Iowa Highway 5

"IA 5" redirects here. For the congressional district, see Iowa's 5th congressional district. For the communications satellite, see Galaxy 25.

Iowa Highway 5
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length: 103.540 mi[2] (166.631 km)
Existed: 1 January 1969[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: Route 5 near Cincinnati
 

US 34 at Albia

US 65 / US 69 at Des Moines
North end: I-35 at West Des Moines
Location
Counties: Appanoose, Monroe, Marion, Warren, Polk
Highway system

Iowa Primary Highway System
Interstates • U.S. Highways • State Highways

← Iowa 4 US 6 →

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.

Contents

Route description

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. Highway 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.

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

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 was overlapped for 60 miles (97 km) by Iowa Highway 3.[3] This last section of Iowa 5 is now designated Iowa Highway 7.[1]

The current Iowa Highway 5 was designated on 1 January 1969 along the southern portion Iowa Highway 60. 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.[4] In 1978, a bypass of Knoxville was opened carrying Iowa 5 and Iowa Highway 92 around the southern edge of Knoxville.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Exit[5] Destinations Notes
Appanoose
 Franklin Township 0.000 Route 5 south
Centerville 13.624 Iowa 2 (Maple Street)
Monroe
 Albia 34.122 US 34
35.295 Iowa 137 north
Marion
 Knoxville 60.290 60
Iowa 92 east / Iowa 92 Bus. – Oskaloosa		 South end of IA 92 overlap
62.242 62 Iowa 14 – Knoxville, Chariton
64.549 64
Iowa 92 Bus. east – Knoxville
Pleasant Grove Township 71.348 Iowa 92 west / CR S45 south North end of IA 92 overlap
Warren
 Richland Township 78.304 Iowa 316 north
Polk
 Allen Township 89.873 72 US 65 north – Altoona South end of US 65 overlap
Warren
 Des Moines 92.501 70 US 65 south / US 69 – Des Moines, Indianola Signed as exits 70A (south) and 70B (north); north end of US 65 overlap
95.387 96 CR R63 (SW 9th Street)
96.555 97 CR R57 (Fleur Drive) – Des Moines International Airport
Polk
 West Des Moines 98.582 99 Iowa 28 – Norwalk, Martensdale
100.809 101 Southwest Connector
102.261 102 South 35th Street, Walnut Woods State Park
103.540 — I-35 – Kansas City, Minneapolis
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ a b Jason Hancock. "Highway 5". Iowa Highways. http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/iowa1-9.html#5. Retrieved 8 November 2007. 
  2. ^ a b "2010 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa" (PDF). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2010. http://www.iowadotmaps.com/trafbook/trafbook2010.pdf. Retrieved January 9, 2011. 
  3. ^ Rand McNally & Company (1947). Road and Reference Atlas (Map). 1:1,077,120 (1947 ed.). pp. 42–43. 
  4. ^ Hancock, Jason (10 August 2008). "Highways of Des Moines". The Iowa Highways Page. http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/desmoines.html. Retrieved 6 December 2009. 
  5. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (2011). Transportation Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/current/stmapmain.pdf. Retrieved November 21, 2011.