Interstate 80 East - Durant to Quad Cities

U.S. 6 combines with Interstate 80 east for 18.7 miles to northwest Davenport.

06/19/15

The exit in Cedar County joins I-80/U.S. 6 with County Route Y26, two miles north of Durant. Davenport is 30 miles from this point.

06/19/15

Cedar County Route Y26 (Yankee Avenue) leads 2.3 miles south from Exit 277 to Historic U.S. 6 (5th Street) in the city of Durant.

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CR Y26 heads north from the diamond interchange at Exit 277 to CR F44 (290th Street) just east of Sunbury. Connections with CR F44 west to CR Y14 north or Yankee Avenue north to Iowa 130 west leads to the small city of Bennett.

06/19/15

Located six miles to the southeast, Stockton, a city of less than 200, is the next destination along I-80/U.S. 6 east via Exit 280. Davenport is 24 miles away.

06/19/15

1st Avenue spans I-80/U.S. 6 where the freeway enters Scott County, the final county along I-80 east across Iowa.

06/19/15

I-80/U.S. 6 proceed two miles east from the county line to a diamond interchange (Exit 280) with Scott County Route Y30 (20th Avenue). Stockton is three miles to the south via CR Y30, Historic U.S. 6 (200th Street) and Western Avenue.

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Exit 280 leaves I-80/U.S. 6 east for CR Y30 (20th Avenue). North from the exchange, 20th Avenue continues 4.4 miles to Iowa 130 near the city of New Liberty.

06/19/15

I-80/U.S. 6 shifts southward two miles latitudinally on the ensuing stretch.

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Walcott is referenced at six miles away via Interstate 80 east to County Route Y40 south. 199 miles away, Chicago replaces Davenport as the control city for I-80.

06/19/15

The forthcoming diamond interchange (Exit 284) with CR Y40 (Plainview Road) lies within northern reaches of the Walcott city limits. 60th Avenue extends CR Y40 from the city line to Iowa 130 (New Liberty Road).

06/19/15

Plainview Road leads County Route Y40 south 1.3 miles to Historic U.S. 6 (200th Street) ahead of the Walcott street grid.

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I-80/U.S. 6 continue southeast another three miles beyond the entrance ramp from CR Y40 in Walcott.

06/19/15

The world's largest truck stop, the Iowa 80, lies on the northeast side of the exchange (Exit 284) joining Interstate 80 with CR Y40.

06/19/15

I-80/U.S. 6 part ways in four miles at I-280/U.S. 61 in the city of Davenport.

06/19/22

U.S. 6 shifts south from I-80 along a short overlap with I-280/U.S. 61 to Kimberly Road leading east across Davenport.

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06/21/22

Interests to Quad City International Airport (MLI) are directed onto Interstate 280 east to Moline in lieu of remaining on I-80 east to I-74 east. While staying in rural areas of west Davenport to the Mississippi River, I-280 provides an alternate route for I-80 east to Chicago.

06/19/22

Interstate 280 is the first of four exits along I-80 eastbound for Davenport in the Quad Cities. There are four exits for Davenport also along I-280.

06/19/22

U.S. 61 was relocated from W River Drive and Brady Street through Davenport along a bypass route using I-280 and I-80 in September 2011. Beyond the Quad Cities, U.S. 61 is an expressway leading west to Muscatine and north to Dubuque.

06/19/22

Exit 290 departs I-80 east for I-280/U.S. 6 east just beyond the CR Y48 (110th Avenue) overpass. I-280 constitutes the western and southern half of the Quad Cities belt line while I-80 forms the northern and eastern sections. I-280 combines with I-74 east by MLI Airport to the Big X Interchange with I-80/IL 110 at Colona, Illinois.

06/19/22

Interstate 280 travels 9.4 miles south through Davenport to the Sergeant John F. Baker, Jr. Bridge spanning the Mississippi River into Rock Island, Illinois. U.S. 61 joins Interstate 280 south to Exit 6 and I-80 east to Exit 295.

06/19/22

U.S. 61 combines with I-80 from the rural outskirts of Davenport east 5.1 miles to Brady Street.

06/21/22

Northwest Boulevard converges with I-80/U.S. 61 at a diamond interchange (Exit 292) in two miles. U.S. 61 Business ties into the freeway from Brady Street in three miles.

06/21/22

Iowa 130 (New Liberty Road) enters Davenport from Maysville to the northwest and ends at Exit 292 along I-80/U.S. 61.

06/21/22

Northwest Boulevard carried the Iowa 130 designation southeast from Exit 292 to Harrison Avenue until 1985, when the roadway south of I-80 was turned over to the city of Davenport.¹

06/21/22

Continuing east, I-80/U.S. 61 pass by Davenport Municipal Airport (DVN) ahead of their separation at Exit 295.

