Iowa Highway 13 (Iowa 13) is a north–south highway in eastern
Iowa
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. It has a length of . The southern terminus of Iowa Highway 13 is at
U.S. Highway 30
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(US 30) south of
Bertram and southeast of
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. ...
. The northern terminus is at
US 52 in rural
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* Clayton County, Iowa
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near the towns of
Monona and
Farmersburg near the intersection of US 52 and
US 18.
Route description
Iowa Highway 13 begins at U.S. 30 southeast of Cedar Rapids in an overlap with
US 151 at a freeway interchange just east of the
Cedar River. They go north as a divided highway through Bertram. They intersect
Iowa Highway 100
Iowa Highway 100 (Iowa 100) is a state highway located in Linn County, Iowa. The route is located primarily in Cedar Rapids and Marion and is known locally as Collins Road. It begins at US 30 / US 218 in western Cedar Rapids and e ...
at Marion and then separates from U.S. 151 in Marion as well. It continues north from Marion to
Central City
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, where the divided highway ends. It goes north to
Coggon, then turns east briefly before turning north again to go through
Ryan. After passing through Ryan, it goes north to
Manchester
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, where it intersects
US 20. It continues north through Manchester and intersects
Iowa 3. It overlaps Iowa 3 and goes northwest into
Strawberry Point, where they separate. Iowa 13 then turns northeast and intersects
Iowa 56 southwest of
Elkader. After running along the eastern edge of Elkader, it then intersects
Iowa 128. It then continues northeast and ends at US 52 near
Farmersburg.
History
Primary Road No. 13 was one of the original routes of the primary highway system, which was formed in 1920. Its original extent was statewide, starting at the
Missouri
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state line south of
Bloomfield and ending at the
Minnesota
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state line north of
Waukon. When the
U.S. Highway System
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came around in 1926, Primary Road No. 13 was shortened significantly. The southernmost part of the route became
US 63, between
Ottumwa and
Homestead
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, the route was replaced by
Iowa 149
Iowa Highway 149 is a highway which runs from south to north in Iowa. It has a length of . Iowa 149 begins at U.S. Highway 34 in Ottumwa and ends at Williamsburg at Interstate 80. The first of Iowa 149 are overlapped by U.S. Highway 63 Busi ...
, and from
Homestead
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to
Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. ...
, it was replaced by
Iowa 150.
The route stayed more or less the same until it was shortened again in 1969. The northernmost section of road, from
McGregor
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Places
in Canada:
* McGregor Lake ...
to Minnesota, was renumbered to
Iowa 76 to match
the numbered route it became after crossing into Minnesota. Between
Froelich and McGregor, Iowa 13
overlap
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* Ove ...
ped US 18 and US 52.
Since 1969, the routing of Iowa 13 has not changed.
Major intersections
References
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Transportation in Linn County, Iowa
Transportation in Delaware County, Iowa
Transportation in Clayton County, Iowa
U.S. Route 63