WEST End: Stop sign, IA 21, Keokuk County
Facing west on 22
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing west on 22
Facing north on 21
Photos by Jason Hancock
Facing north on 21
Highway 21 meets 22 at Mile 21 and then intersects Highway 20 at its north end.
Facing south on 21
Facing south on 21
Northeast corner of intersection
"No, I'm from Iowa. I only work in outer space."
Highway 22 goes through Riverside, which every Trekkie knows will be the hometown of James T. Kirk, the captain of the Starship Enterprise. The marker is hidden behind a building. The red banner, hanging on a streetlight, is what's visible from Highway 22. (Apparently Kirk's mother didn't have time to get to Iowa City before the delivery.)
EAST End: Interchange, US 61/River Dr., Davenport, Scott County
Facing northeast, but heading east, on 22
Facing northeast, but heading east, on 22
Facing northeast, but heading east on 22 (bottom center of above picture)
Facing northwest(!) on 61 - May 2003 / November 2003
Right photo by Jason Hancock
Yes, facing northwest. US 61 is generally east-west between Muscatine and downtown Davenport.
LGS before above picture
This may be the only full highway-and-highway interchange in Iowa that does not have BGSs in any direction.
Facing southeast, but heading north, on 61
Facing southeast-ish on 61 / Closeup
The ramp in the immediate foreground is for NB 61 to 22, where traffic stops and can either turn left on 22 or right on Rockingham Road.
Fun 22 Facts:
While the number 22 has been in continuous use since 1926, there's only one tiny segment of the original route that carries that number today - but hasn't continuously carried the number. That segment is on Park Avenue from the junction of US 61 and IA 38 on the north side of Muscatine to the junction of IA 38 and IA 22 at Washington Street in Muscatine. Between 1926 and 1957, a traveler going north on that road would have been going EAST on 22, but since 1986 going north means going WEST on 22 as 22 goes to join the Muscatine bypass.
As you go east on 22, the population increases somewhat steadily. The combined population of all the towns on 22 west of Wellman, 782, only equals about 56% of Wellman's population (1393), and the combined population of all the towns west of Muscatine, 5770, is almost exactly 25% of Muscatine's population (22697).
Pictures by Jason Hancock: First and third, 3/10/02; 15th, 11/2/03
Pictures by me: Second and fourth-eighth, 7/8/05; ninth and tenth, 8/14/05; 11th, 13th, 17th, and 19th, 10/13/06; 12th, 14th, 16th, and 18th, 5/25/03
Page created 12/16/01; last updated 2/5/07