Iowa Highway 5

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Iowa Highway 5 is a highway in southern Iowa. It is a north–south 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.

Iowa Highway 5 marker
Iowa Highway 5
Map
Iowa 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length103.540 mi[1] (166.631 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1969 (1969-01-01)[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Route 5 near Cincinnati
Major intersections
North end I-35 at West Des Moines
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
Counties
Highway system
Iowa 4 US 6

Route description

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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. Route 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. Route 65. Iowa 5 then goes west as a freeway with U.S. 65 to an interchange with U.S. Route 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

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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

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CountyLocationmi[4]kmExit[5]DestinationsNotes
AppanooseFranklin Township0.0000.000 
 
Route 5 south – Unionville
Continuation into Missouri
PleasantCaldwell
township line
8.21113.214  CR T30 – ExlineFormer Iowa 216
11.12417.902  CR J46 – NumaFormer Iowa 277
Centerville13.62321.924  Iowa 2 – Corydon, Bloomfield
Taylor Township22.89636.848243rd AvenueFormer Iowa 5
MonroeMonroe Township30.36748.871645th AvenueFormer Iowa 5
Albia34.12354.916  US 34 – Ottumwa, Chariton
34.95756.258Benton AvenueFormer US 34
35.295–
35.354
56.802–
56.897
 
 
Iowa 137 north – Eddyville
MarionLiberty Township51.34382.629  CR G71 – BusseyFormer Iowa 156
Knoxville60.16296.82160 
 
 
 
Iowa 92 east / Iowa 92 Business – Oskaloosa
Southern end of Iowa 92 overlap
62.178100.06662  Iowa 14 – Knoxville, Chariton
63.786–
64.183
102.654–
103.293
64 
 
 
Iowa 92 Business east – Knoxville
Pleasant Grove Township71.176114.547 
 
 
 
Iowa 92 west / CR S45 south – Melcher-Dallas, Indianola
Northern end of Iowa 92 overlap; former Iowa 181
71.977115.836Iowa 5 Business north – Pleasantville
74.718120.247Iowa 5 Business south – Pleasantville
WarrenRichland Township78.222125.886 
 
Iowa 316 north – Runnells
PolkAvon89.874144.63872 
 
US 65 north – Altoona
Southern end of US 65 overlap
WarrenDes Moines92.455148.79270 
 
  US 65 south / US 69 – Des Moines, Indianola
Exit number based on US 65 mileage; signed as exits 70A (south) and 70B (north); northern end of US 65 overlap
95.334153.42596  CR R63 (SW 9th Street)
96.501155.30397   CR R57 (Fleur Drive) – Des Moines International Airport
PolkDes MoinesNorwalk line98.533158.57399  Iowa 28 – Norwalk, Martensdale
West Des Moines100.755162.149101Veterans Parkway
102.211164.493102SE 35th Street – Walnut Woods State Park
102.895–
103.837
165.593–
167.109
  I-35 – Kansas City, Minneapolis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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  1. ^ 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ "Road Network (Portal)" (ESRI shapefile). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. April 9, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (2011). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 21, 2011.
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