Iowa Highway 143

Iowa Highway 143
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length: 12.049 mi[1] (19.4 km)
Major junctions
South end: Iowa 3 / CR L36 near Marcus
North end: Iowa 10 / CR L36 near Granville
Location
Counties: Cherokee, O'Brien
Highway system

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

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Iowa Highway 143 is a state highway which runs north-south in northwestern Iowa. The highway has a length of 12 miles (19 km).

Contents

Route description

Iowa Highway 143 begins at an intersection with Iowa Highway 3 just over one mile (1.6 km) south of Marcus in Cherokee County. On the northern edge of Marcus, Iowa 143 crosses a Canadian National Railway line.[2] Six miles (9.7 km) north of Marcus, Iowa 143 crosses into O'Brien County. It ends 5 miles (8.0 km) later at an intersection with Iowa Highway 10, 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Germantown and 4 miles (6.4 km) east of Granville.[1]

History

Originally, Iowa Highway 143 was a short spur route from Iowa Highway 5 to Marcus; but it was extended north to Iowa 10 in 1937. In 1941, the highway extended south to the Woodbury/Cherokee county border near Correctionville.[3]. In the early 1960s, Iowa 143 was paved between Marcus and Iowa 10, and the segment south of Iowa 3 / Iowa 5 was turned over to Cherokee County.[4]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes
Cherokee
 Marcus 0.000 Iowa 3 / CR L36  
O'Brien
 Caledonia Township 12.049 Iowa 10 / CR L36  

References

  1. ^ a b c "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 June 19, 2010. 
  2. ^ Iowa Department of Transportation (July 1, 2008). Iowa State Railroad Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/pdf/Rail_Base.pdf. Retrieved June 19, 2010. 
  3. ^ Jason Hancock. "Highway 143". Iowa Highways. http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/iowa140-159.html#143. Retrieved 2008-09-22. 
  4. ^ Iowa State Highway Commission (1962). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1962_front.pdf. Retrieved June 19, 2010.