Iowa Highway 330

Infobox road
state=IA
type=IA
route=330
alternate_name=


length_mi=33
length_round=0
length_ref=Iowahighwaysref|lowrg=320|hirng=339|num=330|access_date=June 18, 2007]
established=
direction_a=West
starting_terminus=Jct|state=IA|US|65|IA|117 near Mingo
junction=Jct|state=IA|US|30 near Marshalltown
direction_b=East
ending_terminus=Jct|state=IA|IA|14 near Albion
counties=Jasper, Story, Marshall
cities=Albion
previous_type=IA
previous_route=316
next_type=IA
next_route=333

A 33-mile-long state highway in central Iowa, Iowa Highway 330 runs northeasterly from near Mingo in Jasper County past Albion, to just north of Marshalltown in Marshall County. [http://iowahighways.home.mchsi.com/highways/iowa320-339.html#330a] Originally the two-lane, unpaved Iowa Highway 88 in the 1930s, and later Iowa Highway 64 until 1969, Highway 330 is now a four-lane divided expressway along much of its length. The non-expressway sections are, or will be, super two highways.

As an unusual (and originally underutilized) "diagonal" highway in a strongly grid-based region, a persistent rumor claims that the highway was originally run through as a pork barrel project for the personal benefit of a Marshall County state legislator who wanted a quicker route to the Iowa General Assembly.

The highway was originally designated as Highway 330 and paved in the late 1940s. Before then, it was called Iowa 88 and was largely unpaved. In 1969 the route was extended southward to its current terminus. In 1989, it was re-routed to bypass Marshalltown. In 2002, the twenty miles between U.S. 65 and U.S. 30 were upgraded to expressway status.

The highway, in conjunction with U.S. 65, Iowa Highway 14 and U.S. 20, is commonly used as a connector between Des Moines and the Waterloo/Cedar Falls area.

Major intersections

jctint
state=IA
county=Jasper
cspan=1
location=Mingo
lspan=1
type=
mile=0.0
road=Jct|state=IA|US|65|IA|117|dir2=South
notes=Southern terminus. IA 330 South becomes US 65 South.jctint
state=IA
county=Marshall
cspan=2
location=Marshalltown
lspan=1
type=
mile=20.3
road=Jct|state=IA|US|30
notes=jctint
state=IA
location=Albion
lspan=1
type=
mile=33.4
road=Jct|state=IA|IA|14
notes=Northern terminus

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