September 28, 2015: The north end of IA 32 in Sageville, on the north side of Dubuque. All the highways at this intersection will be peeled away in the future, just like IA 386 was in 2003.
The Iowa Transportation Commission will meet tomorrow morning in Dubuque and a transfer of jurisdiction is on the table.
The state intends to turn over the part of US 52/IA 3 in the city of Dubuque, plus IA 32, in anticipation of completion of the Southwest Arterial within the decade. When the arterial opens, US 52 will be signed along it, and then on US 20 to Dyersville and IA 136 north to Luxemburg.
The new east end of IA 3 will be in the vicinity of the current intersection with 32, but Sageville’s city limits are very goofy. It makes all the sense in the world to have IA 3’s new east end be at the intersection with the Northwest Arterial, but we’ll have to see what happens.