2003 Iowa highway transfer of jurisdiction

None July 2025 March 2015 Iowa Primary Highway System yes yes center 300 240 line 2003 Iowa highway transfer of jurisdiction.map yes Highways that changed jurisdiction in 2003 Highway X (IA X or Iowa X) U.S. Highway X (US X) Interstate X (I-X) Primary highways in Iowa are generally state-maintained. IA On July 1, 2003, the Iowa Department of Transportation transferred control of more than 700 mi km of highway to county and local governments in order to save money and to increase operational efficiency. Most of the highways turned over were short spurs connecting small, rural communities and state parks to the highway system.http://publications.iowa.gov/1147/1/rutf_committee_report.pdf Evaluation of the State Highway System and Road Use Tax Fund January 9, 2009 PDF April 1, 2003 Background Starting in 1979, staff members with the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) along with county and municipal officials began to reclassify every mile of Iowa's 113000 mi km on public road system. These classification boards found that on the 10000 mi km pre highway in the primary system, which comprises Interstate Highways, U.S. Highways, and state highways, nearly 1000 mi km were minor highways that primarily served local traffic. Conversely, they found 400 mi km of major highways that were on the secondary system, which is made up of all rural roads not on the primary highway system.Piller Dan Roads: An Explosive Issue for the 1980s https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57596810/roads-an-explosive-issue-for-the-1980s/ August 19, 2020 The Des Moines Register July 29, 1979 1 Newspapers.com At the time, the Iowa Code provided a mechanism for the transfer of jurisdiction of roads within the state. The two sides would meet and if it was deemed that the road in question needed repairs, the relinquishing body would either make repairs or pay the accepting body the money needed to repair the roadway.1978 Establishment, Alteration, and Vacation of Highways 1979 Iowa Code Code of Iowa §306.8 Transfer of jurisdiction 1400 https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/shelves/code/ocr/1979%20Iowa%20Code.pdf Most of the time, the DOT was able to come to an agreement with the county board of supervisors as 600 mi km of Iowa roads changed hands in the early 1980s. Some counties and the state could never come to an agreement, as was the case in Johnson County regarding Iowa Highway 979 (Iowa 979). The DOT wanted Johnson County to take over maintenance of the 6 mi km mid -long road and offered $160,000 to repair the road (US-GDP 160000 1984 -4 eqUS-GDP), while the county wanted the state to take over another road. Both sides reached an impasse.Bunton Kristie Local Road: The Old Highway Nobody Wants https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57687403/local-road-the-old-highway-nobody-wants/ August 20, 2020 Iowa City Press-Citizen January 18, 1984 2 Newspapers.com Ultimately, Iowa 979 stayed under DOT control. During the 1990s, Iowa experienced a boom in highway construction bolstered by state appropriations from the National Highway System Designation Act of 1995. New four-lane highways were built all across the state, either by twinning an existing roadway or building new alignments in proximity to the old roads. After opening the new roads, these short segments often stayed on the primary highway system despite not serving an arterial purpose. In 2002, the Road Use Tax Fund Committee, a mix of city, county, and state transportation officials, met to review and recommend changes to Iowa's public road system. The report was necessitated by increasing costs to maintain the highway system and a level of funding that was not keeping up with the rising costs. The committee identified over 700 mi of state highways which could be turned over to local jurisdictions.Reeder Greg Stevens Larry Fichtner Royce Stoner Tom Wandro Mark Volmer Neil http://publications.iowa.gov/1147/1/rutf_committee_report.pdf Evaluation of the State Highway System and Road Use Tax Fund State of Iowa April 18, 2012 April 1, 2003 Not wanting to repeat the impasses of the 1980s, the DOT got help from state legislature. The general assembly passed SF 451, which gave the DOT a one-time exemption from §306.8, which required the DOT to otherwise compensate a county for giving control of a road. Any roads identified by the Road Use Tax Fund Committee for which a transfer agreement