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1973 (as Des Moines MTA) 2006 (as DART) Headquarters: 620 Cherry St, Des Moines, IA 50309: Locale: Des Moines, IA, United States: Service area: Des Moines and surrounding communities in Polk County: Service type: Bus service, Express bus service, Paratransit, On Demand, Vanpool: Routes: 26: Stops: 1,721 [1] Hubs: 1 (DART Central Station) Fleet
Des Moines has seen intercity bus transit since at least the early 1920s, when a union bus terminal operated on Sixth Avenue. [2] In 1932, a new Union Bus Depot opened on Grand Avenue, while Burlington Bus Lines opened their own terminal in 1935 on Mulberry Street. The Burlington station was replaced in 1956 with a location on Locust Street. [3]
The highways travel concurrently to Des Moines. I-235 in Des Moines I-35 / I-80 in Des Moines US 30 in Ames US 20 south of Blairsburg US 18 in Garner. The highways travel concurrently to west-northwest of Garner. Minnesota MN 13 / CR 46 in Albert Lea [10]
The routes, the southern Great White Way and northern River-to-River Road, eventually merged into the Whiteway-7-Highway. The new route followed the Great White Way from Council Bluffs to Des Moines and the River-to-River Road from Des Moines to Davenport. [13] In 1926, the Whiteway-7-Highway became US 32, which itself became US 6 in 1931. [2]
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. In 1974, the highway commission was folded into a larger transportation department with other modes of transportation.
The road was named Kerrigan Road in his honor and a 15-by-20-inch (38 by 51 cm) memorial plaque was placed at the intersection of Southern Avenue and the new highway. [ 52 ] Between Maquoketa and Dubuque , US 61 was a narrow, winding road, only 18 feet (5.5 m) wide, where it was not uncommon for cars to be stuck behind larger trucks for miles ...
US 169 exits to the south at a partial cloverleaf interchange, while US 30 continues east through Boone County and descends into the Des Moines River valley. [3] It ascends from the valley and travels another two miles (3.2 km) to a four-way stop in Boone, which is the last stop along the route until Iowa 1 in Mt. Vernon, though this is now a ...
Iowa 44 was created on January 1, 1969, when the Iowa State Highway Commission reorganized the state's primary highway system. Iowa 44 was one of 26 state highways to receive a new route number. [3]