(July 1, 1920-December 19, 1980)
- In 1920, they knew it as: A road around the south side of Clear Lake, added near the end of the year
- We know it as: A road around the south side of Clear Lake
- Let's get granular: South Shore Drive, South Shore Court, a vacated road that is now a pedestrian walk past Clear Lake State Park Beach, Lake View Drive, South Shore Drive, 12th Avenue S, South 8th Street
- Or, from the part of Lake View Drive that's a bypassed part of South Shore, South Shore all the way north
| IA 106 endpoint history | |||
| FROM | TO | WEST | EAST |
| Dec. 1920 | 11/3/24 | South side Clear Lake, about at the entrance to GSA Camp Tanglefoot | Clear Lake |
| 11/3/24 | 8/7/30 | IA 107 (see below) | |
| 8/7/30 | 1/18/67 | US 65 (19th St SW at Federal Ave, Mason City) | |
| 1/18/67 | 7/1/80 | IA 107 (4th Ave S at S 8th St) | |
WEST End: Southshore Drive at Dogwood Ave., Cerro Gordo County
This location in the south-central area of Clear Lake (the lake) is near the entrance to Girl Scout Camp Tanglefoot.
Clear Lake has a
population of 2,500 wide-awake, enterprising people. Is a city of
beautiful homes; has good churches, good schools. Good service of all
kinds. Electric lights, waterworks, gas, new sewer system, electric
interurban railroad, local and long distance telephone, ample hotel,
restaurant and garage accommodations. Band concerts every afternoon and
evening during the season. Splendid boating, bathing, fishing. Fine new
pleasure pier, elegant dancing pavilion, good orchestra. Sail boats,
power boats and picnic grounds. Stop and enjoy the cool shade, the lake
breezes and hear the band concerts.
— Huebinger's Map and Guide for North
Iowa Pike (1912)
EAST End (1): Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County
EAST End (2): IA 107, now Lake View Drive at South Shore Drive,
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County
IA 106's first east end, because it came into Clear Lake with IA 107, depends on the first signed route of IA 19. If IA 19 in 1920 followed the North Iowa Pike route of 1912 in Clear Lake, the north end was probably northeastbound Main Avenue at 4th Street. If by 1920, the pike was moved to bypass the business district, the north end would have been 8th Street at 7th Avenue. This move likely happened earlier rather than later because the pike's route east to Mason City was not present IA 122, but rather what is now B35/4th Avenue S (Clear Lake)/220th Street (county)/19th Street SW (Mason City). This route mostly follows the old interurban line, which ended service in 1936. For much of the 2010s, a 3-mile-long collection of railroad cars, uninterrupted except at driveways, has been strung along these tracks.
In late 1924, the redundant duplex into Clear Lake was dropped, leaving 106 at 107 the highest-numbered intersection in Iowa. When IA 107 was straightened in the area much later, 106 remained on South Shore Drive to 4th Avenue S.
The route was later extended along B35, creating two paved state connections between Clear Lake and Mason City.
Page created 3/26/20; last updated 7/22/20