pursuant to §306.8 had not been reached prior to July 1, 2003, would be summarily given to the respective counties without compensation. Even more, counties could not figure any roads offloaded to counties through this mechanism into the calculations for determining their road maintenance budgets for ten years.Chapter 144 2003 of the 80th General Assembly Laws Iowa General Assembly Jurisdiction and Funding of Streets and Roads 333-335 https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/iactc/80.1/CH0144.pdf August 20, 2020 Some counties were proactive with negotiating with the state. Early in 2003, it was not clear to county officials just how much money would be given to the counties for accepting roads from the state. This made the counties more amenable to accepting money for highways than in previous years. Taylor County officials negotiated a $4.7 million transfer (equivalent to $US-GDP 4700000 2003 in US-GDPUS-GDP) of Iowa 49 with the DOT, while Adams County officials did not. The DOT paid out $35 million (equivalent to $US-GDP 35000000 2003 in US-GDPUS-GDP) to counties before the July 1, 2003, deadline.Petroski William Cities, Counties Take Ownership of Some Roads https://www.newspapers.com/clip/57737208/cities-counties-take-ownership-of-some/ August 20, 2020 The Des Moines Register February 19, 2003 2B Routes affected 2002 2020-08-20Lengths represent the length of highway removed from the primary highway system on or before July 1, 2003. IA US 1961 6 14.842 I-80 near Dexter US 169 in Adel 1931-06-08 Rerouted over I-80 and US 169 IA IA 1980 15 Van Buren County 4.655 Route 15 south of Milton Iowa 2 at Milton 1969-01-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 36 2.983 Wall Lake US 71 / Iowa 175 at Wall Lake 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 40 3.524 Allerton Iowa 2 near Corydon 1926-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 41 1.827 Malvern US 34 near Malvern 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 45 1.324 Manilla Iowa 141 near Manilla 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 49 27.228 Iowa 2 at Bedford US 34 near Lenox 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 50 7.135 US 169 near Fort Dodge Lehigh 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 55 4.506 Seymour Iowa 2 east of Promise City 1934 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 66 7.011 Iowa 2 near Benton Diagonal 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 68 1.933 Melrose US 34 near Melrose 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 77 2.685 Iowa 92 near Keota Keota 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 79 5.637 Geode State Park US 34 in Middletown 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 82 3.773 Blairsburg US 30 near Blairsburg 1920-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 83 14.562 Iowa 191 at Neola US 59 in Avoca Remainder of route unchanged IA IA 1980 91 4.643 Iowa 9 near Little Rock MN 91 near Ellsworth, Minn. 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 94 11.168 Palo US 151 Business in Cedar Rapids 1966 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 97 1.532 Russell US 34 near Russell 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 99 33.232 US 34 in Burlington US 61in Wapello 1931 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 102 15.401 Iowa 163 at Pella New Sharon city limits 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 Section within New Sharon limits remains IA IA 1980 103 27.579 US 218 / Iowa 27 near West Point US 61 / Iowa 2 in Fort Madison 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 107 27.579 Iowa 3 near Alexander US 18 in Clear Lake 1920-07-01 2011-06-30 Portions within Meservey and Thornton remained IA IA 1980 109 1.268 Oxford US 6 near Oxford 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 113 1.187 Iowa 64 near Preston Spragueville 1938 2003-07-01 Previous extended to Iowa 62 IA IA 1980 115 1.237 Viking Lake State Park US 34 near Stanton 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 124 2.567 Iowa 4 Twin Lakes State Park 1924 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 131 4.520 Iowa 21 in Belle Plaine US 30 near Belle Plaine 2003-07-01 Section of Lincoln Highway IA IA 1980 133 0.970 US 30 at Nevada Nevada 1963 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 142 20.901 Iowa 2 at Plano Iowa 5 at Moravia 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 145 7.408 I-29 near