Iowa Highway 143

Iowa Highway 143 marker
Iowa Highway 143
Map
Iowa 143 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length12.049 mi[1] (19.391 km)
Existed1926–present
Major junctions
South end Iowa 3 near Marcus
North end Iowa 10 near Granville
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
CountiesCherokee, O'Brien
Highway system
Iowa 141 Iowa 144

Iowa Highway 143 (Iowa 143) is a north–south state highway in northwestern Iowa. The highway is 12 miles (19 km) long. The route was designated in 1926 when its original number, Primary Road No. 75 was reused for U.S. Highway 75. It was originally a short spur route into Marcus, but was extended north to Iowa 10 in 1938. From 1941 to 1961, the highway extended south from Iowa 3 / Iowa 5 to the CherokeeWoodbury county line.

  1. ^ 2012 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2012. Retrieved April 16, 2014.