Iowa Application for Discretionary Priority Primary Funding U.S. 61 from I-80 at Davenport to Wisconsin state line at Dubuque, June 1978

(1978) Iowa Application for Discretionary Priority Primary Funding U.S. 61 from I-80 at Davenport to Wisconsin state line at Dubuque, June 1978. Transportation, Department of

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Abstract

U.S. 61 in Iowa is a very important part of the State Primary Road System as well as the interregional network feeding the National Interstate System. It joins two of Iowa's major industrial centers and parallels the traditional Mississippi River transportation corridor. Iowa has for many years proposed this segment to be a part of the National Interstate System which now cannot be accomplished due to the congressional mandate in the 1978 Surface Transportation Act. As an alternative the route has been designated at the highest level of Iowa's priority primary route segments. Recognition of this status has been given in the past two years through allocations from the discretionary priority primary authorization established by Congress in 1978 in recognition of the needs associated with this class of primary roads.