(July 1, 1920-December 31, 1968)
- In 1920, they knew it as: Nothing in particular (2 counties)
- We know it as: Most of IA 127, US 30 northeast of Logan, and IA 44 from US 30 to Harlan
- Let's get granular: IA 127, L20, Jasper Trail, vacated connection, Main and Cherry streets in Magnolia, IA 127, 235th Trail and a vacated road continuing southeast, Norton Avenue, Tower Road and 5th Street coming into Logan, either Maple Avenue or present IA 127/2nd Avenue in Logan, vacated road from intersection of 5th Avenue and 4th Street eastward to present US 30, US 30, a very jagged route southeast to Tampa Avenue, IA 44, US 59, Willow Street and 6th Street in Logan
- Documents digitized in 2020 indicate the Lincoln Highway was diagonalized between Logan and IA 44 in 1919, although the state maps do not appear to reflect this until 1925. See large map below.
- By 1922, the road in Harlan had moved to IA 44, with offset intersections at 12th Street.
- Related route: IA 127, the standalone segment of 39 remaining after the Great Truncation
WEST End (1): Mondamin, Harrison County
IA 39 was originally redundant with IA 12, something not on the 1919 map but discovered in the memo for the Great Truncation.
Facing west (5/7/06)
IA 39's independent route started two miles south of here, on Jasper Trail JUST east of IA 183 on the other side of Allen Creek (0.2 mi east), which would have been fixed when US 75 was paved in 1929. This is the modern equivalent junction.
Facing west (5/7/06)
The cross road was US 75 until it was moved onto I-29, and then IA 183 until the Second Great Decommissioning.
WEST End (2): IA 6, now IA 44 near US 30, Harrison County
Facing west on 39 (6/22/13)
This is the modern equivalent. The actual endpoint was about half a mile east on the half-section line (behind the camera), a southward extension of Quincy Trail that isn't there now.
EAST End (2)(?): IA 4, now IA 44 at 8th St./Southwest Ave.,
Harlan, Shelby County
EAST End (1): Harlan, Shelby County
The oldest route of the north-south road through Harlan used Southwest Avenue to avoid the railroad. It's possible that it remained signed with a bit of 4 along Chatburn Avenue and 6th Street to downtown. At first, when it came in on Willow, it surely was signed north about five blocks on 6th to the courthouse square. (photo 5/7/06)
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