IA 163 extended to Burlington

[Revive 755]

http://www.thehawkeye.com/Story/highway-signs-101609

[Alex]

Avenue of the Saints, or U.S. 27, that connects St. Louis, Mo., to St. Paul, Minn., also is known as U.S. 218 in southeast Iowa.

U.S. 27 was truncated from Michigan so it could be sent to Iowa! 

[Chris]

The difference between a State Highway and a U.S. Highway is obviously too hard for the average editor 

[usends]

Wow, great timing on this thread - I was just about to publish street maps of Burlington and Mt. Pleasant, but now I'll add IA 163 markers before we go to press.  Also, I noticed this means a new quad-plex in Iowa: a two-mile stretch of the Mt. Pleasant bypass will be US 34 / US 218 / IA 27 / IA 163.

[agentsteel53]

on a slightly related note, is the black guide sign at the junction of 163 and US-63 still around?  does anyone know?

[brad2971]

So, for consistency's sake, when is IADOT going to extend IA 60 to the Nebraska border (sharing I-129/US20/US75)? Heck, since it's obvious that neither IA nor MN want to widen US75 (especially since the border crossing @Noyes remains closed), why not truncate US75 to South Sioux City?

[Revive 755]

So, for consistency's sake, when is IADOT going to extend IA 60 to the Nebraska border (sharing I-129/US20/US75)? Heck, since it's obvious that neither IA nor MN want to widen US75 (especially since the border crossing @Noyes remains closed), why not truncate US75 to South Sioux City?

Probably when IA 330 gets extended down US 65 to I-80.  For both of these cases just having a "To IA xx" sign before the exit, similar to how Illinois signs I-24 for EB I-64 traffic around Mt. Vernon.  IA 163 and IA 27 both required a few more "turns" to stay on the expressway route.

It would certainly be nice if Iowa would treat the state routes for the Burlignton-Des Moines and Avenue of the Saints routes as the main routes and post mile markers and control cities for them.

[Revive 755]

Had a chance to see the progress on the signing of the IA 163 extension this week, but the lousy rain prevented getting any photos.  It seems the signage is better the further west one goes.  At Mt. Pleasant, only some of the BGS have IA 163, and many of them use very small IA 163 and US 34 shields.  Stand alone IA 163 did not appear until IA 163 merged with US 63.

On a related note, Mile Marker 2 on IA 163 in Des Moines features a US 163 shield.

[Revive 755]

I took at look at the eastern end of IA 163 today, which is east of the cable-stayed part of the Mississippi River Bridge.  There's also a Begin IA 163 assembly for westbound traffic almost at the exact same spot westbound - is this the only begin route assembly in Iowa?

[3467]

Maybe Illinois could make it IL 163 along US 34 up to I 80 . Iowa could send us extra signs but I think we use squares and thye use circles.

[iowahighways]

There's also a Begin IA 163 assembly for westbound traffic almost at the exact same spot westbound - is this the only begin route assembly in Iowa?

I know there is a "BEGIN" assembly for IA 330 northbound ("BEGIN NORTH 330") just past the intersection with US 65, but they are rare in Iowa.