Iowa Highway 130

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Iowa Highway 130
Length: 31.6 mi[1][2] (50.9 km)
Formed: January 1, 1969[1]
West end: IA 38 in Tipton
East end: I-80 in Davenport
Counties: Cedar, Scott
Major cities: Tipton, Bennett, New Liberty, Maysville, Davenport
Iowa State Highways
< IA 128 US 136 >

Iowa Highway 130 is a 32-mile west-east state highway that traverses northwestern Scott County and eastern Cedar County in Iowa. Its western terminus is at Iowa Highway 38 in Tipton. Its eastern terminus is at Interstate 80 in Davenport.

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[edit] Route description

Iowa Highway 130 begins in Tipton at IA 38. It proceeds eastward from Tipton and shortly before Bennett, turns south to enter Bennett. It goes east from Bennett and then turns southeast to go through New Liberty. It continues southeast through Plainview and Maysville and ends at Exit 292 of I-80 in Davenport.

[edit] History

Iowa Highway 130 was designated on January 1, 1969, on a former section of Iowa Highway 150. Iowa Highway 150 was intended as an extension of U.S. Highway 150, whose route wound through Rock Island, Illinois; however, this never happened. Eventually, Iowa Highway 150 was shortened to a highway between Cedar Rapids and Calmar, and the section from Tipton eastward redesignated as Iowa Highway 130.

Until the mid-1980s, Highway 130 extended to U.S. Highway 67 in downtown Davenport, following Northwest Boulevard and Harrison Street. However, the highway was truncated at Interstate 80 in 1985, one year after Harrison and Brady streets were redesignated for one-way traffic. Harrison Street became the southbound artery of U.S. Highway 61.[1]

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile[1][2] Roads intersected Notes
Cedar Tipton 0.0 IA 38 Western terminus
Scott Davenport 31.6 I-80 Eastern terminus

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Jason Hancock. Highway 130. Iowa Highways. Retrieved on 2008-04-21.
  2. ^ a b Distances computed with Google Maps' direction features on 2008-04-21.