Interstate 80 is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey. It enters the state at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs and heads east through the southern Iowa drift plain. I-80 passes along the northern edge of Davenport and Bettendorf and leaves Iowa via the Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River into Illinois.
About Interstate 80 in Iowa in brief
Interstate 80 is a transcontinental Interstate Highway in the United States, stretching from San Francisco, California, to Teaneck, New Jersey. It enters the state at the Missouri River in Council Bluffs and heads east through the southern Iowa drift plain. I-80 passes along the northern edge of Davenport and Bettendorf and leaves Iowa via the Fred Schwengel Memorial Bridge over the Mississippi River into Illinois. The first section of the Interstate opened on September 21, 1958, in the western suburbs of Des Moines. The final piece of I- 80 in Iowa, the Missouri river bridge to Omaha, Nebraska, opened on December 15, 1972. In eastern Iowa, it provides access to the University of Iowa in Iowa City. Northwest of the Quad Cities in Walcott is Iowa 80, the world’s largest truck stop. In the early 1950s, plans were drawn up to build an Iowa Turnpike, to be the first modern four-lane highway in the state, along the US 6 corridor. Plans for the turnpike were shelved when the Interstate Highway System was created in 1956. The majority of the highway runs through farmland, yet roughly one-third of Iowa’s population live along the I-70 corridor. In Iowa, more or less a straight line occurs at regular intervals; 3 to 6 miles of each exit from the next exit are separate county farmland. The Interstate roughly follows the course of Mosquito Creek past Neola and Neola, both of which are served by interchanges by I-880.
About two miles of Neola meet the east as it meets the West Nishnabotna River and meets the east end of US 59 East 59 East at a directional T interchange. For the next 50 miles, I-90 runs in more or more a straight lines. The speed limit through this section is 55 miles per hour. The South 24th Street interchange serves a commercial area anchored by the Mid-America Center and Horseshoe Casino. The South Expressway exit, which previously marked the southern end of Iowa Highway 192, is adjacent to a big-box store commercial center. At the East System interchange in Councilbluffs; I-29 heads south while I-60 and US Highway 6 head to the northeast. East of theI-29 split, I-1980 travels northeast for the next 20 miles. It passes through eastern Council Bluff where it serves a shopping mall, Mall of the Bluffs. At exit 8, the Interstate leaves the Council Bluffed area and heads west. Here, the speed limit increases to 70 mph and follows the Interstate past Mosquitio Creek past Mosqito Creek and Neolawood, which are both served byInterstate Woodrow. The interstate runs through the town of Pottamie, 6 miles from Pottwamie and 6 miles from Cass County, Iowa. It ends at the West Avoca River near Avoca, where it crosses the West Naboca River and the East Northeast River.
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