Iowa Highway 3

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Iowa Highway 3
Length: 328 mi[1] (528 km)
West end: SD 50Westfield
Major
junctions:
US 75Le Mars
US 71Truesdale
US 169Humboldt
I-35Latimer
US 218 / IA 27Waverly
US 63Denver
US 52 & IA 136Luxemburg
East end: US 52 & US 61 / US 151Dubuque
Counties: Plymouth, Cherokee, Buena Vista, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Wright, Franklin, Butler, Bremer, Fayette, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque
Major cities: Le Mars, Cherokee, Pocahontas, Humboldt, Clarion, Hampton, Allison, Waverly, Oelwein, Dubuque
Iowa State Highways
< IA 2 IA 4 >

Iowa Highway 3 is a state highway that runs from east to west across the state of Iowa. Highway 3 is the longest state highway in Iowa, at 328 miles (528 kilometers) long. The eastern terminus of Iowa 3 is in Dubuque, Iowa at the U.S. Highway 61 / 151 White Street exit. The western terminus of Iowa Highway 3 at the western border of Iowa and South Dakota near Westfield where it meets with South Dakota Highway 50.

This is the second state highway to be designated Iowa Highway 3. The first Iowa Highway 3 existed from 1920 to 1941, and was an east-west route across the southern part of Iowa, beginning at Fort Madison and ending at the western border of Iowa near Nebraska City, Nebraska. The current Iowa Highway 3 route was designated in 1945.

Prior to the building of a four lane U.S. Highway 61 / 151, the eastern terminus of Iowa Highway 3 was at the intersection of Bluff Street and U.S. Highway 20 (Dodge Street).

From Dubuque, Iowa 3 shares a route with U.S. Highway 52, following a northwest course to Luxemburg. At Luxemburg, Iowa 3 and US 52 meet with Iowa Highway 136. 136 ends in Luxemburg, and US 52 and Iowa 3 split off at that point. US 52 continues north while Iowa 3 continues west, going through communities such as Strawberry Point, Oelwein, Readlyn, Waverly, Shell Rock, Allison, Dumont, Hampton, Clarion, Humboldt, Pocahontas, Le Mars, and Akron. At Akron, Highway 3 turns south towards Westfield.

[edit] Major intersections

County Location Mile Roads intersected Notes
Plymouth Westfield SD 50 Western terminus
IA 12 South (Portland Street)
Akron IA 12 North (Loess Hills Scenic Byway)
Le Mars US 75

US 75 Bus. (5th Avenue West)
Remsen IA 140 South
Cherokee Marcus IA 143 North (Ames Avenue)
Cherokee US 59 (2nd Street)
Aurelia IA 7 East
Buena Vista Truesdale US 71
Albert City CO N14 Former IA 197 North
Pocahontas Pocahontas IA 4 (West 7th Street)
IA 15 North
Humboldt Humboldt US 169 (13th Street)
Wright Goldfield IA 17 North
IA 17 South (Locust Street)
Clarion US 69 South
Rowan US 69 North
Franklin Alexander CO S14 Former IA 107 North
Latimer I-35
Hampton US 65 (4th Street East)
Butler Allison IA 14 North
IA 14 South
Clarksville IA 188 North
Bremer Waverly US 218 / IA 27

US 218 Bus. North (20th Street West)

US 218 Bus. South (Easton Avenue)
Denver US 63
Fayette Oelwein IA 150 North
IA 150 South (1st Avenue East)
Maryville IA 187
Clayton Strawberry Point IA 13 North (Elkader Street)
CO W68 Former IA 410
Edgewood IA 13 South
Delaware IA 38 South
Dubuque Luxemburg US 52 North / IA 136 South (Andre Street)
Sageville CO D10 Former IA 386
IA 32 South (Northwest Arterial) / CO Y35 (John Deere Road) CR Y35 is former IA 386
Dubuque US 52 South / US 61 / US 151 Eastern terminus

[edit] References

  1. ^ Jason Hancock. Highway 3. Iowa Highways. Retrieved on November 7, 2007.
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