Interstate 280 West

West

I-280 lowers from the Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge northwest into Scott County, Iowa. The state line crosses the span midway through the tied-arch superstructure. 05/28/18

The Iowa welcome sign precedes the diamond interchange (Exit 8) with Iowa 22 (Rockingham Road). Iowa 22 meets I-280 one mile south of U.S. 61 Business (W River Drive). The state route used to continue along Rockingham Road northeast to Blue Grass Road, but that stretch was decommissioned when the West River Drive extension opened on November 14, 1958.1 05/28/18

Iowa 22 travels 98 miles overall from Davenport west to Iowa 21 near Thornburg. Iowa 22 originally followed the route of U.S. 61 between Davenport and Muscatine, but the two highways switched alignments October 23, 1958.1 05/28/18

Iowa 22 east to U.S. 61 Business (W River Drive) leads five miles to Downtown Davenport. West from Exit 8, Iowa 22 continues five miles to the city of Buffalo. Nahant Marsh lies east of I-280 and south of Iowa 22 along Wapello Avenue. 05/28/18

Continuing north, Interstate 280 next meets W River Drive (U.S. 61 south / U.S. 61 Business north), Locust Street and Kimberly Road (U.S. 6 east). 04/08/13

Designated in 2010 when U.S. 61 was relocated onto I-280 and I-80, U.S. 61 Business follows W Drive Drive outward from Downtown Davenport to meet Interstate 280 at a diamond interchange (Exit 5) near West Lake Park. 04/08/13

Confirming marker posted north of Exit 8. 04/08/13

U.S. 61 joins the Quad Cities area with Blue Grass and Muscatine along a four lane expressway to the west. U.S. 61 Business combines with U.S. 67 between the Centennial Bridge and S Brady Street in Downtown, before turning northward to the North Park Mall area and I-80 at Exit 295. 04/08/13

West North

Locust Street heads west from Davenport to become CR F65 (160th Street) en route to Little Groves and CR Y40 north of Blue Grass. 04/08/13

Interstate 280 west / U.S. 61 north pass by West Lake County Park to Black Hawk Creek. 04/08/13

One mile south of the diamond interchange (Exit 4) with Locust Street east and Scott County Route F65 (160th Street) west. Locust Street provides direct access to Genesis West Medical Center and St. Ambrose University from Interstate 280. 04/08/13

Exit 4 leaves I-280/U.S. 61 north to Locust Street east and CR F65 (160th Street) west. Interests to Palmer College of Chiropractic and the Putnam Museum are directed onto Locust Street. Locust Street carried U.S. 6 from Hickory Grove Road to Bridge Avenue from 1935 until 1937, when Kimberly Road opened. Later the street carried Iowa 122 from Hickory Grove Road (former Iowa 350) / Division Street to Marquette Street until 1960.1 04/08/13

Confirming markers posted north of Locust Street. 06/21/22

I-280/U.S. 61 span Duck Creek two miles south of the diamond interchange (Exit 1) with Kimberly Road and U.S. 6 east. 06/21/22

U.S. 6 was relocated northward from Walcott, Stockton, Durant and Wilton onto I-80 via I-280 at Exit 1 in 1980. The old alignment was signed as Iowa 9273 until July 1, 2003, when it was redesignated as County Route F58.2 06/21/22

U.S. 6 follows Kimberly Road southeast to Probstei and the Green Acres area of northwest Davenport. Kimberly Road generally constitutes a commercial arterial across Davenport to North Park Mall and I-74 at Spruce Hills Drive. 06/21/22

West North

U.S. 6 west joins I-280/U.S. 61 north ahead of a directional-T interchange with Interstate 80. I-80 travels across northern reaches of the Quad Cities east to Le Claire and over the Mississippi River southward to East Moline and Colona. 06/21/22

An end sign for Interstate 280 appears above the ramp split for I-80/U.S. 61 east to Eldridge, Bettendorf and Chicago, Illinois and I-80/U.S. 6 west to Iowa City and Des Moines. 06/21/22

Westward from I-280, U.S. 6 follows I-80 to Iowa 38 at Exit 271 near Wilton. 06/19/22

U.S. 61 joins I-80 east to a freeway extending north from Brady Street in Davenport to Eldridge. 06/21/22

Typical for Iowa freeway to freeway connections, shields are posted along the ramp for the routes which it connects. 06/19/22

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Photo Credits:

04/08/13, 05/28/18, 06/19/22, 06/21/22 by AARoads

Connect with:
Interstate 80
U.S. 6
U.S. 61
Highway 22

Page Updated 12-06-2023.