06/21/22

The west end of Interstate 74 lies four miles east of Northwest Boulevard. Brady Street (U.S. 61 Business) comprises one of two main commercial arterials in Davenport with Kimberly Road (U.S. 6) being the other.

06/19/22

Exits 295 A/B constitutes a cloverleaf interchange with U.S. 61 Business (Brady Street) south and the freeway leading U.S. 61 north to Eldridge and DeWitt.

06/21/22

Brady Street (U.S. 61 Business) provides a direct route to the Davenport Riverfront. Scott County Park lies beyond Eldridge to the east of U.S. 61 via Exit 129.

06/21/22

U.S. 61 Business follows Brady Street south to Welcome Way, where the route splits into a one way couplet to Downtown Davenport. The business route was established in 2010 to reroute through traffic around Davenport.

06/21/22

U.S. 61 heads north from Exit 295 B, 14 miles along a freeway to U.S. 30 at DeWitt. U.S. 61 extends north from there along an expressway to Maquoketa and Dubuque.

06/21/22

Bettendorf, the northeastern of the Quad Cities, has one exit from I-80 directly and four along Interstate 74 south.

06/21/22

Local traffic banners were added to signs for Interstate 74 due to the substandard Iowa-Illinois Memorial Bridge. Construction from 2017 to December 2020 replaced the suspension bridges linking Davenport with Moline with a signature six to eight lane span.

06/21/22

Interstate 74 crosses the Mississippi River by the Bettendorf Riverfront in 5.3 miles en route to Downtown Moline.

06/21/22

Beyond the Quad Cities, Interstate 74 heads south to Galena and Peoria, Illinois as part of a 428 mile route to Cincinnati, Ohio by way of Indianapolis, Indiana.

06/21/22

A trumpet interchange (Exit 298) connects I-80 and I-74. I-74 combines with U.S. 6 from Bettendorf to Moline and with I-280 east from Moline to the Big X interchange with I-80 at Colona in 19 miles.

06/21/22

Interstate 80 crosses Crow Creek ahead of this eastbound reassurance marker.

06/21/22

The final rest area on I-80 in Iowa lies one mile ahead in northwest Bettendorf. A Welcome Center for Illinois is just nine miles away, but trucks are prohibited from accessing the facility, so the conventional rest area east of I-74 is instead referenced here in 26 miles.

06/21/22

Utica Ridge Road passes over Interstate 80 beyond this distance sign posted 2.5 miles from Exit 301 to Middle Road and 191 miles from Chicago.

06/21/22

Interstate 80 formally enters the city of Bettendorf by the Davenport Rest Area located just east of milepost 299.

06/21/22

Middle Road crosses Bettendorf from Locust Street in Davenport northeast to a parclo A2 interchange (Exit 301) with Interstate 80.

06/21/22

Exit 301 leaves Interstate 80 east for Middle Road south to Scott Community College at Riverdale and central Bettendorf. Middle Road north ties into Indiana Avenue nearby.

06/21/22

Shield assembly for Interstate 80 posted after Spencer Creek. The freeway vacates the Bettendorf city limits ahead of Wells Ferry Road.

06/23/22

Le Claire, a Mississippi River city of around 4,700, is the final destination for Interstate 80 in Iowa seven miles.

06/23/22

Interstate 80 enters the Le Claire city limits ahead of the folded diamond interchange (Exit 306) with U.S. 67 (S Cody Road).

06/23/22

U.S. 67 straddles the Mississippi River northward from Downtown Davenport to Clinton and the terminus at U.S. 52 near Sabula. Le Claire is home to the Buffalo Bill Museum and the American Pickers of History Channel fame.

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The city of Le Claire utilizes automated speed enforcement along Interstate 80.

06/23/22

Exit 306 departs Interstate 80 east for U.S. 67 (S Cody Road) north to Downtown Le Claire and south to Bettendorf and Riverdale. U.S. 67 travels 67 miles within Iowa and 1,560 miles overall to Presidio, Texas.

06/23/22

Speed cameras are located at the exchange with U.S. 67.

06/23/22

The Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge carries Interstate 80 across the Mississippi River from Le Claire to Rapids City, Illinois. The bridge was named to honor Schwengel, a Iowa Congressman involved in the Interstate Highway Act, in 1995.²

06/23/22

Looking southwest from Interstate 80 over the Mississippi River, Lock and Dam Number 14 comes into view.

12/25/19

Interstate 80 crosses the Illinois state line at the midpoint of the Mississippi River. IL 84 meets the freeway on the south side of the span at a folded diamond interchange (Exit 1).

06/23/22