Iowa Highway 21

Iowa Highway 21 marker

Iowa Highway 21
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length: 97.152 mi[1] (156.351 km)
Major junctions
South end: Iowa 149 near Hedrick
 
North end: US 20 / Iowa 27 at Waterloo
Location
Counties:
Highway system
US 20Iowa 22

Iowa Highway 21 (Iowa 21) is a state highway that runs from north to south in central Iowa. It has a length of 97 miles (156 km). Iowa 21 begins at Iowa 149 west of Hedrick and ends at a freeway interchange with U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) in Waterloo.

Route description

Iowa 21 begins one mile (1.6 km) west of Hedrick and goes north through Delta before intersecting Iowa 92. It proceeds through What Cheer before intersecting Iowa 22 west of Thornburg. It continues north to Deep River where it intersects Iowa 85. After passing through Guernsey, it then intersects Interstate 80, then meets US 6. It overlaps with U.S. 6 going eastward, then turns north near Victor. It then intersects Iowa 212 before entering Belle Plaine, then intersects US 30. It goes north to Dysart, where it turns west, overlapping with Iowa 8. It then turns north and ends at US 20 at the southern city limit of Waterloo.

History

The current version of Iowa 21 is the second occurrence of the route number in the state. The first one went north from Ida Grove to the Minnesota border and was eventually replaced by US 59.

The current Iowa 21 was created in October 1934 and went between Victor and Dysart. It was extended south in 1939 to from Victor to Iowa 92, north from Dysart to U.S. 20 in Waterloo in 1969, and south again from Iowa 92 to Iowa 149 in 1980.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
KeokukVan Buren–Plank
township line
0.0000.000 Iowa 149
Delta12.31419.817 Iowa 92
Thornburg20.31132.687 Iowa 22 east
PoweshiekDeep River Township28.95846.603 Iowa 85 west / CR F52 east
Warren Township37.11559.731 I-80
40.61965.370 US 6 westSouth end of US 6 overlap
IowaHartford Township44.85272.182 US 6 eastNorth end of US 6 overlap
Honey Creek Township52.03083.734 Iowa 212 east
TamaBenton
county line
YorkKane
township line
60.80197.850 US 30
Dysart75.773121.945 Iowa 8 east / CR V37 northSouth end of Iowa 8 overlap
TamaClark Township76.262122.732 Iowa 8 westNorth end of Iowa 8 overlap
Black HawkWaterloo97.152156.351 US 20 / Iowa 27
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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