Iowa Highway 187 (Iowa 187) is a highway in northeastern
Iowa
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. It begins at
U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) southwest of
Masonville and ends at
Iowa 150 south of
Fayette.
Route description
Iowa Highway 187 begins at an intersection with
US 20
U.S. Route 20 or U.S. Highway 20 (US 20) is an east–west United States Numbered Highway that stretches from the Pacific Northwest east to New England. The "0" in its route number indicates that US 20 is a major coast-to-coast route. S ...
southwest of
Masonville. It heads in a northward alignment from this point, passing through
Lamont Lamont or LaMont may refer to:
People
*Lamont (name), people with the surname or given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''
* Clan Lamont, a Scottish clan
Places Canada
*Lamont, Alberta, a town in Canada
* Lamont County, a municipal district in Albert ...
. North of Lamont, it intersects with
Iowa 3 before turning to the northwest. The highway passes through
Arlington before turning directly to the west. Further west, it will turn to the north where it will terminate at an intersection with
Iowa 150 south of
Fayette.
History
Iowa 187 was formed in January 1931. Originally, the highway began at an intersection with US 20 east of
Winthrop. It headed north along a
section line
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The legal description of a tract of land under the PLSS incl ...
to
Lamont Lamont or LaMont may refer to:
People
*Lamont (name), people with the surname or given name ''Lamont'' or ''LaMont''
* Clan Lamont, a Scottish clan
Places Canada
*Lamont, Alberta, a town in Canada
* Lamont County, a municipal district in Albert ...
. Just north of Lamont, the highway curved to the east and crossed into
Delaware County. Shortly thereafter, the highway ended at the western gate of
Backbone State Park. The roadway maintained this configuration until July 1, 1980, when the east–west portion was turned over to the counties and Iowa 187 was rerouted north to the intersection between
Iowa 3 and Iowa 154. For a short time, both Iowa 187 and Iowa 154 ended at opposite sides of the same intersection, but Iowa 187 subsumed all of Iowa 154 by 1983.
Major intersections
References
External links
{{Attached KML
End of Iowa 187at Iowa Highway Ends
187
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