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EspañolU.S. ROUTE 218
(Redirected from U.S. 218)
'U.S. Highway 218' is a spur of U.S. Highway 18. It is one of the original United States Highways of 1926. It is one of the few remaining north-south US routes with an even number. It is a rare route in that it intersects its 'parent', U.S. Highway 18, in the middle of its route, and has always done so.
As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Owatonna, Minnesota at Interstate 35. Its southern terminus is Keokuk, Iowa at U.S. Highway 136, approximately 319 miles (513 km) to the south. Prior to 1938, its southern terminus was at U.S. Highway 30 in southern Benton County, Iowa.
===Iowa
Minnesota
Towns in Mower County served by 218
The following Mower County cities, towns, townships and unincorporated population centers are located on 218 (listed from north to south).
★ Lansing Township, Minnesota
★ Austin, Minnesota
★ Lyle, Minnesota
The following Steele County cities, towns, townships, and unincorporated population centers are located on 218 (listed from north to south).
★ Owatonna, Minnesota
★ Pratt (unincorporated)
★ Bixby (unincorporated)
★ Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
The Minnesota section of U.S. 218 is defined as Route 40 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.114(2).[2]
U.S. 218 is part of the Avenue of the Saints between Floyd and Cedar Falls, Iowa, and again between Cedar Rapids and a point south of Donnellson, Iowa. North of Mount Pleasant, Iowa the parts of US 218 that follow the Avenue have been completely upgraded to four lanes, with either at-grade intersections or controlled access. When 218 is part of the Avenue of the Saints, it is co-signed with Iowa Highway 27.
In 1913, work on the road that is now U.S. 218 was begun. At this time it was called the 'Red Ball Route'. It was called this because the original route was marked with poles which had red balls, six inches in diameter, mounted on each side. In 1920, the Minnesota portion of the route was designated as Constitutional Route 40, as part of the Babcock Amendment that established the Minnesota trunk highway system.
In Iowa, U.S. 218 was extended from its previous southern terminus, at its intersection with U.S. 30 in Benton County, in 1934 when U.S. Route 161 was split and renamed. The former U.S. 161 had extended from Dubuque, through Cedar Rapids, to Keokuk. After the split, the section of former U.S. 161 from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids extended U.S. 151 south, and the section of U.S. 30 from the former terminus of U.S. 218 to its intersection with the former U.S. 161 in Cedar Rapids, along with the section of former U.S. 161 from Cedar Rapids to Keokuk, extended U.S. 218 south.
Martin Zellar, the lead singer/songwriter of the Austin Minnesota band the Gear Daddies, wrote a song titled "218". The song appears on the Gear Daddies' 1992 album "Can't Have Nothin' Nice".
1. US Highways.com
2. Minnesota Codified Laws.
★ "Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356
★ Minnesota's Constitutional Routes
★ Endpoints of US highways (used with permission)
'U.S. Highway 218' is a spur of U.S. Highway 18. It is one of the original United States Highways of 1926. It is one of the few remaining north-south US routes with an even number. It is a rare route in that it intersects its 'parent', U.S. Highway 18, in the middle of its route, and has always done so.
| Contents |
| Termini |
| States Traveresed |
| Towns in Steele County served by 218 |
| Legal Definition |
| Avenue of the Saints segments |
| History |
| U.S. Route 218 in Pop Culture |
| References |
| External links |
Termini
As of 2005, the highway's northern terminus is in Owatonna, Minnesota at Interstate 35. Its southern terminus is Keokuk, Iowa at U.S. Highway 136, approximately 319 miles (513 km) to the south. Prior to 1938, its southern terminus was at U.S. Highway 30 in southern Benton County, Iowa.
States Traveresed
===Iowa
The following Mower County cities, towns, townships and unincorporated population centers are located on 218 (listed from north to south).
★ Lansing Township, Minnesota
★ Austin, Minnesota
★ Lyle, Minnesota
Towns in Steele County served by 218
The following Steele County cities, towns, townships, and unincorporated population centers are located on 218 (listed from north to south).
★ Owatonna, Minnesota
★ Pratt (unincorporated)
★ Bixby (unincorporated)
★ Blooming Prairie, Minnesota
Legal Definition
The Minnesota section of U.S. 218 is defined as Route 40 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.114(2).[2]
Avenue of the Saints segments
U.S. 218 is part of the Avenue of the Saints between Floyd and Cedar Falls, Iowa, and again between Cedar Rapids and a point south of Donnellson, Iowa. North of Mount Pleasant, Iowa the parts of US 218 that follow the Avenue have been completely upgraded to four lanes, with either at-grade intersections or controlled access. When 218 is part of the Avenue of the Saints, it is co-signed with Iowa Highway 27.
History
In 1913, work on the road that is now U.S. 218 was begun. At this time it was called the 'Red Ball Route'. It was called this because the original route was marked with poles which had red balls, six inches in diameter, mounted on each side. In 1920, the Minnesota portion of the route was designated as Constitutional Route 40, as part of the Babcock Amendment that established the Minnesota trunk highway system.
In Iowa, U.S. 218 was extended from its previous southern terminus, at its intersection with U.S. 30 in Benton County, in 1934 when U.S. Route 161 was split and renamed. The former U.S. 161 had extended from Dubuque, through Cedar Rapids, to Keokuk. After the split, the section of former U.S. 161 from Dubuque to Cedar Rapids extended U.S. 151 south, and the section of U.S. 30 from the former terminus of U.S. 218 to its intersection with the former U.S. 161 in Cedar Rapids, along with the section of former U.S. 161 from Cedar Rapids to Keokuk, extended U.S. 218 south.
U.S. Route 218 in Pop Culture
Martin Zellar, the lead singer/songwriter of the Austin Minnesota band the Gear Daddies, wrote a song titled "218". The song appears on the Gear Daddies' 1992 album "Can't Have Nothin' Nice".
References
1. US Highways.com
2. Minnesota Codified Laws.
★ "Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356
★ Minnesota's Constitutional Routes
External links
★ Endpoints of US highways (used with permission)
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