Iowa Highway 141

Iowa Highway 141
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length:	155.362 mi[1] (250.031 km)
Existed:	October 16, 1926 [2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	I-29 / CR K42 at Sloan
	Iowa 175 at Mapleton US 30 / US 59 at Denison US 71 at Templeton Iowa 4 near Bagley US 169 at Bouton Iowa 44 at Grimes
East end:	I-35 / I-80 at Urbandale
Location
Counties:	Woodbury Monona Crawford Carroll Guthrie Dallas Polk
Highway system
Iowa Primary Highway System Interstate U.S. State Secondary Scenic ← Iowa 140 Iowa 143 →

Iowa Highway 141 is a major east–west highway in the western and central portions of the state. It is the most direct link between Sioux City and Des Moines. It also serves as a freeway link between Des Moines and the outlying communities of Perry, Granger, and Grimes. Iowa 141's western terminus is near Sloan at its junction with Interstate 29. Its eastern terminus is via an interchange with Interstates 35 and 80 on the northwestern corner of the Des Moines suburb of Urbandale.

Route description

Iowa Highway 141 begins at Interstate 29 just west of Sloan. It goes east through Sloan and Hornick before meeting Iowa Highway 31 in Smithland. It then turns southeast and at Mapleton meets Iowa Highway 175, with which it forms a wrong-way concurrency, as eastbound Iowa 141 goes the same direction as westbound Iowa 175. They separate and Iowa 141 continues southeast before going south into Ute, where it meets Iowa Highway 183. At Ute, it turns east and passes through Charter Oak before meeting U.S. 59 northwest of Denison. While in Denison, it meets Iowa Highway 39 and has another wrong-way concurrency with westbound U.S. 30. South of Denison, U.S. 59 and Iowa 141 separate.

Looking south at Iowa 141 from the Iowa 415 exit

Iowa 141 turns east and passes through Aspinwall and Manning before meeting U.S. 71 south of Templeton. Iowa 141 and U.S. 71 run concurrent for 3 miles (4.8 km) before separating west of Dedham. It continues east, bypasses Dedham and turns southeast briefly before going east to go through Coon Rapids After another brief southeasterly turn, it goes east and passes through Bayard, where it meets Iowa Highway 25. They run together for 3 miles (4.8 km), then separate. After passing through Bagley, Iowa 141 meets Iowa Highway 4, with which it briefly runs concurrent. After passing south of Jamaica and Dawson, it meets Iowa Highway 144 in Perry and the highway turns into an expressway, which it will be for the rest of its length.

After passing through Perry, Iowa 141 continues east and meets U.S. 169 near Bouton. Near Woodward, it meets Iowa Highway 210 and turns southeast to go towards the Des Moines area. At Granger, it meets Iowa Highway 17 and shortly thereafter meets Iowa Highway 415, where it then turns south. It then passes through Grimes and meets Iowa Highway 44. It then enters Urbandale and quickly ends at an interchange with Interstate 35 and Interstate 80.

History

Iowa Highway 141 originally ran from Sioux City to Denison but was extended to the Des Moines area in 1941. In 1961, the highway was realigned so that it no longer entered Sioux City. The new segment went west from Smithland to Sloan, while the original segment from Smithland to Sioux City was designated (though not signed) as Iowa Highway 982. Between 1975 and 1977, Iowa Highway 141 was upgraded to a freeway between Perry and Interstates 35 and 80.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Woodbury	Sloan Township	0.000	0.000	I-29 (Exit 127) / CR K42
	Smithland	16.276	26.194	Iowa 31 north (North Hickory Street)
Monona	Mapleton	24.503	39.434	Iowa 175 east	West end of Iowa 175 overlap
		25.104	40.401	Iowa 175 west (Front Street)	East end of Iowa 175 overlap
	Ute	35.975	57.896	Iowa 183 south (Monona Avenue)
Crawford	Goodrich–Denison township line	52.755	84.901	US 59 north	West end of US 59 overlap
	Denison	54.701	88.033	Iowa 39 north
		55.358	89.090	US 30 east (4th Street)	West end of US 30 overlap
		55.890	89.946	US 30 west	East end of US 30 overlap
	Washington Township	62.983	101.361	US 59 south	East end of US 59 overlap
Carroll	Eden Township	83.947	135.100	US 71 south	West end of US 71 overlap
		86.939	139.915	US 71 north	East end of US 71 overlap
Guthrie	Bayard	105.213	169.324	Iowa 25 north	West end of Iowa 25 overlap
	Dodge Township	108.225	174.171	Iowa 25 south	East end of Iowa 25 overlap
	Richland Township	114.728	184.637	Iowa 4 north	West end of Iowa 4 overlap
		115.174	185.355	Iowa 4 south	East end of Iowa 4 overlap
Dallas	Perry	128.864	207.387	Iowa 144 north
	Beaver Township	132.947	213.957	US 169
	Woodward	138.947	223.614	Iowa 210 east
	Des Moines Township	140.174	225.588	CR R22 to Iowa 44
Dallas–Polk county line	Granger	146.815	236.276	Iowa 17 north
Polk	Jefferson Township	148.977	239.755	Iowa 415 south
	Grimes	152.500	245.425	Iowa 44 west
	Urbandale	155.362	250.031	I-35 / I-80 (Exit 127)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

Notes

• While Highway 141 is the shortest and most direct route between Sioux City and Des Moines, it is not necessarily the fastest. Traveling via Interstates 29, 680, and 80 is approximately nine miles further, but it is possible to travel at higher speeds on the Interstates.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Iowa Highways Page: Highway 141.
• End of Iowa 141 at Iowa Highway Ends.

References