Iowa Highway 127

Iowa Highway 127
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length: 15.985 mi[1] (25.725 km)
Major junctions
West end: I-29 west of Mondamin
  Iowa 183 east of Mondamin
East end: US 30 at Logan
Location
Counties: Harrison
Highway system

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

← Iowa 122 Iowa 128 →

Iowa Highway 127 is an east–west highway in western Iowa. It has a length of 16 miles (26 km). It lies entirely in Harrison County. Iowa Highway 127's western terminus is at Interstate 29 near Mondamin, while its eastern terminus is in Logan at U.S. Highway 30.

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Route description

Iowa Highway 127 begins at an interchange with Interstate 29 (I-29) west of Mondamin, traveling east along a two-lane highway. 4⁄5 miles (1.3 km) east of I-29, it meets Harrison County Road K45 (CR K45), which is a former alignment of U.S. Route 75. Three miles east of Mondamin, it meets the southern end of Iowa Highway 183, which is part of the Loess Hills Scenic Byway (LHSB). The LHSB follows Iowa 127 for 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) before Iowa 127 turns to the east and the LHSB continues south along CR L20. The route travels east for 6 miles (9.7 km),[2] passing through Magnolia, after which it turns to the south towards Logan. The designation ends at U.S. Route 30 in downtown Logan.[3]

History

Iowa Highway 127 originally went traveled between U.S. Route 75 west of Magnolia, where it now meets Harrison CR L20, and U.S. Route 30 in Logan. This intersection is now where it meets Harrison County Road L20. In 1968, upon completion of Interstate 29 west of Mondamin, US 75 was relocated onto I-29 and Iowa 127 was extended west to the interstate.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Harrison County.

Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Mondamin 0.000 I-29 Western terminus
4.247 Iowa 183 north
Magnolia 5.662 CR L20 (Loess Hills Scenic Byway) Former IA 183
Logan 15.985 US 30 Eastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. ^ 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 July 31, 2010. 
  2. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (January 1, 2009). Highway and Transportation Map of Harrison County, Iowa (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/Harrison.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2010. 
  3. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (2010). Transportation Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/current/stmapmain.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2010. 
  4. ^ Iowa State Highway Commission (1969). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1969_front.pdf. Retrieved July 31, 2010.