(July 1, 1920-October 16, 1926)
- In 1920, they knew it as: Between Monmouth and Lyons, the Cedar Rapids, Maquoketa, and Clinton Road; between Monmouth and Anamosa, a road that ran about four miles south of that but didn't follow the Chicago and North Western Railroad as closely (3 counties)
- We know it as: Parts of IA 64, US 61, and IA 136
- Let's get granular:
- Anamosa: Main Street, Scott Street, and 115th Street plus extension the US 151 four-lane goes through
- Anamosa to Maquoketa: IA 64, with the following remaining fragments: A driveway southeast of the IA 38 junction, Pleasant Ridge Road, Boblink Road, 50th Avenue and 47th Street in Monmouth, 34th Street and its abandoned bridge over Pumpkin Creek, 24th Street, 174th Avenue and vacated extension north to 173rd Avenue, 43rd Street
- Maquoketa to IA 136: Old US 61 south of Maquoketa, entrance to Horseshoe Pond County Park with a closed but still-intact bridge over Prairie Creek, Main Street in Maquoketa
- This is one of three places in the state where a number in 1920 system later had a US route of the same number.
- US 61 to Clinton: IA 136, with the possible exception of 140th Street, 145th Street, and Z2E in the Charlotte area. The route has a 50 mph rural speed limit for this entire segment.
WEST End: IA 28, Anamosa, Jones County
Facing east on Main Street (6/18/15)
Scott Street at Main Street is where IA 61 (and IA 38 too) met IA 28 (future US 151), but the routes could've been signed westward through downtown to end at either Ford Street (X61) or the courthouse. So 61 might have been courthouse-to-courthouse, or it might not. Above is Main at Ford in the heart of downtown, three blocks east of the courthouse and five blocks west of Scott.
EAST End: IA 6?, Clinton, Clinton County
There are two extremely likely places for this route to end: Eastbound Main Avenue at 2nd Street, where IA 61 would have met the Lincoln Highway in the downtown of the former independent community of Lyons, or the Clinton County Courthouse a mile and a half south on present US 67.
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