Thurman US 275 near Sidney 1931 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 147 6.706 Rockford Iowa 14 near Roseville 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 156 4.478 Iowa 5 near Attica Bussey 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 157 1.032 US 63 near Lime Springs Lime Springs 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 161 1.224 Iowa 141 west of Dedham Iowa 141 south of Dedham 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 181 9.596 Melcher-Dallas Iowa 5 / Iowa 92 near Pleasantville 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 183 31.143 US 6 in Council Bluffs Iowa 127 near Mondamin 1930 Remainder of route unchanged IA IA 1980 191 18.334 US 6 at Council Bluffs I-680 near Neola 1930 Remainder of route unchanged IA IA 1980 193 10.852 US 18 near Alpha Iowa 24 at Jackson Junction 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 195 2.896 Iowa 4 near Plover Plover 2003-02-18 none IA IA 1980 197 2.567 Iowa 3 near Albert City Albert City 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 198 2.231 Garrison US 218 near Garrison, Iowa 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 199 2.666 US 30 near Van Horne Van Horne 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 200 2.163 US 30 near Keystone Keystone 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 201 4.755 Norway US 30 near Norway 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 204 5.407 Iowa 2 near Leon Garden Grove 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 205 2.927 US 65 near Milo Milo 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 206 6.221 US 65 near Liberty Center Lacona 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 207 3.058 I-35 near New Virginia New Virginia 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 214 5.736 Iowa 175 near Ivester Wellsburg 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 215 8.738 Union Iowa 175 at Eldora 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 221 3.909 I-35 near Story City Roland 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 225 7.688 Sully Iowa 146 at Searsboro 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 229 5.233 Garwin US 63 near Garwin 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 231 4.068 US 34 west of New London US 34 east of New London 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 238 1.063 Iowa 9 near Harris Harris 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 239 0.510 Waubonsie State Park Iowa 2 near Sidney 1931 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 240 6.389 Royal US 71 near Greenville 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 242 5.855 US 34 near Glenwood Silver City 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 243 0.559 Black Hawk Lake State Park US 71 / Iowa 175 near Lake Park 1980 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 244 0.771 I-80 near Neola Iowa 191 in Neola 1980-07-01 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 249 0.665 Iowa 78 near Winfield Winfield 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 252 0.584 US 61 / Iowa 92 at Grandview Grandview 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 253 0.932 Iowa 14 near Williamson Williamson 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 258 1.989 I-35 at Van Wert US 69 near Van Wert 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 259 1.001 US 169 near Tingley Tingley 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 263 12.511 US 20 / Iowa 14 near Dike US 20 near Cedar Falls 2003-02-18 none IA IA 1980 266 1.709 US 69 near Weldon Weldon 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 273 10.025 Lake Wapello State Park US 63 near Bloomfield 2003-07-01 none IA US 1961 275 15.506 US 34 in Glenwood Iowa 92 at Council Bluffs 1932 Remainder of route unchanged IA IA 1980 276 4.711 Iowa 327 in Spirit Lake Minnesota state line near Mini-Wakan State Park 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 279 1.983 US 30 near Atkins Atkins 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 282 5.283 Quasqueton Iowa 939 near Winthrop 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 283 5.861 Brandon Iowa 150 near Brandon 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 285 0.796 US 30 near Arcadia Arcadia 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 286 9.932 US 30 at Glidden Lanesboro 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 287 1.833 US 30 near Newhall