Iowa Highway 127

Iowa Highway 127
	Iowa 127 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by Iowa DOT
Length	15.985 mi[1] (25.725 km)
Major junctions
West end	I-29 west of Mondamin
	Iowa 183 east of Mondamin
East end	US 30 at Logan
Location
Counties	Harrison
Highway system

Iowa Highway 127 (Iowa 127) is an east–west highway in Harrison County. It begins at Interstate 29 near Mondamin and ends in Logan at U.S. Highway 30 (US 30). The highway is nearly 16 miles (26 km) long.

Route description

Iowa Highway 127 in Mondamin

Iowa Highway 127 begins at an interchange with Interstate 29 (I-29) west of Mondamin, traveling east along a two-lane highway. Just east of I-29, it meets Harrison County Road K45 (CR K45), which is a former alignment of US 75. Three miles (4.8 km) east of Mondamin, it meets the southern end of Iowa Highway 183, which is part of the Loess Hills Scenic Byway (LHSB). The LHSB follows Iowa 127 for 1 ¹⁄₂ miles (2.4 km) before Iowa 127 turns to the east and the LHSB continues south along CR L20. The route travels east for 6 miles (9.7 km),[2] passing through Magnolia, after which it turns to the south towards Logan. The designation ends at US 30 in downtown Logan.[3]

History

Iowa Highway 127 originally went traveled between US 75 west of Magnolia, where it now meets Harrison CR L20, and US 30 in Logan. This intersection is now where it meets CR L20. In 1968, upon completion of I-29 west of Mondamin, US 75 was relocated onto I-29 and Iowa 127 was extended west to the interstate.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Harrison County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Mondamin	0.000	0.000	I-29 – Council Bluffs, Sioux City
Mondamin	4.247	6.835	Iowa 183 north – Pisgah
Magnolia	5.662	9.112	CR L20 (Loess Hills Scenic Byway) – Missouri Valley	Former Iowa 183
Logan	15.985	25.725	US 30 – Woodbine, Missouri Valley
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

2009 Volume of Traffic on the Primary Road System of Iowa (PDF) (Report). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Highway and Transportation Map of Harrison County, Iowa (PDF) (Map). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Iowa Department of Transportation (2010). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 31, 2010.
Iowa State Highway Commission (1969). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

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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 July 31, 2010.

[Harrison_map-2] Highway and Transportation Map of Harrison County, Iowa (PDF) (Map). Iowa Department of Transportation. January 1, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

[DOT_map-3] Iowa Department of Transportation (2010). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa Department of Transportation. Retrieved July 31, 2010.

[DOT1969-4] Iowa State Highway Commission (1969). State of Iowa Transportation Map (PDF) (Map). Ames: Iowa State Highway Commission. Retrieved July 31, 2010.