Iowa Highway 15

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Iowa Highway 15

Length:

64 mi^[1] (103 km)

Formed:

January 1, 1969

South end:

IA 3 near Pocahontas

Major
junctions:

US 18 near Whittemore

IA 9 at Armstrong

North end:

MN 15 north of Armstrong

Counties:

Pocahontas, Humboldt, Palo Alto, Kossuth, Emmet

Major cities:

Rolfe, West Bend, Fenton, Armstrong

Iowa State Highways
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Iowa Highway 15 is a state highway that runs from north to south across the state of Iowa. Highway 15 is a mid sized highway in Iowa, at 64 miles (103 kilometers) long.

1 Termini
2 Route description
3 History
4 South Route
5 References

[edit] Termini

The southern terminus of Iowa Highway 15 is east of Pocahontas at an intersection with Iowa Highway 3. The northern terminus of Iowa 15 is at the Minnesota border, where the highway continues north as Minnesota State Highway 15 near Fairmont.

[edit] Route description

Iowa Highway 15 begins east of Pocahontas at Iowa Highway 3. It goes north to Rolfe, then begins to go northeast in a stairstep manner until crossing the West Fork of the Des Moines River. It then turns north and passes through West Bend. It continues north to the Whittemore area, where there is a one-mile overlap with U.S. Highway 18. It goes north to Fenton, then turns west. Near Ringsted, it turns north again, and meets Iowa Highway 9 in Armstrong. After leaving Armstrong going east, it turns north and ends at the Minnesota border.

[edit] History

Iowa Highway 15 was designated as a state highway on January 1, 1969. It had previous been designated Iowa Highway 44.^[1].

[edit] South Route

Iowa Highway 15

Length:

4.6 mi^[1] (7.4 km)

Existed:

January 1, 1969 – July 1, 2003

South end:

Route 15 near Milton

North end:

IA 2 in Milton

Counties:

Van Buren

Major cities:

Milton

Iowa State Highways

Prior to July 1, 2003, there was a second Iowa 15 in southern Iowa. That route extended from Iowa Highway 2 to the Missouri state line where it became Route 15. Iowa 15 was replaced by Van Buren County Road V-56 and is signed as 'To Missouri 15' at the intersection with Iowa 2^[2]