Newhall 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 294 6.147 Iowa 2 near Kellerton Grand River 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 297 3.543 Gilbertville Raymond 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 299 5.556 New Providence Iowa 175 near Eldora 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 300 1.411 Modale I-29 near Modale 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 301 2.045 I-29 Little Sioux 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 305 2.554 Letts US 61 / Iowa 92 near Letts 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 306 0.783 US 65 near Derby Derby 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 314 6.277 Ayrshire US 18 near Ruthven 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 315 4.158 Iowa 4 near Palmer Palmer 2003-02-18 none IA IA 1980 322 2.660 Pammel State Park Iowa 92 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 324 0.510 Iowa 175 near Onawa Lewis and Clark State Park 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 325 Spillville US 52 near Calmar 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 327 Iowa 276 in Spirit Lake Orleans 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 333 12.939 US 275 in Hamburg US 59 near Shenandoah Remainder of route unchanged IA IA 1980 340 2.231 Pikes Peak State Park US 18 Business in McGregor 1936 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 349 1.032 Lake Ahquabi State Park US 65 / US 69 near Indianola 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 359 7.383 Buckeye Iowa 941 at Alden 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 362 5.469 DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge I-29 near Loveland 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 363 1.616 Iowa 150 near Urbana I-380 at Urbana 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 364 6.140 Iowa 76 near Waukon Junction Harpers Ferry 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 371 0.715 Lake Keomah State Park Iowa 92 near Keomah Village 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 382 4.792 Lake Macbride State Park Iowa 1 in Solon 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 383 1.311 US 69 near Randall Randall 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 384 1.231 Iowa 25 near Guthrie Center Springbrook State Park 1944 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 385 3.151 Pacific Junction US 34 / US 275 in Glenwood 2003-02-18 none IA IA 1980 386 2.685 US 52 / Iowa 3 / Iowa 32 at Sageville US 52 / Iowa 3 at Sageville 1945 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 390 2.113 South of Plainfield North of Plainfield 2002 2003-07-01 Former section of US 218 IA IA 1980 403 0.477 SD 48 near Akron Iowa 12 in Akron 1980 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 404 1.391 Montrose US 61 near Montrose 1960 2003-07-01 Spur route IA IA 1980 405 0.249 Lone Tree Iowa 22 near Lone Tree 1958 2003-07-01 Spur route; section in Lone Tree removed 1980 IA IA 1980 406 2.275 US 34 near West Burlington Burlington 1957 2003-07-01 Formerly Iowa 80; spur route IA IA 1980 410 2.157 Backbone State Park Iowa 3 / Iowa 13 near Strawberry Point 1958 2003-07-01 Park access road IA IA 1980 419 1.038 Victor US 6 / Iowa 21 near Victor 1962 2003-07-01 Spur route IA IA 1980 421 3.260 US 61 west of Blue Grass US 61 east of Blue Grass 2000 2003-02-18 Former section of US 61 at Blue Grass IA IA 1980 424 2.802 South of Swedesburg US 218 near Olds 1999 2003-07-01 Former section of US 218 IA IA 1980 428 6.140 Maquoketa Caves State Park US 61 near Maquoketa 1980 2003-07-01 Park access road IA IA 1980 432 1.9 Iowa 163 in Oskaloosa Iowa 92 in Oskaloosa 1998 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 163 IA IA 1980 478 0.755 Iowa 24 in New Hampton North of New Hampton 2002 2003-07-01 Former section of US 63 IA IA 1980 916 1.293 Iowa 281 in Oelwein Oelwein city limits 1986 2003-07-01 Originally ended at Iowa 915 in Oelwein; former section of Iowa 150 IA IA 1980 917 0.149 US 61 and Iowa 22 near Muscatine Muscatine city limits 1986 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 22 IA IA 1980 918 1.119 Iowa 16 near Eldon Iowa 16 in Eldon 1984 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 16; street signs said "Hwy 918" IA IA 1980 920 12.560 Center Point Iowa 150 near Urbana 1984 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 150 IA IA 1980 921 2.505 US 6 / Iowa 1 in Iowa City US 218 in Iowa