Iowa Highway 1

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Iowa Highway 1

Length:

120 mi^[1] (193 km)

Formed:

October 16, 1926

South end:

IA 2 – Keosauqua

Major
junctions:

US 34 – Fairfield

US 218 / IA 27 – Iowa City

I-80 – Iowa City

US 30 – Mount Vernon

North end:

US 151 – Anamosa

Counties:

Van Buren, Jefferson, Keokuk, Washington, Johnson Linn, Jones

Major cities:

Keosauqua, Birmingham, Fairfield, Brighton, Washington, Kalona, Iowa City, Solon, Mount Vernon, Martelle

Iowa State Highways
< I-680		IA 2 >

Iowa Highway 1 is a state highway that runs from south to north in eastern Iowa.

1 Termini
2 Route description
3 History
4 Major intersections
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Termini

The highway traverses 120 miles (193 kilometers) across Iowa, beginning south of Keosauqua. Its northern terminus is southwest of Anamosa at US 151. The northern terminus is an interchange.

[edit] Route description

Iowa Highway 1 begins south of Keosauqua at an intersection with Iowa Highway 2. It goes north into Keosauqua, crossing the Des Moines River and then runs concurrent briefly with Iowa Highway 16. They separate, and then Iowa 1 goes north through Birmingham and meets U.S. Highway 34 in Fairfield. Iowa 1 goes due north out of Fairfield and turns east near Richland when it intersects Iowa Highway 78. Iowa 1 and Iowa 78 run concurrently into Brighton, then Iowa 1 turns northeast. It continues northeast until Washington, where it intersects Iowa Highway 92. Iowa 1 and Iowa 92 run together north out of Washington, and separate. Iowa 1 continues north through Kalona, where it meets Iowa Highway 22. Iowa 1 continues north, then turns northeast to go through Iowa City

While in Iowa City, Iowa Highway 1 intersects U.S. Highway 218 and Iowa Highway 27, then meets U.S. Highway 6 near downtown Iowa City, where they run concurrently. Iowa 1 then turns east near the University of Iowa campus to enter downtown Iowa City on Burlington Street. Iowa 1 then turns north on Dodge Street (southbound) and Governor Street (northbound), then leaves Iowa City on Dodge Street alone before meeting Interstate 80. Iowa 1 continues north through Solon, then turns northeast to go through Mount Vernon, where it intersects U.S. Highway 30. It continues on a northeasterly alignment through Martelle, then ends at a freeway interchange southwest of Anamosa with U.S. Highway 151.

[edit] History

The first Iowa Highway 1 was a north-south highway stretching from Northwood to Lamoni. It was designated on July 1, 1920, but was replaced by US 65 and US 69 in 1926.

The current highway was designated in 1926. Although no segments were paved at designation, the entire route was paved by 1969.

In 2001, it was to become the first "Super-2" in Iowa (a two-lane road, but with wider shoulders and lanes, fewer intersections, and more turn lanes). Because of funding shortages, the project was scratched.

Currently, the highway has no current construction projects or closures.

[edit] Major intersections

County	Location	Roads intersected	Notes
Van Buren	Keosauqua	IA 2	South terminus
	Keosauqua	IA 16 East
	Birmingham	IA 16 West
Jefferson	Fairfield	US 34 (Burlington Avenue)	Overlapped for one block
Keokuk	Richland	IA 78 West
Washington	Brighton	IA 78 East
	Washington	IA 92 East (Madison Street)
	Washington	IA 92 West
	Kalona	IA 22 (E Avenue)
Johnson	Iowa City	US 218 / IA 27
		US 6 East
		US 6 West (Riverside Drive)
		I-80
	Solon	CO F16 (Main Street)	Former IA 382 West
Linn	Mount Vernon	US 30
Jones	Anamosa	US 151	North terminus