NORTH End: Intersection, IA 14, Jasper County
Facing west, but heading north, on 224 (9/29/06)
Facing west, but heading north, on 224 (6/5/02 and 9/29/06)
Left photo by Jason Hancock
A lot of Clearview signs popped up in Jasper County in 2006, including BGSs on I-80 at 224's south end, seen at the bottom of this page.
Final sign at intersection (9/29/06)
Highway 224 runs east-west for one mile; where it changes F17 continues east, and northbound 224 has a stop sign. Highway 14 then continues on this same east-west alignment, and when 14 turns south F17 (formerly IA 223) goes west to US 65.
Facing south on 14
Facing south on 14 (6/1/02)
Facing east, but heading north, on 14 (7/7/04)
Facing east, but heading north, on 14 (7/7/04)
The 224 shield was replaced by the time of the picture below (and then, again!).
Facing southeast (9/29/06)
Note the rural sign at right, and how "Hwy 14 E" becomes "Hwy 14 N" as it turns.
Facing east, but heading north, on 14 (7/24/19)
Old NORTH End: Stop sign/T intersection, Main St., Kellogg, Jasper County
Facing north on 224 (6/19/18)
IA 224's siblings are IA 223 and IA 225, all created at the same time. The former was promoted to a regular (non-spur) highway in 1980 like 224 was, but turned over in 1997; the latter was a victim of the Second Great Decommissioning. The original route into Kellogg followed Blair and High streets into downtown and ends with this view of the post office.
Facing south on 224 (6/19/18)
Facing north on 224 (6/19/18)
The pre-1980 route of 224 angled left; the post-1980 route angles slightly right.
The 1910 River-to-River Road went through Kellogg, instead of bypassing it like US 6 does today. The route stayed north of the railroad to the east (an alignment that is straighter today), used Blair Street (a left at the intersection shown here), crossed the railroad at the elevator, and headed out on Imperial Avenue via a bridge over the North Skunk River that was closed in the 2000s and removed in 2013.
Old SOUTH End: Stop sign, US 6, Jasper County
Facing south on 224 (7/17/04)
Facing south on 224 (7/17/04) (color correction has been attempted)
Facing south on 224 (6/19/18)
The sign at right isn't the usual configuration of US 6; the highway was closed to the east for bridge replacement.
Facing north on 224 (6/19/18)
From here you can see the original south end of the spur and the closeness to Kellogg (the gas station a few photos up is in deep center background).
Facing east on 6 (7/14/04)
Facing west on 6 (6/19/18)
Facing west on 6 (5/19/15)
SOUTH End: I-80 exit 173 and T22, Jasper County
Facing south on 224 (the stateless 80 shield is recent) (10/1/06)
Facing south on 224 (6/19/18)
The "End" sign has migrated to the south side of the exit. All the wide shields use Series B.
Facing north on T22 (10/1/06)
Facing north on 224 (10/1/06)
The first sign north is just south of the bridge; this is the LGS on the north side.
Facing north on 224 (6/19/18)
As of summer 2018 this is the only square IA 224 shield remaining south of Kellogg and possibly the last one left at all.
Facing west on 80 / Mock-up of "accurate" sign (6/1/02) (Kurumi's SignMaker)
In a strange twist, Pella proper is never listed on I-80. Exit 173 directs to the museum; Exit 164 (IA 14) lists Central College. This is due to requirements limiting each exit to four items (towns/streets/stuff, e.g. parks like above). To get to Pella from this exit, which is due south geographically but not by car, you must drive T22, F62, and T14. Whether signage at those intersections continues directing to Pella is unknown.
Like all but one BGS on I-29 and all on I-35 south of Des Moines (until 2003), neither the direction nor the county road is listed. If you're westbound and missed IA 146, this is actually a more direct route to Marshalltown and doesn't involve going through Grinnell, but this interchange already has the maximum number of signed destinations.
Facing east on 80 (7/25/05)
It's a good thing I got these signs in summer 2005, because next year, they were replaced (but not necessarily improved):
Facing east on 80 (8/31/06)
Photos by Jason Hancock
I suspect I'd like the Clearview font more if not for that little curl on the L, and this sign has four of them.
Page created 2/28/02; last updated 12/4/06 4/8/20