Iowa Highway 64 (Iowa64) is a 64-mile-long (103km)state highway that runs through two counties in east central Iowa. It begins at an interchange with U.S. Route 151 (US151) in Anamosa and ends at the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River near Sabula. It continues through Illinois as Illinois Route 64. The western half of the highway is the Grant Wood Scenic Byway. Originally, Iowa64 spanned the length of the state and began at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs where it connected to N-64 in Omaha. It headed northeast and east on highways that today are roughly parallel to Interstate 80 (I-80) and US30. In 1969, however, Iowa64 was shortened to its current routing.
Iowa64 begins at an interchange with US151 in Anamosa. West of the interchange, the road is County Road E28 (CRE28), which becomes Third Street in Anamosa, while to the east, Iowa64 begins its eastward trek. It leaves Anamosa heading to the south-southeast. After an S curve that takes the road to the south and then back east, the highway passes Antioch School, which Iowapainter Grant Wood attended for four years.[2]
Iowa38 overlaps Iowa64 for the next two miles (3.2km) before splitting off to the north. Iowa64 continues east for another 5 miles (8.0km) and arrives in the town of Wyoming. Upon arriving in Wyoming, Iowa64 meets with another north–south state highway, this time Iowa136. At the eastern end of Wyoming, Iowa64/ Iowa136 come to a T intersection where the original stretch of Iowa64 comes to an end. Iowa136 splits off to the south, while Iowa64 splits off to the north very briefly before curving eastbound once again. Five miles (8.0km) after leaving Wyoming, Iowa64 enters Jackson County. Iowa64 passes through the small towns of Monmouth and Baldwin and bypasses the village of Nashville before arriving in Maquoketa, the seat of Jackson County.
Iowa64 intersects US61 in western Maquoketa. The stretch of Iowa64 between US61 and Main Street in Maquoketa is a part of US61 Business. At the eastern city limits of Maquoketa, Iowa64 intersects with Iowa62 which heads north-northeast from Maquoketa towards Bellevue. After Maquoketa, Iowa64 continues east through rolling farmland before descending into the Goose Lake Channel[3][4] and intersects CRZ20, formerly Iowa113, near Spragueville. Iowa64 leaves the Goose Lake Channel east of Preston.
About seven miles (11km) east of Miles, Iowa64 meets US67, which joins Iowa64 from the south for its last one-half mile (800m). US67 ends at the intersection with US52 west of Sabula. Iowa64 and US52 overlap each other for their last four miles (6.4km) in Iowa. Before entering Sabula, US52/ Iowa64 cross the Mississippi River backwater Sabula Lakes causeway. North of Sabula, the US52/ Iowa64 causeway divides the Mississippi River from Sheepshead Bay, another backwater area. At this point, US52/ Iowa64, directionally signed south and east, respectively, are heading north. US52/ Iowa64 turn east and cross the main channel of the Mississippi River on the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge, becoming US52/ Illinois Route 64 (IL64). Immediately after entering Illinois at Savanna, US52/ IL64 intersect IL84. Illinois Route 64 provides a direct link to Chicago.
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