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In 1930, the Iowa State Highway Commission spent $64 million (equivalent to $929 million in 2023 dollars [14]) across the state on road works projects. On the back of the 1931 state highway map, the commission declared that Iowa was no longer a mud road state. [ 8 ]
A project that will expand the Des Moines Area Community College's Transportation Institute could double enrollment Des Moines Area Comminity College trucking program on the road to $9 million ...
Iowa Highway 141 (Iowa 141) is an east–west highway in the western and central portions of the state. It is the most direct link between Sioux City and Des Moines . It also serves as an expressway link between Des Moines and the outlying communities of Perry , Granger , and Grimes .
Transportation buildings and structures in Des Moines County, Iowa (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Transportation in Des Moines County, Iowa" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.
I‑235 crossing the Des Moines River in Des Moines, Iowa The Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge carrying I‑235 across the Des Moines River The I‑480 bridge over the Missouri River between Council Bluffs, Iowa and Downtown Omaha, Nebraska
The primary highway system makes up over 9,000 miles (14,000 km), approximately 8 percent of the U.S. state of Iowa's public road system. The Iowa Department of Transportation is responsible for the day-to-day maintenance of the primary highway system, which consists of Interstate Highways, United States Highways, and Iowa state highways.
Located in Ames, Iowa, DOT is also responsible for licensing drivers and programming and planning for aviation, rail, and public transit. The organization was created in 1904 as the Iowa State Highway Commission, an extension of Iowa State College in Ames. In 1913, the commission was spun off from the college and became a government organization.
U.S. Highway 63 was designated along Primary Roads No. 13, 24, and 2, which was the Daniel Boone Trail from Missouri to Des Moines. [6] Once the U.S. Highway System was established, the automobile association-sponsored roads gradually disappeared. [8] A map of Iowa's U.S. Highways as laid out in 1926