The push by some to get the Des Moines beltway designated an interstate has been met with push-back from farmers, as the Des Moines Register reports. This post’s title alludes to both my preferred name for the beltway and the notion that an Iowa traffic jam consists of 10 cars waiting to pass a tractor. (I was in one last Wednesday!)
If there IS a genuine desire to get interstate status, it would make less sense for IA 435 to be designated now, since the signs would be short-lived. In the meantime, though, the beltway still has two designations, each going the opposite direction.