Iowa Highway 192
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Iowa DOT | ||||
| Length: | 5.090 mi[1] (8.192 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1980 – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end: |
  I-29 / I-80 in Council Bluffs | |||
 US 6 in Council Bluffs | ||||
| North end: |
I-29 in Council Bluffs | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Pottawattamie | |||
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Iowa Highway 192 (Iowa 192) is a north–south highway within the city limits of Council Bluffs, Iowa. It has a length of 5 miles (8.0 km). It begins and an interchange with Interstate 29 (I-29) and I-80 in the southern part of the city. It briefly overlaps U.S. Route 6 (US 6) near downtown. It ends at another interchange with I-29 just south of the northern city limits.
Iowa 192 existed from the 1930s to the 1970s in a route similar to what is used today. That route served as an access road from downtown Council Bluffs to Lake Manawa State Park. It was redesignated in 1980 along its current routing.
Route description
Iowa 192 begins at an interchange with I-29 / I-80 in southern Council Bluffs. It heads north along the four-lane South Expressway parallel to a line of the BNSF Railway.[2] A grain elevator towers over the road and railway just north of the I-29 / I-80 interchange. Between 23rd and 19th avenues, the highway eases one block to the west.[3]
North of the stoplight at 19th Avenue, it becomes an elevated highway in order to avoid level crossings with the multiple railroad tracks that pass beneath. Immediately after crossing 9th Street, the elevated highway returns to the surface and the two directions of traffic split into a one-way couplet – S. 6th Street northbound and S. 7th Street southbound. The division of the two directions also marks the end of the South Expressway.[3] As Iowa 192 approaches the west side downtown Council Bluffs, it passes the historic Pottawattamie County Jail, a three-story rotary jail used from 1885 to 1969.
At W. Kanesville Boulevard, which carries US 6, the one-way couplet ends and Iowa 192 turns west onto Kanesville. Shortly thereafter, the street turns into Broadway. US 6 and Iowa 192 head west together along W. Broadway and over a viaduct over a line of the Union Pacific Railroad.[2] One block after the viaduct returns to street level, Iowa 192 leaves US 6. It travels north through a residential area along N. 16th Street. Shortly after crossing a Canadian National Railway line, the road becomes a divided highway. Iowa 192 ends as it merges into I-29 traffic close to the northern city limits of Council Bluffs. There is no access to southbound I-29 from northbound Iowa 192. Likewise, northbound I-29 traffic cannot access southbound Iowa 192.[3]
History
Iowa 192 was designated first in 1931 as an access road to Lake Manawa State Park, which is located in southern Council Bluffs. It began at Lake Manawa and headed north along Main Street. At 25th Avenue, it turned west two blocks to S. 7th Street. It followed S. 7th Street until 16th Avenue, where turned east back to Main Street. It followed Main until it ended at 9th Avenue, which carried US 34.[4] Within a few years, US 34 was joined by US 275. US 34 was rerouted out of Council Bluffs in 1935.[5] US 275 was rerouted along South Omaha Bridge Road and replaced by Iowa 375 in 1941.[6] Iowa 192 was extended north to Broadway in 1971 when Iowa 375 was turned over to the city.[7] Iowa 192 itself was turned over to the city in 1975.[8]
Iowa 192 reappeared in 1980 during a series of jurisdictional transfers conducted by the Iowa Department of Transportation (Iowa DOT). It was redesignated along its old routing, but from I-29 / I-80 instead of from Lake Manawa.[9] The route has not undergone any changes since its redesignation.
Major intersections
The entire route is in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County.
| Mile[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| 0.000 | 0.000 | I-29 / I-80 (Exit 3) | |||
| 2.426 | 3.904 | US 6 east (Broadway) | South end of US 6 overlap | ||
| 3.249 | 5.229 | US 6 west (Broadway) | North end of US 6 overlap | ||
| 5.090 | 8.192 | I-29 north (Exit 56) | No access to I-29 southbound | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
Route map: Google / Bing| KML file (edit) |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2011 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa" (PDF). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Iowa Department of Transportation (2012). Council Bluffs inset map (Map). http://www.iowadot.gov/maps//msp/pdf/current/cbluffs.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Google Inc. "Iowa Highway 192". Google Maps (Map). Cartography by Google, Inc. https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=S+Exwy+St&daddr=Council+Bluffs,+IA+to:Unknown+road&hl=en&ll=41.260388,-95.842838&spn=0.080135,0.159817&sll=41.287304,-95.864693&sspn=0.005006,0.009989&geocode=FUIndQIdMm1J-g%3BFXibdQIdn0dJ-ikvMgmhz4GThzGeeSJS-oFOvg%3BFdMAdgIdrTNJ-g&t=h&gl=us&mra=mi&mrsp=2&sz=17&z=13. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa State Highway Commission (June 1932). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1932-june-front.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa State Highway Commission (March 1936). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1936-march-front.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa State Highway Commission (1942). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1942-front.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa State Highway Commission (1972). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). Council Bluffs inset. http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1972_back.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa Department of Transportation (1976). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). Council Bluffs inset. http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1976_back.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
- ↑ Iowa Department of Transportation (1981). Iowa State Highway Map (Map). Council Bluffs inset. http://www.iowadotmaps.com/msp/historical/pdf/1981_back.pdf. Retrieved January 26, 2013.