U.S. 218 Business - Waverly
The Waverly business loop for U.S. 218 was designated after the freeway bypass opened to the west in December 1998.2 The route lines the former alignment of U.S. 218 to Downtown along a 6.5 mile course between Exits 198 and 205. The 2.77 mile long section along 4th Street SW north to Iowa 3 is state-maintained and designated Iowa 116.
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U.S. 218 Business (4th Street SW) transitions into a commercial arterial just north of the trumpet interchange with U.S. 218 at 29th Avenue SW.
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U.S. 218 Business enters the Waverly street grid north at Waverly Memorial Park. A reassurance marker was posted after 5th Avenue SW along the two lane street until at least 2009, after which it was relocated one block further north.
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A set of pedestal signals once operated at the intersection of 4th Street SW (U.S. 218 Business) and 2nd Avenue SW. These were removed by 2013, as was the house on the northwest corner of the intersection.
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Entering the Waverly business district, U.S. 218 Business (4th Street SW) converges with Iowa 3 (Bremer Avenue). Iowa 3 stretches 322.91 miles across the width of the state, from the end of South Dakota Highway 50 near Westfield to Northwest Arterial in Sageville by the Dubuque city line.
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U.S. 218 Business turns west onto Bremer Avenue in Downtown Waverly for a 0.99 mile long overlap with Iowa 3 to 20th Street NW.
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Iowa 3 lines Bremer Avenue east to leave the city of Waverly en route to Oelwein.
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Page Updated Friday February 09, 2024.