Interstate 235 East

Removed by 2007, the first confirming marker for I-235 was previously posted within the West Mixmaster Interchange at I-35/80. A half diamond interchange (Exit 1A from I-235 west) follows at 50th Street.

09/04/05

Exit 1B joins Interstate 235 with West Valley Drive (36th Street). West Valley Drive heads north to Valley West Mall and University Avenue in Clive.

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The first reassurance shield for Interstate 235 precedes the parclo interchange (Exit 1B) with West Valley Drive.

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West Valley Drive is the first of three interchanges to serve the city of West Des Moines. The arterial leads south to Mills Civic Parkway.

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I-235 advances east below 28th Street beyond this shield assembly.

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22nd Street in West Des Moines meets Interstate 235 at a diamond interchange (Exit 2).

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Interstate 235 passes over 22nd Street at Exit 2. 22nd Street stems north from Ashworth Road and turns into NW 86th Street across the Clive city line en route to U.S. 6 (Hickman Road).

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Interstate 235 spans 17th Street ahead of several apartment complexes along the south side.

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A folded diamond interchange connects Interstate 235 with 73rd Street / 8th Street at Exit 3.

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Exit 3 departs Interstate 235 east for 8th Street south to West Des Moines and 73rd Street north through the city of Windsor Heights.

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Crossing the IAIS Railroad and Walnut Creek within Windsor Heights, Interstate 235 enters the stretch of freeway completely reconstructed during the 2002-07 Rebuilding I-235 project. The ensuing exit departs for Iowa 28 (63rd Street).

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Iowa 28 (63rd Street) leads north along the Windsor Heights and Des Moines city line to U.S. 6, where the two combine northward to Douglas Avenue and Merle Hay Mall.

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Heading south from the diamond interchange with I-235, Iowa 28 travels two miles to Historic Valley Junction.

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Entering the city of Des Moines.

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A half diamond interchange adds traffic to I-235 eastbound from 56th Street.

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Shifting southward through an S-curve, I-235 converges with 42nd Street at a parclo interchange (Exit 5B).

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Polk Boulevard spans I-235 north from Grand Avenue and Greenwood Park. Greenwood Park is home to both the Des Moines Art Center and the Clares & Miles Mills Rose Garden.

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42nd Street heads north to the Des Moines Community Playhouse and University Avenue and south to Grand Avenue.

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Exit 5B separates from I-235 east for 42nd Street beyond the first of three basket-handle arched pedestrian bridges built in 2005.

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The second basket-handle arched pedestrian bridge crosses over Interstate 235 east of 42nd Street at Center Street.

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An auxiliary lane opens east from 42nd Street to the diamond interchange (Exit 6) at 31st Street. The original off-ramp at Exit 6 joined Rollins Avenue east at 35th Street. A loop ramp connected 31st Street south with I-235 east.

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31st Street goes south to Grand Avenue by Des Moines University. Grand Avenue heads east from there to the Terrace Hill Historic Site, where Iowa's first millionaire lived back in 1869. North from Exit 6, 31st Street runs seven blocks to University Avenue at Drake University.

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Shifting northward beyond 31st Street, Interstate 235 previously met Cottage Grove Avenue at overlapping wye interchanges. This exchange was removed during the Rebuilding I-235 project.

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A split diamond interchange (Exit 7A) with the one way couplet of Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway south and 1st Street north replaced the ramps at Cottage Grove Avenue.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Parkway comprises a six lane boulevard south of I-235 to the western end of Downtown Des Moines and across the Raccoon River. Fleur Drive extends south from the roadway to Grays Lake Park and Des Moines International Airport (DSM).

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Exit 7B via Keo (Keosauqua) Way directs traffic northbound to merge with 19th Street and southbound into Downtown. Greened out on overheads for Exit 7B was Bus Terminal for the facility located between 7th Street and 6th Avenue, north of Center Street.

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Departing in quick succession from I-235 eastbound is Exit 8A onto School Street, the south side frontage street, to most of the main routes into Downtown Des Moines and to the Iowa Events Center.

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An array of attractions line the two block stretch along the west side of the Des Moines River including Wells Fargo Arena, the Des Moines Civic Center and Principal Park.

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Exit 8A splits into ramps for the couplet of 7th Street / 6th Avenue south of Mercy Medical Center and the DMACC Urban Campus and the pair of 3rd Street and 2nd Avenue by Wells Fargo Arena.

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Viewing Downtown Des Moines from the bridges spanning Keosauqua Way.