City 1985 2003-07-01 Former section of US 218 IA IA 1980 923 8.819 1982 2003-07-01 Former section of US 218; had three sections IA IA 1980 924 0.665 US 61 near Montrose Dead end in Montrose 1994 2003-07-01 Formerly Iowa 998; former section of US 61 IA IA 1980 925 26.259 I-80 / US 6 in Adair US 6 near Dexter 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of US 6 IA IA 1980 927 19.017 US 6 / Iowa 38 in Wilton I-280 / US 6 near Davenport 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of US 6; was signed in 1989 IA IA 1980 928 20.168 Iowa 17 near Webster City CR D20 near Williams 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of US 20 IA IA 1980 929 0.789 Murray city limits Maple Street in Murray 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 152 IA IA 1980 931 8.962 I-35 in Ankeny US 65 in Polk County 1980 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 932 0.193 Ryan city limits Iowa 13 in Ryan 1976 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 13 IA IA 1980 935 1.492 I-29 Mills–Pottawattamie county line 1982 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 370 IA IA 1980 936 0.275 Iowa 92 near Ainsworth Iowa 923 near Ainsworth 1997 2003-02-18 Former section of Iowa 92 IA IA 1980 937 0.460 Iowa 141 near Perry US 169 near Perry 1977 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 141 IA IA 1980 938 0.460 Union Street in Unionville Unionville south city limit boundary 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 369 IA IA 1980 939 18.931 Iowa 187 near Masonville Black Hawk–Buchanan county line 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of US 20 IA IA 1980 940 0.081 Tama–Benton county line near Belle Plaine Iowa 21 near Belle Plaine 1981 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 941 12.953 I-35 near Williams Iowa Falls city limits 1991 2003-07-01 Former section of US 20 IA IA 1980 942 0.466 Vine Street in Woodburn Woodburn city limits 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 104 IA IA 1980 944 0.553 US 61 / Iowa 2 in Fort Madison Fort Madison city limits 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 88 IA IA 1980 945 4.599 I-80 near Altoona Iowa 931 in Polk County 1980 2003-07-01 none IA IA 1980 947 0.671 Iowa 70 in Columbus Junction Market Street in Columbus City 1994 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 70 IA IA 1980 949 2.275 Glenwood city limits US 34 / US 275 near Glenwood 1974 2003-02-18 Formerly US 34 Business IA IA 1980 952 0.112 US 151 near Cascade Reiter Road near Cascade 1992 2003-07-01 Former section of US 151 IA IA 1980 954 0.773 US 61 near Maquoketa Maquoketa city limits 1967 2003-07-01 Former section of US 61; numbered 1976 IA IA 1980 955 0.727 US 61 near Key West Iowa 963 (Military Road) in Key West 1971 2003-07-01 Former section of US 61 IA IA 1980 956 16.776 CR F55 at Davenport US 61 north of DeWitt 1976 2003-02-18 Former section of US 61 IA IA 1980 957 0.062 1988 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 22 IA IA 1980 958 1.610 Ottumwa city limits US 63 south of Ottumwa 1965 2003-07-01 Former section of US 63 IA IA 1980 963 4.139 US 151 near Key West US 61 / US 151 in Dubuque 1971 2003-07-01 Former section of US 151 and US 61 IA IA 1980 967 0.037 US 20 near Farley Farley city limits 1976 2003-07-01 Former section of US 20 IA IA 1980 970 0.31 US 75 Business in Sioux City Sioux City 1976 2003-07-01 Former section of US 75 IA IA 1980 971 1.802 US 69 in Lake Mills Lake Mills city limits 1993 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 105 IA IA 1980 972 1.877 Northwood city limits Northwood city limits 1993 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 105 IA IA 1980 976 0.879 1997 2003-07-01 Former section of US 30 IA IA 1980 977 2.007 US 59 in Cherokee Iowa 3 near Cherokee 1962 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 3 IA IA 1980 978 2.772 I-29 / US 34 near Glenwood Iowa 385 near Pacific Junction 1974 2003-02-18 Former section of US 34 IA IA 1980 979 4.298 Iowa City limits Johnson–Cedar county line 1961 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 1 IA IA 1980 982 27.787 Smithland city limits Sioux City city limits 1967 2003-07-01 Former section of Iowa 141 IA IA 1980 985 1.927 US 52 near Bellevue State Park US 52 near Bellevue 1980 2003-07-01 Former section of US 52 IA IA 1980 988 2.312 I-29 / I-680 near Crescent Iowa 183 in Crescent 1975 2003-07-01 none former Notes References External links Category:Transportation in Iowa Highways