Iowa Highway 44

Infobox road
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direction_a=West
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counties=Harrison, Shelby, Audubon, Guthrie, Dallas, Polk
cities=Portsmouth, Harlan, Kimballton, Hamlin, Guthrie Center, Panora, Dallas Center, Grimes
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Iowa Highway 44 is an east-west highway in the central and west-central portions of the state. It parallels Interstate 80 approximately ten miles to the north for most of its route.

Termini

Highway 44's western terminus is at its junction with U.S. Highway 30 four miles northeast of Logan. Its eastern terminus is at an interchange with the Iowa Highway 141 freeway at Grimes.

Route description

Iowa Highway 44 begins between Logan and Woodbine on U.S. Highway 30. It goes east to Portsmouth, where it intersects Iowa Highway 191, then continues east to Harlan, where it intersects U.S. Highway 59. It continues east from Harlan and intersects Iowa Highway 173 at Kimballton and U.S. Highway 71 at Hamlin. It then continues to Guthrie Center, where it intersects Iowa Highway 25 and Panora, where it intersects Iowa Highway 4. It then intersects U.S. Highway 169 three miles before entering Dallas Center and ends at a freeway interchange with Iowa Highway 141 in Grimes in the Des Moines metropolitan area.

History

Highway 44 was designated as part of the 1969 "Great Renumbering" of Iowa's state highways. Its designation created a continuous route number from Portsmouth to Grimes. [http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/iowa40-49.html#44a Iowa Highway 44: The Iowa Highways Page] . Accessed 26 October 2006.]

Major intersections

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county=Polk
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notes=Eastern terminus

Current status/future plans

A stretch of Highway 44 in Guthrie County was rehabilitated in 2006. A segment near Grimes is scheduled for repaving in 2008. [ [http://www.dot.state.ia.us/five_year/2006_2010_five_year_plan_final.pdf Iowa Department of Transportation: 2006-2010 Transportation Improvement Plan] . Accessed 26 October 2006.]

Notes

*Highway 44's exit from Highway 141 is signed for Grimes and Saylorville Lake, but Highway 44 doesn't go to the lake. An unsigned Polk County road which continues east from Highway 44 at the interchange does serve the lake, however. [ [http://www.angelfire.com/ia/jdmorrison/ends/ia44.html Iowa Highway 44] at Iowa Highway Ends. Accessed 26 October 2006.]

References