Iowa Highway 81

Iowa Highway 81 marker
Iowa Highway 81
Map
Iowa 81 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length2.215 mi[1] (3.565 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1969 (1969-01-01)[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Route 81 southwest of Farmington
North end Iowa 2 in Farmington
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountiesVan Buren
Highway system
I-80 Iowa 83

Iowa Highway 81 is a state highway that runs from south to north in southeastern Iowa. It begins at the Missouri state line southwest of Farmington, where it continues as Missouri Route 81 and ends at Iowa 2 in Farmington. The route Iowa 81 takes has been in the primary highway system since the 1920s. The current Iowa 81 was created on January 1, 1969, when it traded route numbers with Iowa 114 in the southeast-central part of the state.

  1. ^ 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 15, 2011.
  2. ^ Hatfield, Richard (November 12, 1968). "Iowa's Highway Route Numbers Revised". Des Moines Tribune.