Iowa Highway 160
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| East end |  I-35 in Ankeny | |||
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| Country | United States | |||
| State | Iowa | |||
| Counties | Polk | |||
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Iowa Highway 160 (Iowa 160) is a short
U.S. Highway 69
(US 69).
Route description
Iowa 160 begins at an intersection with
History
Iowa 160 was designated in 1947 as a diagonal connector route from
Iowa State Highway Commission, but the entire costs were borne by the federal government as part of the war effort. In 1961, work began on reconstructing the intersection with Iowa 60 into a "one-level interchange", which provided each traffic movement a dedicated lane.[7]
That intersection was reworked starting in 1984 as the state highway commission, now the
T intersection.[8][9] On July 1, 1980, the Iowa DOT took over a one-mile (1.6 km) segment of Oralabor Road between US 69 and I-35 and applied the Iowa 160 designation to it.[10] Through most of 1985, the Oralabor Road interchange on I-35 was closed for reconstruction. That same year, Oralabor Road was widened to four lanes between US 69 and Delaware Avenue.[11] As part of the Iowa 415 connection project, the Corps spent $9.95 million (equivalent to $23.5 million in 2023[12]) on building the new intersection and relocating the two state highways.[13] The new Iowa 415/Iowa 160 intersection was completed in early 1986 and both highways were realigned onto to their current roadways.[14]
Major intersections
The entire route is in Ankeny, Polk County.
| mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.000 | 0.000 |  Iowa 415 | |||
| 1.086 | 1.748 |  US 69 (Ankeny Boulevard) | |||
| 2.084 | 3.354 | Delaware Avenue | |||
| 2.446 | 3.936 | I-35 (Exit 90) | |||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
- ^ Iowa State Highway Commission. 1948. Retrieved February 19, 2012.
- Newspapers.com.
- KCCI-TV. Archived from the originalon May 14, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Des Moines Metropolitan Area (PDF) (Map). Iowa Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved February 23, 2011.
- ^ Google (February 10, 2023). "Iowa Highway 160" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Mabry, Drake (August 11, 1961). "New Look on Second Avenue". Des Moines Tribune. p. 9. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bailey, Phyllis (November 7, 1984). "Ankeny motorists facing Highway 415, 160 detour". The Des Moines Register. p. 6N. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "DOT to revamp intersection". The Des Moines Register. January 30, 1985. p. 14N. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cain, Patrick R. (February 17, 1981). "Commission Order". Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
- ^ Bailey, Phyllis (March 20, 1985). "Ankeny Industrial Exit on I-35 closing for work". The Des Moines Register. p. 7N. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- Gross Domestic Product deflatorfigures follow the MeasuringWorth series.
- ^ "Corps plans to straighten stretch of Highway 415". The Des Moines Register. November 5, 1986. p. 1N. Retrieved February 10, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cain, Patrick R. (June 4, 1987). "Staff Order". Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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