IOWA HIGHWAY 44

'Iowa Highway 44' is an east-west highway in the central and west-central portions of the state. It parallels Interstate 80 approximately ten miles to the north for most of its route.

Contents

Termini

Municipalities served by Highway 44

History

Current status/future plans

Notes

References

Termini

Highway 44's western terminus is at its junction with U.S. Route 30 four miles northeast of Logan. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with the Iowa Highway 141 freeway at Grimes.

Municipalities served by Highway 44

★ Portsmouth

★ Harlan

★ Jacksonville

★ Kimballton

★ Hamlin

★ Guthrie Center

★ Panora

★ Dallas Center

★ Grimes

History

Highway 44 was designated as part of the 1969 "Great Renumbering" of Iowa's state highways. Its designation created a continuous route number from Portsmouth to Grimes.^[3]

Current status/future plans

A stretch of Highway 44 in Guthrie County was rehabilitated in 2006. A segment near Grimes is scheduled for repaving in 2008. ^[4]

Notes

★ Highway 44's exit from Highway 141 is signed for Grimes and Saylorville Lake, but Highway 44 doesn't go to the lake. An unsigned Polk County road which continues east from Highway 44 at the interchange does serve the lake, however.^[5]

References

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3. Iowa Highway 44: The Iowa Highways Page. Accessed 26 October 2006.
4. Iowa Department of Transportation: 2006-2010 Transportation Improvement Plan. Accessed 26 October 2006.
5. Iowa Highway 44 at Iowa Highway Ends. Accessed 26 October 2006.