Iowa Highway 5

Iowa Highway 5 marker

Iowa Highway 5

Iowa 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length: 103.540 mi[1] (166.631 km)
Existed: January 1, 1969 (1969-01-01)[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: Route 5 near Cincinnati
 
North end: I-35 at West Des Moines
Location
Counties:
Highway system
Iowa 4US 6

Iowa Highway 5 is a highway in southern Iowa. It is a northsouth highway with a length of 105 miles (169 km). It is the northernmost segment of a three-state "Highway 5" also involving Missouri Route 5 and Arkansas Highway 5. Portions of the highway are freeway and expressway. It had previously been designated Iowa Highway 60. The southern terminus of Iowa Highway 5 is at the Missouri border southwest of Cincinnati. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 35 at West Des Moines.

Route description

Iowa Highway 5 begins at the Missouri border southwest of Cincinnati. It passes through Cincinnati, then turns north to go through Centerville, where it intersects Iowa Highway 2. It continues north through Moravia and intersects U.S. Highway 34 in Albia. Iowa 5 also intersects Iowa Highway 137 in Albia and turns northwest. It goes northwest through Lovilia and Hamilton before intersecting Iowa Highway 92 in Knoxville.

The northern end of Iowa 5 is at Interstate 35 south of West Des Moines

Iowa 5 and Iowa 92 then become a freeway bypass of Knoxville, bypassing Knoxville on its south side, intersecting Iowa Highway 14 on the bypass. After the bypass, Iowa 5 and Iowa 92 become an expressway. Iowa 5 then separates from Iowa 92 near Pleasantville. Iowa 5 then turns north, bypasses Pleasantville, and intersects Iowa Highway 316 northwest of Pleasantville. Iowa 5 continues northwest past Hartford and Carlisle, then intersects U.S. Highway 65. Iowa 5 then goes west as a freeway with U.S. 65 to an interchange with U.S. Highway 69, where U.S. 65 separates in Des Moines. Iowa 5 then continues west as a southeastern freeway bypass of Des Moines, intersecting Iowa Highway 28 at Norwalk and ends in West Des Moines at Interstate 35.

History

Old Iowa 5 dead ends north of the US 65 bypass

Primary Road 5 was designated in 1920 connecting Sioux City and Dubuque. In 1926, this route was truncated at Fort Dodge and at Le Mars and subsequently extended to Akron in 1929. From 1945 through 1962, when Iowa 5 was again truncated near Aurelia, Iowa 5 overlapped Iowa 3 for 60 miles (97 km).[3] This last section of Iowa 5 is now designated Iowa Highway 7.[2]

The current Iowa 5 was designated on January 1, 1969, along the southern portion Iowa Highway 60. It was renumbered to provide route number continuity with Missouri Route 5.[2] In 1978, a bypass of Knoxville was opened carrying Iowa 5 and Iowa Highway 92 around the southern edge of Knoxville.

In the Des Moines area, Iowa 5 had the same route along Army Post Road from 1969 until 1997, when sections of a southern bypass, completed in 2002, were opened.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmExit[4]DestinationsNotes
AppanooseFranklin Township0.0000.000 Route 5 south
Centerville13.62421.926 Iowa 2 (Maple Street)
MonroeAlbia34.12254.914 US 34
35.29556.802 Iowa 137 north
MarionKnoxville60.29097.02760
Iowa 92 east / Iowa 92 Business Oskaloosa
South end of IA 92 overlap
62.242100.16962 Iowa 14 Knoxville, Chariton
64.549103.88264
Iowa 92 Business east Knoxville
Pleasant Grove Township71.348114.823 Iowa 92 west / CR S45 southNorth end of IA 92 overlap
WarrenRichland Township78.304126.018 Iowa 316 north
PolkAllen Township89.873144.63772 US 65 north AltoonaSouth end of US 65 overlap
WarrenDes Moines92.501148.86670 US 65 south / US 69 Des Moines, IndianolaSigned as exits 70A (south) and 70B (north); north end of US 65 overlap
95.387153.51096 CR R63 (SW 9th Street)
96.555155.39097 CR R57 (Fleur Drive) Des Moines International Airport
PolkWest Des Moines98.582158.65299 Iowa 28 Norwalk, Martensdale
100.809162.236101Southwest Connector
102.261164.573102South 35th Street, Walnut Woods State Park
103.540166.631 I-35 Kansas City, Minneapolis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa" (PDF). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 Hatfield, Richard (November 12, 1968). "Iowa's Highway Route Numbers Revised". Des Moines Tribune.
  3. Road and Reference Atlas (Map) (1947 ed.). 1:1,077,120. Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 42–43.
  4. Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Iowa Department of Transportation. 2011. Retrieved November 21, 2011.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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