interstate Highway System in 1947, an east–west road that would come to be known as I-80 was drawn across the center of Iowa, with its western entry into the state in the Omaha–Council Bluffs metropolitan area.[7]
To connect I-80 in Iowa to I-80 in Nebraska, two options for the route emerged. The first was to continue I-80's east–west path to a north–south junction near
Work on I-80N began in 1957; some overpasses and culverts were completed by 1960. Controversy began shortly even before construction began. Officials in Council Bluffs and Omaha were angered that the I-80N project took precedent over the mainline I-80 project that would pass through their cities. The head of the Iowa State Highway Commission at the time was Chris Larsen, a
In the early 1970s, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) decided that Interstates with a directional suffix, such as I-80N, would have to be renumbered.[12] By 1974, I-80N had been redesignated to I-680 to match Nebraska.[13]
Throughout the 2010s, I-29 and I-680 were subjected to flooding from the adjacent Missouri River. Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT) officials sought to reduce confusion among drivers who were forced to use I-680 and I-80 as a detour around floodwaters. They proposed to AASHTO to rename the section of I-680 in Iowa from Loveland to Neola as I-880. The plan was approved on October 5, 2019.[2] I-880 would follow the same routing that I-80N had 50 years earlier. Iowa DOT updated its online maps and announced that the signage would be changed just weeks after the official approval by AASHTO.[14]
Exit list
The entire route is in Pottawattamie County.
Location | mi[15] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes | |
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North Omaha, Sioux City | Signed as exits 0A (I-29 south) and 0B (I-29 north) | |||||
Boomer Township | 8.162 | 13.135 | 8 | CR L34 – Logan, Beebeetown | ||
Neola | 15.749 | 25.346 | 15 | Iowa 191 north / CR G8L south – Neola, Persia | ||
16.565 | 26.659 | 16 | I-80 – Council Bluffs, Des Moines | Signed as exits 16A (east) and 16B (west) | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi |
References
- ^ "Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System Of Interstate and Defense Highways". FHWA Route Log and Finder List. Federal Highway Administration. December 31, 2021. Retrieved July 13, 2022.
- ^ a b c Special Committee on U.S. Route Numbering (October 6, 2019). "2019 Annual Meeting Report to the Council on Highways and Streets" (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 9, 2019. "Ballot" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 23, 2019.
- ^ Iowa State University Geographic Information Systems Support & Research Facility (October 9, 2019). "Iowa Geographic Map Server" (Topographic map). Ames, Iowa. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- ^ "Pottawattamie County" (PDF). Golden Hills Resource Conservation & Development. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2012.
- ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (2015). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
- ^ Google (October 9, 2019). "Interstate 880 (Iowa)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- Public Roads Administration (August 2, 1947). National System of Interstate Highways (Map). Washington, DC: Public Roads Administration. Retrieved October 10, 2019 – via Wikimedia Commons.
- ^ "Near Finish of I-80N Project". The Des Moines Register. August 22, 1965. pp. 13–14. Retrieved October 9, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (January 1, 1982). Completion Map of Interstate System (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 29, 2011. Retrieved October 9, 2019.
- American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (January 2000). "Establishment of a Marking System of the Routes Comprising the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways" (PDF). Washington, DC: American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials. Archived from the original(PDF) on November 1, 2006. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- ^ Iowa State Highway Commission (1974). 1974 Iowa State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Des Moines: Iowa State Highway Commission. Retrieved April 1, 2010.
- WOWT-TV. October 14, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019.
- ^ 2016 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2016. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
External links
- "Northern Segment of Interstate 680 in Western Iowa Renamed I-880". www.news.iowadot.gov. Iowa Department of Transportation.
- Geographic data related to Interstate 880 in Iowa at OpenStreetMap