A Comprehensive(?) Listing of the 900s - Page 3

946-969

KEY
Number: Self-explanatory.
Year(s): Start date for this number and end date if decommissioned; may not be exact. If possible, year is last year before removal from the DOT map (for example, 392 was on 2000 but not 2001, meaning decommissioning in 2000; 431 not on 2002 map, meaning gone in 2001). Year in parentheses, ex. (-1994), means part but not all of the route was decommissioned that year and part still exists.
Old/Co.: Its number when it was signed, _not_ the route the number was originally used for/county it's in.
Length: Self-explanatory. Most numbers are courtesy Jason Hancock's research into the "Primary Road Sufficiency Log".
On list (Y/N/D): Y: Died as a result of the Second Great Decommissioning (July 1, 2003). N: Still alive. D: Decommissioned before list issued or in separate transaction as noted in county supervisors' minutes.
Proof of life: Image(s) from at least one of the following: official state maps (if visible) and most recent PDF state and/or county maps from DOT site. State clips are from the map dated 1/1/00 and are more pixelated; county clips are from maps dated 1/1/01 unless noted. Jason Hancock did some additional research in May 2002; if there are no images his research is credited as proof.
NOTE: Images are severely trimmed to show number and part or all of the route. Images are at a large size because otherwise sometimes you can't even see it. Download the county maps from the DOT's site for context.
Other notes: Self-explanatory. If you can help us fill out the holes and question marks please send me an e-mail.

Page last updated 11/22/03

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Longer than 2 miles

Signed

Decommissioned

No. Year(s) Old/Co. Length On
list
Proof of life Other notes
946 ?-1980?

US 18/52

Clayton

2.7 D Jason Hancock's research: "ECL Luana to US 18". Mileage corresponds to old 18 from west of Luana through town (on Street Atlas), but this is conjecture. Luana bypass/ straighten route
946 1988-1989

US 218?

Mitchell

0.07 (370 ft., ca. 123 yds.) D Jason Hancock's research: "Former US 218(?) in St. Ansgar" Not entirely sure
946 1992

US 52/61/151

Dubuque

0.96 N 2001 Dubuque; see also maps for 948 (Dbq), 955, 959

Access road from 52/61/151 to 20 has its own number

N of 20 possibly added post-'92

947 Mid-1970s
-1981

US 20

Buchanan/ Delaware/ Dubuque

24 D 1974 1977 (E of Dyersville was 968) Older bypassed segment; W of 187 would be 939 later
947 1980-1986

IA 317

Story

0.5 D Jason Hancock's research In Zearing, remainder of spur, like 938
947 1989-1992

US 218

Black Hawk

4.7 D Jason Hancock's research: Franklin/6th/Main/University route through Cedar Falls and western Waterloo to Greenhill Road Part later became 934
947 1995
(-1997) -July 1, 2003

IA 70

Louisa

2.5 (1995)

0.7 (2003)

Y 2001 DeLorme 2001 Post-'97 Col. City to SCL Col. Jct.
948 1975-1992

US 30

Clinton

5.1 D 1981 (E-W road; N-S is 956) Lincoln Hwy., 30 through De Witt
948 1992-1993

US 61/151

Dubuque

0.3 D

Jason Hancock's research: "On E. 11th from SB US 61/151 ramps to E. 9th St./IA 959"

949 1974-Dec. 30, 2002

US 34

Mills

2.27 D Bus. 34 in Glenwood; see 978 for 2001 state map; turned over with 978 and 385 in '02
950 1980-1994 none (NE 56th St.) 3.4 D

Below: 1995 (although decom'd)

 

 

 

Left: 2001 Qwest phone book

Still on phone book map, along with IA 401
951 ?-1980?

US 34

Clarke

2.7 D Jason Hancock's research: "Fomer US 34 segments in Clarke Co." H34 W of Osceola?
951 1983-1993

IA 95

Adams

3.2 D 1991 Entire route of IA 95
952 ?-1984

?

Clinton

0.17 (898 ft., ca. 299 yds.) D Jason Hancock's research: "In Clinton, route not specified"
952 1992-July 1, 2003

US 151?

Dubuque

0.11

(581 ft., ca. 194 yds.)

Y Has to be connecting road btwn. Reiter Rd. and 151, but why?
953 ?-1980?

IA 38?

Muscatine

0.9 D

Jason Hancock's research: "Across NCL of Muscatine, had bridge over Mad Creek"; candidate shown at left

PDF/Street Atlas

Possible, but no firm info
953 1988-1994

IA 149

Keokuk

0.08 (422 ft., ca. 141 yds.) D Jason Hancock's research: "Old IA 149 on NW ramp curve" in South English
953 1995-1996

?

Polk

1 D Jason Hancock's research: "W Jct. IA 5 to End Prop. Reloc. IA 28" in Des Moines Not on '95 or '96 map
954 1984,
1996
(-1997) -July 1, 2003

US 61

Jackson (/Clinton)

0.6 (1984)

1.5 (1996)

0.78 (2003)

Y

Jason Hancock's research: "Before 1984 it ran from US 61 north of Hurstville to US 61 south of Maquoketa, following Main Street in Maquoketa. Between 1984-96 it was the 0.6-mile segment from the south city limits of Maquoketa to US 61." In 1996-97 it was 1.5 miles, SCL Maquoketa to IA 136, and then the south end was truncated to the Jackson/ Clinton line.

