(September 1995-2020)
NORTH End: Stoplight, US 52/IA 3 and IA 386, Dubuque County
Facing southwest (5/26/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
In May 2002, the actual north end of IA 32 at JFK Road was blocked off for construction. The construction was from Asbury Road to here, very near IA 386. Jason wrote then, "This is construction of the Northwest Arterial extension (which is scheduled to open sometime this fall), looking southwestward from US 52/IA 3 in Sageville. A construction vehicle (far right) is parked at the actual point where it will meet 52. The break in the pavement is where the Arterial crosses JFK Road."
Facing northeast towards 386 (5/26/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
According to Jason, this "is a view from the same intersection looking northeastward. The road on the left is IA 386, and the new pavement ends right there. My prediction is that this will be a realigned 386 so it and 32 would end at the same intersection (and thus require only one stoplight)." He was right; the "south" end of 386 was moved here, creating a double end like 57/58 for about nine and a half months, until IA 386 was killed in the Second Great Decommissioning.
Pictures of the permanent north end shortly after its opening are with IA 386's south end here.
Old NORTH End (September 1995-May 2002): Stop sign, John F. Kennedy Road, Dubuque, Dubuque County
Facing north on 32 (7/28/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
This end was blocked off for the aforementioned construction until May 2002. This was 32's original end at its commissioning in 1995. The extension to the "Future" end took place on September 13, 2002.
Facing south on 32 (7/28/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing north on 32 (9/28/15)
Temporary NORTH End (Summer 2002): Stoplight, Asbury Road, Dubuque, Dubuque County
Facing north on 32 (5/26/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
This is where 32 ended in the summer of 2002 while construction was going on.
Facing north on 32 (5/26/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
Although that temporary "End" sign is behind us, signs for 32 remained on the closed part.
SOUTH End: Stoplight, US 20/Dodge St., Dubuque, Dubuque County
Facing south on 32 (9/2/08)
Facing east on 20 (9/2/08)
Asbury, which added 1700 people between 2000 and 2010, is the largest city in Iowa without a state-maintained road inside the city limits (although Johnston comes really, really close since only two ramps are inside it).
Facing east on 20 (9/2/08)
Facing east on 20 (8/23/20)
Facing west on 20 (5/26/02)
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing west on 20 (9/28/15)
The normal-sized arrows with newer, larger route shields makes this look comical.
Page created 9/1/02; last updated 10/29/20