Iowa Road & Highway Photo Guides
Sitemap to road and highway photo guides covering the state of Iowa.
Route Categories
Interstates
12 routes, 2,236 photos
U.S. Highways
18 routes, 3,112 photos
State Highways
21 routes, 1,304 photos
County Routes
14 routes, 169 photos
Other Roads
1 routes, 33 photos
Photo Coverage of Roads and Highways in Iowa
AARoads documents highways and roads across Iowa with route-by-route photo guides organized by direction of travel. Coverage includes Interstate Highways, U.S. Routes, Iowa State Highways, and select county roads.
Photo guides focus on highway signage, interchanges, route markers, city limit signs, county lines, and notable points of interest along each route. Extensive coverage of Quad Cities area roads and major four lane corridors across the Hawkeye State. Photo guides highlight major Mississippi and Missouri River crossings and associated approach signage.
New and updated photos for Iowa routes are added periodically and cataloged on the updates page.
Photographic Contributors
Photography by Alex Nitzman, Andy Field, Bill Gatchel, Brent Ivy and Scott Onson.
About Iowa
- Capital:
Des Moines - Nickname: Hawkeye State
- State Flower: Wild Rose
- State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch
- State Tree: Oak
- Total Interstate Mileage: 781.24
- Land Area: 55,869.3 square miles
- Acres in Farmland (2006): 31,500,000
- Highest Point: Hawkeye Point 1,670 feet
- Lowest Point: Mississippi River in Lee County 480 feet
- Number of Counties: 99
- Number of Incorporated Places: 948
- Statehood: 29th state; admitted December 28, 1846
- Quaker Oats, in Cedar Rapids, is the largest cereal company in the world.
- Dubuque is home to the only county courthouse with a gold dome.
- Herbert Hoover, a West Branch native, was the 31st president of the United States and the first one born west of the Mississippi.
- Iowa is ranked first in Pork, Corn and Egg production in the U.S.
Many of the mileage statistics for highways cited throughout the AARoads' Iowa guides were obtained from the extensively researched Iowa Highways Page by Jason Hancock. Additionally Jeff Morrison's Iowa Highway Ends further covers each highway in the Hawkeye State with photos covering every end or entrance point from adjoining states.
Last updated: Friday February 27, 2026