Iowa highway jurisdictional transfer (2003)

On July 1, 2003, the Iowa Department Of Transportation transferred control of more than 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.

Complete routes

These routes began and ended at another route.

Former Route	South or West End	North or East End	Length
	Iowa 2 in Bedford	US 34 in Adams County
	Iowa 9 in Lyon County	TH 91
	US 34 in Burlington	US 61 in Wapello
	US 218 near Donnellson	US 61 / Iowa 2 in Fort Madison
	Iowa 21 in Belle Plaine	US 30 near Belle Plaine
	Iowa 2 in Plano	Iowa 5 near Moravia
	I-29 near Thurman	US 275 near Sidney
	Iowa 141 at Dedham	Iowa 141 near Dedham
	US 275 near Tabor	US 59 near Imogene
	US 18 in Fayette County	Iowa 24 in Jackson Junction
	I-80 near Neola	Iowa 191 in Neola
	I-35 near Van Wert	US 69 in Decatur County
	Iowa 150 near Urbana	I-380 / Iowa 27 in Urbana
	US 52 / Iowa 3 near Sageville	US 52 / Iowa 3 / Iowa 32 near Dubuque
	SD 48 near Akron	Iowa 12 in Akron
	I-80 / US 6 in Adair	US 6 near Dexter
	US 6 / Iowa 38 in Wilton	I-280 / US 6 near Davenport
	I-35 in Ankeny	US 65 in Polk County
	I-80 near Altoona	Iowa 931 in Polk County

Spur routes

These routes began at another route and ended in or at the outer city limits of a city.

Connecting Route	Spur Direction	Spur End
	South	Wall Lake
	South	Allerton
	South	Malvern
	South	Manilla
	East	Lehigh
	South	Seymour
	North	Diagonal
	South	Melrose
	North	Keota
	West	Geode State Park
	South	Blairstown
	Northwest	Palo
	South	Russell
	South	Oxford
	North	Spragueville
	Southeast	Viking Lake State Park
	East	Twin Lakes State Park
	North	Nevada
	West	Rockford
	East	Bussey
	East	Lime Springs
/	South	Melcher-Dallas
	East	Plover
	North	Albert City
	South	Garrison
	West	Van Horne
	North	Keystone
/	South	Norway
	North	Garden Grove
	East	Milo
	East	Lacona
	East	New Virginia
	North	Wellsburg
	South	Union
	East	Roland
	East	Livermore
	West	Sully
	West	Garwin
	North	Harris
	South	Waubonsie State Park
	West	Royal
	North	Silver City
/	South	Black Hawk Lake State Park
	North	Winfield
/	East	Grandview
	East	Williamson
	East	Tingley
	East	Weldon
	West	Lake Wapello State Park
/	North	Minnesota state line
/	North	Atkins
	South	Quasqueton
	West	Brandon
	North	Arcadia
	North	Lanesboro
/	North	Newhall
	North	Bradgate
	North	Grand River
	South	New Providence
	West	Modale
	East	Little Sioux
/	West	Letts
	East	Derby
	South	Ayrshire
	East	Palmer
	South	Pammel State Park
	North	Lewis and Clark State Park
	West	Spillville
	North	North of Orleans
	South	Pikes Peak State Park
/	West	Lake Ahquabi State Park
	South	Buckeye
	West	DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
	North	Harpers Ferry
	South	Lake Keomah State Park
	West	Lake MacBride State Park
	East	Randall
	East	Springbrook State Park
/	West	Pacific Junction
	South	Lone Tree
	East	Burlington
/	Southwest	Backbone State Park
/	South	Victor
	West	Maquoketa Caves State Park
	South	Center Point
	West	Black Hawk / Buchanan County line

Partial routes

These routes had a portion of its route removed, while continuing to exist.

Route	South or West End of former segment	North or East End of former segent	Length removed
	Iowa 191 near Neola	US 59 in Avoca
	North city limits of Council Bluffs	Iowa 127 near Mondamin
	North city limits of Council Bluffs	I-680 near Neola
	US 275 near Hamburg	US 59 near Shenandoah

U.S. Route reroutes

These routes are U.S. routes rerouted onto other highways.

South or West End of former segment	North or East End of former segment	Notes
I-80 near Dexter	US 169 in Adel	Rerouted onto I-80 and US 169
US 34 in Glenwood	I-29 in Council Bluffs	Rerouted onto US 34 and I-29

Other routes

These routes did not begin or end at another route.

Former Route	South or West End	North or East End	Length
	Gilbertville south of I-380 / US 20 / Iowa 27	Raymond north of I-380 /US 20 / Iowa 27
	Smithland near Iowa 141	Sioux City near US 20 / US 75

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