Iowa Highway 85

Iowa Highway 85
Iowa 85 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length	8.408 mi[1] (13.531 km)
Existed	1920[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	Main Street at the eastern city limits of Montezuma
East end	Iowa 21 / CR F52 east of Deep River
Location
Country	United States
State	Iowa
Counties	Poweshiek
Highway system
Iowa Primary Highway System Interstate US State Secondary Scenic
← Iowa 83 → Iowa 86

Iowa Highway 85 (Iowa 85) is a short state highway in east-central Iowa. The route begins at the eastern city limit of Montezuma and ends at Iowa 21 east of Deep River. Created in 1920 as a spur route connecting What Cheer to Primary Road No. 2, it is an original route in the Iowa primary highway system. In the early 1930s, the route was extended north to Deep River and west to Montezuma. By the end of the decade, Iowa 21 had taken over the north–south portion of the route. Except for both endpoints shifting slightly, Iowa 85 has largely stayed the same since the 1930s.