Iowa Highway 3
Iowa Highway 3 | ||||
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| American Veterans Memorial Highway | ||||
 Iowa 3 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Iowa DOT | ||||
| Length | 323.102 mi[1] (519.982 km) | |||
| Existed | 1945–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SD 50 west of Westfield | |||
| East end | Northwest Arterial at Dubuque | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Iowa | |||
| Counties | ||||
| Highway system | ||||
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Iowa Highway 3 (Iowa 3) is a state
Northwest Arterial at the Dubuque city limits. It is designated the American Veterans Memorial Highway for its entirety. It is located approximately halfway between Interstate 80 and Interstate 90
.
Route description
Iowa 3 runs for 323.129 miles (520.026 km) across the northern third of the state, roughly midway between US 18 to the north and US 20 to the south. All of Iowa 3 east of Le Mars has been listed on the National Highway System,[2] a network of roads important to the country's economy, defense, and mobility.[3]
Iowa 3 begins at the
US 71.[4]
Continuing east, Iowa 3 intersects
US 65. At Allison, Iowa 3 is briefly overlapped by Iowa 14. Iowa 3 meets Iowa 188 south of Clarksville.[4]
West of
Northwest Arterial, which carried Iowa 32 prior to 2020.[4]
History
 | This section is in prose. is available. (October 2020) |
- Original Iowa 3
- Now known as Iowa Highway 2; that road was renumbered in 1939
- Current Iowa 3 (as routed in 1920)
- No. 12– Westfield to Akron
- No. 27– Akron to Le Mars
- No. 5– Le Mars to near Aurelia
- Gap between Aurelia and Pocahontas
- No. 10– Pocahontas to Strawberry Point
- No. 13– Strawberry Point to near Edgewood
- Gap between Edgewood and Luxemburg
- No. 20 – Luxemburg to Dubuque
- Designated Iowa 3 on May 15, 1945
- Extended to SD 50 in 1949
- Overlapped by Iowa 5 until 1969
- Rerouted through Dubuque due to reconstruction of US 61/US 151
- Dubuque changes
- SW Arterial constructed
- US 52 rerouted
- Iowa 3 ends at NW Arterial
This is the second state highway to be designated Iowa 3. The first
Iowa 3 existed from 1920 to 1941, and was an east–west route across the southern part of Iowa, beginning at Fort Madison and ending at the western border of Iowa near Nebraska City, Nebraska
. The current Iowa 3 route was designated in 1945.
Originally extending from
Iowa 5 from Akron to near Aurelia.[5] In 1949, Iowa 3 was extended along Iowa 12 from Akron to its current western end at the Big Sioux River
.
Prior to the building of a four lane US 61 / US 151, the eastern end of Iowa 3 was at the intersection of Bluff Street and U.S. Route 20, Dodge Street.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[6] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Sioux River | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SD 50 west – Vermillion | Continuation into South Dakota | |
| South Dakota–Iowa state line | |||||
| Plymouth | Westfield Township | 1.479 | 2.380 |   Iowa 12 south – Sioux City | Western end of Iowa 12 overlap |
Loess Hills Scenic Byway) – Hawarden | Eastern end of Iowa 12 overlap | ||||
| Johnson Township | 17.617 | 28.352 |  CR K22 – Sioux City | Former Iowa 7 | |
US 75 Bus. begins – Alton, Sioux City | Western end of US 75 Business overlap | ||||
5th Avenue West ) | Eastern end of US 75 Business overlap; former US 75 | ||||
| Remsen | 38.987 | 62.743 |    Iowa 140 south / CR L14 north – Kingsley | ||
| Cherokee | Marcus | 47.011 | 75.657 |       Iowa 143 north / CR L36 south to US 20 – Marcus | |
| Cherokee Township | 60.441 | 97.270 |  US 59 – Cherokee, Primghar | ||
| 63.110 | 101.566 |  CR C38 – Iowa 977 | |||