2001

955 1971?-July 1, 2003

US 61?

Dubuque

0.73 Y

See big map below

Also see map below; tiny part near 963 not seen on maps (but may be smudge see 963)
956 1976, 1982- Dec. 9, 16, and 23, 2002

US 61

Clinton/ Scott

3 (1976)

16.77 (2002)

D

1981 (N-S)

2001

Not in De Witt; N of De Witt in 1976; S of 30 in 1982

Turned over to Eldridge, Clinton Co., Scott Co. three days in December 2002

957 1979-1980

?

?

0.8 D Jason Hancock's research: "West of IA 2, not sure where"
957 1988-July 1, 2003

IA 22

Washington

0.06

(317 ft., ca. 106 yds.!)

Y

Another tiny spit of road, "Old IA 22 E of Riverside"

Not turned over with 923, 936

958 1965-July 1, 2003

US 63

Wapello

1.61 Y 2000 Looks like on '77 map not a state road; south of Ottumwa
959 ?-1980?

?

Polk

1.3 D Jason Hancock's research: "US 65 to ECL Des Moines, not sure of what they meant"
959 1992-1993

US 61/151

Dubuque

1.3 D

Jason Hancock's research: "E. 9th St./Kerper Blvd. in Dubuque, US 52 to 61/151"

1996 Rand McNally

See also 948 map
960 ?-1982

IA 2

Page

1.6 D 1977 Result of Clarinda bypass
960 1982-1986

US 61

Scott

1.1 D 1983 Contrary to map, dead ends at both ends, did not cross 61 or touch I-80
960 1993-1994

US 61/218

Lee

4.7 D

 

 

 

DeLorme 2001; "old 61/218 segment north of Keokuk"

961  ?-1980?

US 71?

Montgomery

0.6 D

DeLorme 2001

Jason Hancock's research: "US 71 to SCL Villisca"

Possible location
961 1991-1993

US 61/151

Dubuque

1.1 D See 948 and 959 maps
961 1994-1995 US 61 0.5 D Jason Hancock's research In Wever
963 1971-July 1, 2003

US 151

Dubuque

4.15 Y

1995 Illinois; also notice road to Centralia, secret 966

Below is 2001; small red smudge left of '3' may be 955; also see 955 entry

See full map below
964 1978
-1981
-1986
-1996

IA 92

Marion

12 (1980)

8 (1981)

4.7 (1986)

D 1981
1986 (not incl. old 5) 1995
Old IA 92; went down old IA 365 to Tracy; last part now Bus. 92, MMs 1 and 2 still up; on DeLorme
965 ?-1980?

US 52

Winneshiek

3.3 D Jason Hancock's research: "US 52 intersects 3 times" Specific location unknown
965 1985
(-1990)
(-1994)
(-spring 2003)
-July 1, 2003

US 218

Linn/ Johnson

17.8 (1985)

16.3 (1990)

13.79 (2003)

Y

2001

Originally extended up to US 30, was 218 (rerouted after IC bypass done), 6th St. north of there and 16th Ave. became 941 in 1981; now only extends to 76th Ave.

C.R. Gazette reported part N of F12 taken over by Cedar Rapids in spring 2003

Perhaps most famous "secret" road; poss. first signed

Broken after N. Liberty's segments turned over until 2003

966  1980
-1995
-1996

IA 416

Dubuque

4.9 (1980)

0.4 (1995)

D   1995; see also 963 map All of 416, then in Centralia city limits
967 1970s-July 1, 2003

US 20

Dubuque

0.04 (211 ft., ca. 70 yds.!) Y

How do you get there? Jason Hancock:

"From eastbound 20, there is a turnoff for Farley's industrial park at the same time you see the first BGS for the Y13 interchange. After turning left, there is a sharp turn to the right, and once you're there you'll come to a DOT-style Farley city limit sign right next to the Sinclair station. The pavement changes at that point, and that's where 968 ends."

Football players have runs longer than this road, just west of Farley
968 1968-1989

US 20, then IA 420

Dubuque

2.4 D 1986; was state route for 8 years beforehand Old 20; was 947 W of Dyersville
968 1994
-1995
-1996

IA 163

Marion

5.4 (1994)

1.1 (1995)

D 1995 2001 DeLorme Last part btwn. 102 and new 163; now Bus. 163
969 Mid-1970s
-1980

IA 422

Kossuth

0.5 D Jason Hancock's research: "US 169 to WCL Burt" Still marked as 422 on '74 and '77
969 1993-1994

US 218

Bremer/ Black Hawk

3.4 D Jason Hancock's research: "From US 218 south of Waverly to jct. of US 218 and C57" Through Janesville; now V14

Big Maps:

Dubuque area; enlarged 955 and 963

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