Iowa Highway 96

Iowa Highway 96
Iowa Highway 96
	Iowa 96 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length	16.635 mi (26.771 km)
Major junctions
West end	Iowa 14 southwest of Conrad
East end	US 63 east of Gladbrook
Location
Country	United States
State	Iowa
Counties	Marshall, Tama
Highway system
	Iowa Primary Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Secondary; Scenic;

Iowa Highway 96 (Iowa 96) is a state highway which runs from west to east in central Iowa. It begins at Iowa Highway 14 southwest of Conrad and ends at U.S. Highway 63 east of Gladbrook.

Route description

Iowa Highway 96 begins at a T-intersection with Iowa Highway 14 3 miles (4.8 km) southwest of Conrad. From Iowa 14, it heads due east for 10 miles (16 km) towards Gladbrook. East of Gladbrook, it continues east, angling slightly to the southeast, for 6 miles (9.7 km) until it ends at another T-intersection with U.S. Highway 63.^[1]

History

Primary Road No. 96 was originally designated as a 6-mile-long (9.7 km), unpaved spur route connecting Gladbrook to Primary Road No. 59 southwest of Traer. In 1926, Highway 59 became U.S. Highway 63.^[2] By 1947, the highway had been extended west to Iowa 14.^[3] By 1956, the entire route was paved.^[4]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations
Marshall	Liscomb Township	0.000	0.000	Iowa 14 – Marshalltown, Grundy Center
Tama	Crystal Township	16.635	26.771	US 63 – Traer, Toledo
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
^ Junior Road Map: Eastern Iowa (Map). Rand McNally & Company. 1926. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
^ Road and Reference Atlas (Map). 1:1,077,120. Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 42–43.
^ Iowa State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Iowa State Highway Commission. 1956. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

External links

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[IowaDOT-1] 2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

[1926_Broer_east-2] Junior Road Map: Eastern Iowa (Map). Rand McNally & Company. 1926. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

[Rand1947-3] Road and Reference Atlas (Map). 1:1,077,120. Rand McNally & Company. 1947. pp. 42–43.

[DOT1956-4] Iowa State Highway Map (PDF) (Map). Iowa State Highway Commission. 1956. Retrieved August 16, 2010.

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