| Afton Township | 66.481 | 106.991 |   Iowa 7 east – Aurelia | ||
US 71 – Storm Lake, Spencer | |||||
Iowa 197 | |||||
| Pocahontas | Pocahontas | 106.208 | 170.925 |  Iowa 4 – Pomeroy, Mallard | |
| Garfield–Lake township line | 113.208 | 182.191 |   Iowa 15 north / CR N65 south – Rolfe, Manson | ||
US 169 – Fort Dodge, Algona | |||||
Iowa 302 | |||||
| Humboldt–Wright county line | Lake–Liberty township line | 142.198 | 228.845 |  Iowa 17 north – Renwick | Western end of Iowa 17 overlap |
| Wright | Goldfield | 145.054 | 233.442 | Iowa 17 south – Eagle Grove | Eastern end of Iowa 17 overlap |
Jewell | Western end of US 69 overlap | ||||
US 69 north – Belmond | Eastern end of US 69 overlap | ||||
Iowa 353 | |||||
| Franklin | Scott Township | 168.170 | 270.643 |  CR S14 – Alexander, Meservey | Former Iowa 107 |
| 172.284 | 277.264 |  I-35 – Des Moines, Minneapolis | I-35 exit 165 | ||
Iowa 263 | |||||
US 65 – Iowa Falls, Mason City | |||||
Iowa 326 | |||||
| Allison | 202.515 | 325.916 |  Iowa 14 north – Greene | Western end of Iowa 14 overlap | |
| 203.521 | 327.535 | Iowa 14 south – Parkersburg | Eastern end of Iowa 14 overlap | ||
| Butler Township | 210.010 | 337.978 |  Iowa 188 north – Clarksville | ||
| Bremer | Washington Township | 217.384 | 349.846 |    US 218 / Iowa 27 – Cedar Falls, Waterloo, Charles City | |
US 218 Bus. north (20th Street West) | Western end of US 218 Business overlap | ||||
| 220.870 | 355.456 |   Easton Avenue ) | Eastern end of US 218 Business overlap | ||
| Jefferson Township | 228.161 | 367.190 |  US 63 – Denver, New Hampton | ||
Iowa 241 | |||||
| Fayette | Jefferson Township | 249.711 | 401.871 |  Iowa 150 north – Maynard | Western end of Iowa 150 overlap |
| Oelwein | 252.232 | 405.928 | Iowa 150 south – Independence | Eastern end of Iowa 150 overlap | |
Iowa 154 | |||||
| Clayton | Strawberry Point | 271.771 | 437.373 |  Iowa 13 north – Elkader | Western end of Iowa 13 overlap |
Iowa 410 | |||||
| Clayton–Delaware county line | Lodomillo–Honey Creek township line | 277.512 | 446.612 | Iowa 13 south – Manchester | Eastern end of Iowa 13 overlap |
| Delaware | Elk Township | 284.102 | 457.218 |  Iowa 38 south – Greeley | |
| Dubuque | Luxemburg | 300.344 | 483.357 |   US 52 / Iowa 136 south (Andre Street) – Dyersville, Guttenberg | Former western end of US 52 overlap |
| Sageville |    CR C9Y (Sherrill Road) / Great River Road south | Western end of Great River Road overlap | |||
| 321.436 | 517.301 |  CR D10 (John Deere Road West) | Former Iowa 386 | ||
Northwest Arterial / CR Y35 (John Deere Road South) | Former Iowa 32 and Iowa 386 | ||||
| Dubuque | 325.335 | 523.576 | Rhomberg Avenue | Former US 61 / US 151 | |
| 326.263 | 525.069 |   US 52 south / US 61 / US 151 / Great River Road | Former eastern end | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- ^ 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 10, 2011.
- ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (December 31, 2018). National Highway System: Iowa (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved January 1, 2011.
- ^ Natzke, Stefan; Neathery, Mike & Adderly, Kevin (June 20, 2012). "What is the National Highway System?". National Highway System. Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved July 1, 2012.
- ^ a b c Iowa Department of Transportation (2009). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 6, 2009.
- ^ Road and Reference Atlas (Map) (1947 ed.). 1:1,077,120. Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 42–43.
- ESRI shapefile). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. April 9, 2021. Retrieved August 18, 2021.
External links
KML is from Wikidata
- Morrison, Jeff. "End of Iowa 3". www.iowahighwayends.net.