Iowa Highway 27

Infobox road
state=IA
type=IA
route=27
alternate_name=


length_mi=282
length_round=0
length_ref=Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=20|hirng=29|num=27|m_iter=yes|access_date=26 October 2006]
established=August 20, 2001
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=
junction=
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=
counties=Lee, Henry, Washington, Johnson, Linn, Benton, Buchanan, Black Hawk, Bremer, Chickasaw, Floyd, Cerro Gordo, Worth
cities=Mount Pleasant, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Cedar Falls, Waverly, Charles City, Mason City, Clear Lake
previous_type=IA
previous_route=26
next_type=IA
next_route=28

Iowa Highway 27 ("Iowa 27") was established in 2001 to mark the Iowa section of the Avenue of the Saints, a partially-completed expressway between St. Louis, Missouri and St. Paul, Minnesota.

The total length of Iowa 27 is 282 miles (454 kilometers). At its southern terminus in Lee County on the Des Moines River and the Iowa-Missouri border, the expressway continues as Route 27.

Motorists who wished to travel the Avenue of the Saints through Iowa prior to the existence of Iowa 27 followed a lengthy list of directions (here, northbound):Iowa Highway 394Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=389|hirng=399|num=394|access_date=26 October 2006] , US 218, Interstate 380, US 20, Iowa 58Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=50|hirng=59|num=58|m_iter=yes|access_date=26 October 2006] , US 218 (again), US 18 and Interstate 35 ("I-35").

Iowa 27 runs concurrent with I-35 for 28 miles until reaching its northern terminus in Worth County at the Iowa-Minnesota border. From there, the Avenue of the Saints continues on I-35 to St. Paul.

The four lane road was completed in Iowa on May 23, 2006.

ee also

*Avenue of the Saints
*Interstate 35 in Iowa
*Interstate 380 (Iowa)
*U.S. Route 18
*U.S. Route 218

External links

* [http://www.aaroads.com/high-priority/corr02.html High Priority Corridors @ AARoads.com: Avenue of the Saints]
* [http://www.modot.org/northeast/61_27AveofSts.htm Missouri Department of Transportation: Avenue of the Saints]

References