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Interstate 235 drops below grade between 9th Street and 2nd Avenue. The succeeding exit follows the Des Moines River for the one way couplet of E 6th Street and Penn (Pennsylvania) Avenue.

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Braided ramps appear alongside I-235 east between 5th Avenue and 3rd Street adjacent to the Iowa Events Center parking lot.

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E 6th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue are two of the four main streets to and from Iowa's gold-domed Capitol.

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2nd Avenue and a flyover to I-235 westbound span the freeway just ahead of the Des Moines River.

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The Iowa State Capitol rises just over two blocks to the south of Interstate 235 along Grand Avenue.

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Part of the Principal Riverwalk, the Iowa Women of Achievement Bridge spans the Des Moines River adjacent to the Center Street Dam just south of I-235.

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Succeeding split diamond interchanges join Interstate 235 with the pair of E 6th Street / Pennsylvania Avenue and U.S. 69 along E 14th/15th Streets north of the Iowa State Capitol.

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Exit 8B leaves eastbound I-235 between the River Hills Apartments and the Des Moines Botanical Garden for E 6th Street south and Pennsylvania Avenue north.

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Named the Edna M. Griffin Memorial Bridge, the third basket-handle arch pedestrian bridge crosses I-235 at Exit 8A.

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U.S. 69 follows SE 14th Street northward across the Des Moines River to the vicinity of the Iowa State Capitol, where it splits into the couplet with 15th Street and Johnson Court. Leading north, U.S. 69 heads toward Union Park in Des Moines and the city of Ankeny.

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Exit 9 joins a collector distributor roadway from Pennsylvania Avenue to U.S. 69 at Lyon Street.

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Exit 10A parts ways just beyond the U.S. 69 underpass along E 15th Street for eastbound Iowa 163 (University Avenue).

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Exit 10A joins University Avenue 1.4 miles ahead of the Iowa State Fairgrounds, which lies northwest of Sleepy Hollow Sports Park. Iowa 163 proceeds another 1.4 miles across Fourmile Creek into the city of Pleasant Hill.

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Iowa 163 commences a 166 mile route from U.S. 69 at Capitol Park. Mostly an expressway or freeway, Iowa 163 combines with U.S. 63 at Oskaloosa and with U.S. 34 east from Ottumwa to Burlington and the Illinois state line.

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Interstate 235 elevates onto a viaduct spanning both Iowa 163 (University Avenue) and a Union Pacific Railroad line to Exit 10B for Easton Boulevard.

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Easton Boulevard branches northeast from Iowa 163 (University Avenue) to I-235 between Delaware Avenue and E 2nd Street.

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I-235 turns north through a residential area parallel to E 21st and 22nd Streets along the ensuing stretch.

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A diamond interchange (Exit 11) follows along I-235 eastbound at Guthrie Avenue.

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Guthrie Avenue goes east to Hubbell Avenue and Grandview Park. Hubbell Avenue northbound turns into U.S. 6 at the East Euclid Avenue intersection, southbound leads back toward the State Capitol and Downtown Des Moines.

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Continuing north, Interstate 235 next meets U.S. 6 (Euclid Avenue) on Des Moine's industrial north side.

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U.S. 6 travels east to Hubbell Avenue and Altoona and west to Douglas Avenue in northwest Des Moines.

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Exit 12 departs Interstate 235 eastbound at the Hull Avenue underpass. U.S. 6 represents the main east-west arterial route through north Des Moines, from Urbandale and Merle Hay Mall eastward across Highland Park, Grand View University and Capitol Heights.

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A loop ramp (Exit 12B) previously departed for U.S. 6 (Euclid Avenue) west, 1.25 miles south of the East Mixmaster Interchange (Exit 137) with I-35/80.

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I-235 vacates the city of Des Moines by the unincorporated community of Norwoodville midway between the Euclid Avenue entrance ramp and NE 46th Avenue underpass.

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The final confirming marker for Interstate 235 eastbound.

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The succeeding exit ramp joins Interstate 80 east to Altoona, Iowa City and Quad Cities.

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Ramps for I-80 east and I-35 south/I-80 west to Johnston, Urbandale and Clive depart in unison as two lanes lead directly onto Interstate 35 northbound through Ankeny.

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The Northeast Mixmaster Interchange was expanded in 2007-09 with new roadways built linking I-235 north with I-35 north and from I-35 south to I-235. This eliminated weaving traffic, with the previous mainline roadways repurposed as distributors.

04/12/13

Exits 137A/B separate for Interstate 80 east to Davenport and the 14 mile overlap of I-35/80 to West Des Moines.

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