Highway 92 West

The Beckey Bridge (MSR 92) opened to traffic on December 2, 1972. It replaced the Muscatine High Bridge, which dated back to 1891 and tied into Downtown Muscatine at Walnut Street.¹

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Downtown Muscatine spreads into view west from the Norbert F. Beckey Bridge.

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Iowa 92 lowers from the Beckey Bridge to intersect U.S. 61 Business (East 2nd Street) and the south end of Iowa 38. U.S. 61 Business angles 3.8 miles southwest to U.S. 61 and Iowa 92 along Grandview Avenue.

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Welcome to Iowa sign at Iowa 92 and East 2nd Street. Iowa 92 was relocated in 2014 from a route through Downtown Muscatine to bypass the city center along a combination of U.S. 61 Business and Iowa 38 north from the Beckey Bridge.

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U.S. 61 Business remains southwest along 2nd Street to the Muscatine central business district. Maintained by the city, U.S. 61 Business crosses Mad Creek nearby ahead of a dog leg along Mulberry Avenue to Mississippi Drive along Riverside Park.

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U.S. 61 Business and Iowa 38/92 combine for two miles from the Beckey Bridge to the U.S. 61 bypass.

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2nd Street carries the three routes northeast from the Beckey Bridge approach to Park Avenue at this intersection.

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2nd Street carries the trio of routes northeast from the Beckey Bridge approach to Park Avenue at this intersection.

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Confirming markers for U.S. 61 Business/Iowa 38-92 posted between E 4th Street and Holly Street.

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Continuing north, Park Avenue intersects E 5th Street at a set of truss-arm supported traffic lights.

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The succeeding traffic light along Park Avenue north connects U.S. 61 Business/Iowa 38-92 with Iowa 22 at Washington Street.

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Iowa 22 follows Washington Street east from Park Avenue to Weed Park. The state route continues the Great River Road from Muscatine to Montpelier, Buffalo and the Quad Cities.

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With Iowa 22 west added, Park Avenue advances north toward Muscatine Community College and Muscatine Mall.

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Clay Street east and Colorado Street west come together at this traffic light on Park Avenue by Muscatine Community College.

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Ford Avenue connects U.S. 61 Business/Iowa 22-38-92 (Park Avenue) with adjacent businesses and a mobile home park.

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Formally marking the conclusion of the 5.7 mile route, an end shield for U.S. 61 Business precedes the signalized intersection with Cleveland Street on Park Avenue north.

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U.S. 61 ventures east from Muscatine to Blue Grass and Davenport and southwest to Grandview, Wapello and Burlington.

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Westbound Iowa 92 after the south end of Iowa 70 in Columbus Junction.

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Iowa 92 (Oak Street) ascends to cross over Main Street to the Columbus Junction city center. A Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad once bisected town below the overpass.

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A flasher hangs above the intersection of Iowa 92 (Oak Street) and 2nd Street in Columbus Junction. 2nd Street was formerly a part of Iowa 70 until December 1994 when the state highway shifted to a new bypass to the east. The alignment south to Columbus City was renumbered as Iowa 974 and completely decommissioned on July 1, 2003.¹

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Iowa 92 returns to rural environs west from Columbus Junction as speed limits increase to 55 miles per hour.

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The small city of Cotter lies five miles ahead while Iowa 92 reaches the Washington County seat in 17 miles.

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Iowa 92 swings northwest beyond the staggered intersection with County Road X17.

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Iowa 92 parallels the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, Corporation line to eastern Washington County.

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County Road W66 connects Iowa 92 with the adjacent city of Cotter. Cotter consists of three streets and was home to just 48 as of the 2010 census.

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Advancing westbound along Iowa 92 from Cotter and CR W66.

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Iowa 92 enters Washington County one mile west from Cotter.

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1.5 miles into Washington County, Iowa 92 west intersects Yucca Avenue by this shield assembly.

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Construction of the U.S. 218 expressway by Ainsworth resulted in a realignment of Iowa 92 southward away from the adjacent railroad line.

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A folded diamond interchange joins Iowa 92 with the Avenue of the Saints (U.S. 218/Iowa 27).

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U.S. 218/Iowa 27 travel 26 miles north from Ainsworth to Iowa City.

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Iowa 27 is the designation given to the entire Avenue of the Saints corridor throughout the Hawkeye State. The corridor extends north from Iowa City to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo along Interstate 380.

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Passing under U.S. 218/Iowa 27, drivers along Iowa 92 turn left to join the Avenue of the Saints south to Keokuk and Hannibal, Missouri.

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Mount Pleasant is a 23 mile drive to the south along U.S. 218. There U.S. 34 combines with the Avenue of the Saints along a freeway bypass.

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Iowa 92 continues eight miles west from U.S. 218 to Washington.

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A portion of the old U.S. 218 alignment remains in use as County Road W64 south along Vine Avenue. The route north was severed to eliminate an at-grade crossing of the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern Railroad, Corporation line.

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Iowa 92 and the adjacent railroad line come back together on the outskirts of Ainsworth.

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Crossing the North Fork of Long Creek, Iowa 92 formally enters the Ainsworth city limits.

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Iowa 92 generally bypasses Ainsworth to the south. The highway quickly leaves the city after Old Military Road north / Underwood Avenue south.

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Now seven miles ahead of Washington along Iowa 92 west. Sigourney, seat of Keokuk County, is 36 miles away.

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County Road G6W north ties into Iowa 92 from Crawfordville ahead of this reassurance marker.

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A signalized intersection serves a Wal-mart (Wiley Avenue) and 247th Street east on the outskirts of Washington.

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Entering the city of Washington, Iowa 92 expands to four lanes along Washington Street.

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Commercial frontage along Iowa 92 (Washington Street) gives way to a residential area through the numbered street grid of east Washington.

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Westbound Iowa 92 (Washington Street) between 7th and 6th Avenues in Washington.

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Iowa 92 turns southward from Washington Street onto 2nd Avenue at the forthcoming traffic light.

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Washington Street transitions into a divided boulevard with on-street parking through Downtown Washington after the split with Iowa 92.

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2nd Street takes Iowa 92 two blocks south to Madison Street around the Washington business district.

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Iowa 92 lines Madison Street along the south side of Downtown.

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Westbound Iowa 92 (Madison Street) after 2nd Street.

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Iowa Avenue south from Downtown becomes County Road W55, which joins Washington with Wayland in north Jefferson County.

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Marion Avenue intersects Iowa 92 (Madison Street) two blocks south of Central Park at this signal.

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The last traffic light along Iowa 92 (Madison Street) west in Washington governs the movements at Avenue B. The next signal lies 51 miles ahead in Oskaloosa.

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Madison Street constitutes a three-lane boulevard west from Downtown through a five block residential area.

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Another shield for Iowa 92 west appears ahead of Avenue F and Sunset Park.

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Iowa 92 (Madison Street) becomes commercialized on the approach to Iowa 1 near the Washington Fairgrounds.

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Iowa 92 curves northward alongside Iowa 1 to exit the city of Washington.

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Iowa 1 enters Washington from Brighton, 11 miles to the southwest. The state highway runs north 13 miles to Kalona.

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Iowa 1 north and Iowa 92 west overlap for 3.4 miles.

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Iowa 1/92 north leave the city of Washington and the intersection with County Road G36 (18th Street) to split in 1.5 miles at 220th Street (CR G36).

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