Iowa Highway 16

Iowa Highway 16
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length:	65.488 mi[1] (105.393 km)
Existed:	December 1, 1930[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 34 / CR V43 near Agency
	US 218 / Iowa 27 near Houghton
East end:	US 61 / Great River Road at Wever
Location
Counties:	Wapello, Davis, Van Buren, Henry, Lee
Highway system
Iowa Primary Highway System Interstates U.S. Highways State Highways ← Iowa 15 Iowa 17 →

Iowa Highway 16 (Iowa 16) is a state highway running from west to east in southeastern Iowa. The highway has a length of 65.18 miles (104.90 km). The western terminus of Iowa Highway 16 is at an intersection with U.S. Highway 34 between Agency and Batavia. The eastern terminus is located at Wever at an intersection with U.S. Highway 61.

Route description

Iowa 16 begins by going south from a freeway interchange with U.S. Highway 34. It goes south to Eldon, then turns southeast on an alignment north of the Des Moines River. Near Douds, it intersects Iowa Highway 98. It continues east until Iowa Highway 1, with which it runs concurrent briefly. It goes east until Houghton, then intersects U.S. Highway 218 and Iowa Highway 27. It continues southeasterly to Wever on an alignment just south of the Skunk River and ends at U.S. Highway 61.

History

The current version of Iowa Highway 16 is the second occurrence of the route number in the state; the route number first occurred on a highway that was decommissioned in 1930 and ran between the Minnesota and Missouri state lines.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Wapello	Agency	0.000	0.000	US 34 / CR V43
Van Buren	Douds	15.015	24.164	Iowa 98 south / CR V64 north
	Birmingham	22.465	36.154	Iowa 1 north	West end of Iowa 1 overlap
	Keosauqua	24.679	39.717	Iowa 1 south	East end of Iowa 1 overlap
Lee	Houghton	45.777	73.671	US 218 / Iowa 27
	Wever	65.488	105.393	US 61 / Great River Road
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

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