Iowa Highway 5

Iowa Highway 5 marker
Iowa Highway 5
Map
Iowa 5 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length103.540 mi[1] (166.631 km)
ExistedJanuary 1, 1969 (1969-01-01)[2]–present
Major junctions
South end Route 5 near Cincinnati
Major intersections
North end I-35 at West Des Moines
Location
CountryUnited States
StateIowa
Counties
Highway system
Iowa 4 US 6

Iowa Highway 5 is a highway in southern Iowa. It is a north–south highway with a length of 105 miles (169 km). It is the northernmost segment of a three-state "Highway 5" also involving Missouri Route 5 and Arkansas Highway 5. Portions of the highway are freeway and expressway. It had previously been designated Iowa Highway 60. The southern terminus of Iowa Highway 5 is at the Missouri border southwest of Cincinnati. Its northern terminus is at Interstate 35 at West Des Moines.

  1. ^ 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2011.
  2. ^ Hatfield, Richard (November 12, 1968). "Iowa's Highway Route Numbers Revised". Des Moines Tribune.