Iowa Highway 60

Infobox road
state=IA
type=IA
route=60
alternate_name=


length_mi=56
length_round=0
length_ref=Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=60|hirng=69|num=60|access_date=11 February 2007]
established=
direction_a=South
starting_terminus=Jct|state=IA|US|75|US-Bus|75|dab2=Le Mars at Le Mars
junction=jct|state=IA|US|18 near Sheldon
direction_b=North
ending_terminus=Jct|state=MN|MN|60 near Bigelow, MN
counties=Plymouth, Sioux, O'Brien, Osceola
cities=Alton, Hospers, Sheldon, Ashton, Sibley
previous_type=US
previous_route=59
next_type=US
next_route=61

Iowa Highway 60 is a north-south state highway in northwest Iowa. The highway runs at a southwest-to-northeast angle. Since 2004, the highway has been upgraded to expressway status, with some freeway sections, as part of a highway corridor connecting Sioux City with the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Minnesota.

Termini

The southern terminus of Iowa Highway 60 is near Le Mars at a freeway interchange with U.S. Route 75 and Business US 75. Its northern terminus is at the Minnesota border just south of Bigelow, Minnesota, where the highway continues in Minnesota as Minnesota State Highway 60.

Route description

Iowa Highway 60 begins north of Le Mars at a freeway intersection with U.S. Route 75. It goes northeast around Seney, Iowa
Seney, then continues northeast until it bypasses Alton, where it meets Iowa Highway 10. It continues northeast, bypassing Hospers and Sheldon. On the Sheldon bypass, it meets U.S. Highway 18. It proceeds north and bypasses Ashton, then continues northeast to bypass Sibley, where it meets Iowa Highway 9. The highway continues northeasterly until ending at the Minnesota border just south of Bigelow, Minnesota.

Bannered highways

* Business Highway 60 serves Sheldon, following the old route of Iowa 60 north into Sheldon, then turning east on U.S. 18 to return to Iowa 60.

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