Highway 136 North

MSR 136 crosses the Iowa state line into Clinton midway across the Mark Morris Memorial Bridge.

03/12/17

The Mark Morris Memorial Bridge lowers gradually onto 19th Avenue North into the Lyons District of North Clinton. Formerly a separate town, Lyons merged with Clinton in 1895.

03/12/17

The Lincoln Heritage Iowa Scenic Byway begins along Iowa 136 (19th Avenue North). The Lincoln Highway crossed the Mississippi River on the Lyons-Fulton Bridge until the Gateway Bridge opened to the south in 1954.

03/12/17

19th Avenue North expands to two westbound lanes ahead of Roosevelt Street and the Iowa 136 overlap with U.S. 67 (North 2nd Street).

03/12/17

Iowa 136 and U.S. 67 overlap for seven blocks (or 0.6 miles) through the Lyons District of north Clinton. U.S. 67 leads south to Downtown.

03/12/17

Construction wrapped up in August 2017 on both widening 19th Avenue North and extending the road west from North 7th Street to Mill Creek Parkway. Design work started in 2004, and the new connection was partitioned in three phases, with the arterial built east from Mill Creek Parkway to North 2nd Street.¹ 19th Avenue NW extends west to Iowa 136.

03/12/17

Entering the Lyons District commercial center, U.S. 67/Iowa 136 turn west from N 2nd Street to Main Avenue. Main Avenue east to the Mississippi River is the historic alignment of U.S. 30 and the Lincoln Highway, where the Lyons-Fulton Bridge connected with 10th Avenue in Fulton, Illinois.

03/12/17

U.S. 67 and the Great River Road travel through northern reaches of Clinton on a 14 mile drive to Iowa 64 near Sabula.

03/12/17

An array of Eagle Flatback signals operate at Main Avenue and North 2nd Street in Clinton. Iowa 136 ventures northwest from the city 13 miles to Goose Lake and 18 miles to Charlotte.

03/12/17

Iowa 136 (Market Street) connects the north branch of CR Y60 (252nd Avenue) with the continuation of the route south along Main Street in Delmar.

03/25/16

Iowa 136 travels Johnson Street northwest from the Cascade business district to meet U.S. 151 at a folded diamond interchange just west of the North Fork Maquoketa River.

05/08/10

Cedar Rapids is 47 miles to the southwest along U.S. 151 while Iowa 136 leads northwest from Cascade 15 miles to Dyersville.

05/08/10

U.S. 151 follows a freeway bypass of Cascade to the north, becoming an expressway west from the merge with U.S. 151 Business (248th Street) on the ten mile drive to Monticello.

05/08/10

Iowa 136 continues northwesterly from Cascade parallel to the North Fork Maquoketa River.

05/08/10

Hawkins Road leads east from Iowa 136 to County Road Y13 (Farley Road).

05/08/10

Curving westerly along Iowa 136 ahead of the intersection with Roling Road.

05/08/10

The city of Worthington comes into view as Iowa 136 leaves the intersection with Johns Creek Road.

05/08/10

Worthington, with a population of around 400, lies just east of the Delaware County line and North Fork Maquoketa River.

05/08/10

CR D39 follows 1st Avenue E from Iowa 136 (1st Street) in Worthington to become Worthington Road outside the city en route to CR Y13 (Farley Road), south of Farley.

05/08/10

Iowa 136 shield posted after County Road D39 and ahead of Durion Creek in Worthington.

05/08/10

Leaving the Worthington city limits, Iowa 136 proceeds 4.1 miles north to the Dyersville city line.

05/08/10

Taking the initial approach to the city of Dyersville, drivers on Iowa 136 pass by this shield after Marcy White Drive.

05/08/10

Iowa 136 follows 9th Street through Dyersville, meeting U.S. 20 at a parclo A2 interchange on the south side of town.

05/08/10

U.S. 20 bypasses Dyersville to the south along an expressway that stretches 26 miles east to Dubuque and 12 miles west to Delaware.

05/08/10

Traffic to Farley, Epworth and Dubuque departs Iowa 136 (9th Street) for U.S. 20 east. Old U.S. 20 followed 2nd Avenue east from Dyersville to Olde Hawkeye Road.

05/08/10

A loop ramp follows onto U.S. 20 west 64 miles to Waterloo.

05/23/08

Drivers bound for U.S. 20 west leaves Iowa 136 north at a signalized intersection with 16th Avenue. U.S. 20 upgrades to a freeway at Delaware and continues as a limited-access highway to Webster City, west of Interstate 35. County Road D22 west from 1st Avenue in Dyersville follows the original U.S. 20 to Earlville.

05/08/10

05/23/08

An additional U.S. 20 trailblazer stands adjacent to the westbound ramp. This interchange opened on May 24, 1988.¹

05/23/08

Iowa 136 (9th Street) continues north by a number of businesses and Beckman High School.

05/23/08

Another Iowa 136 shield posted along 9th Street follows the traffic light at 15th Avenue. This stretch carried shields for U.S. 52 between 1963 and 1967, as U.S. 52 followed Iowa 136 north to Luxembourg and U.S. 20 east to Dubuque during that time.²

05/23/08

Iowa 136 turns northeastward from 9th Street onto 11th Street just beyond 6th Avenue in this scene.

05/23/08

Iowa 136 leaves the intersection with 2nd Avenue (former U.S. 20) and crosses a set of Canadian National Railroad tracks along 11th Avenue north.

05/23/08