WEST End: Partial interchange, Edgewood Road, Cedar Rapids, Linn County
Facing west on 100
Photo by Jason Hancock
Currently, 100 ends at an unfinished half-diamond interchange with Edgewood Road. This sign notes the end of the freeway in half a mile.
Closeup of above signage
Facing west on 100
Photo by Jason Hancock
All traffic for 100 is directed onto what would eventually have been the off/on ramps for Edgewood Road. There are plans to extend 100 west of here and then turn due south along 80th Street to an already-existing interchange with US 30 and 218. However, those plans have run into financial and environmental roadblocks. Right now, the western extension is projected to be finished in 1990 2005 2007 2016 or Real Soon Now, whichever comes later.
Facing west on 100 offramp
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing north on Edgewood Road
Photo by Jason Hancock
Notice the 100 shield at the ramp. Despite reports that this area would be reconstructed, no changes to this area have been made.
Old WEST End: I-380 exit 24/24A, Cedar Rapids, Linn County
Facing west on 100
Photo by Jason Hancock
East of I-380, at about the point that old IA 150 took a slight turn southwest before going north, modern 100 has an "exit ramp" that drivers must use to get to I-380. Between here and there is a stoplight at Center Point Road (old IA 150 north). This was 100's west end for about a year, from commissioning in August 1984 to extension in 1985.
Facing west on 100
Photo by Jason Hancock
The IA 100 interchange is mixed in with other nearby exits that form a sort of Texas-style frontage road for a distance along I-380 in addition to the volleyball interchange. Compared to the pure volleyball interchange of US 77 at I-29 in Sioux City, this position facing west is equivalent to the first signs you see on the northbound 29 offramp.
Facing south on 380
Photo by Jason Hancock
Facing north on 380
Facing north on 380
Photo by Jason Hancock
Unlike southbound 380, the exit ramps for 100 and Blairs Ferry Road are split up.
Facing north on 380 at the volleyball
The bridge is for 100 "thru traffic" that doesn't have to stop at the stoplights with the I-380 ramps.
Old EAST End: Stoplight, Business US 151/1st Ave., Cedar Rapids, Linn County
Facing east on 100
This was the eastern end of 100 between 1984 (when it was commissioned) and 1996. Before that, it was the south end of 150 before it was rerouted to Vinton. Highway 100 was commissioned August 14, 1984, the same day IA 101 was decommissioned and IA 150 rerouted.
Facing west on 100
Facing north on Business 151
Photo by Jason Hancock
Before 1996, 100 started at the left of this photo. Jason Hancock says that this is the end of unsigned Iowa 922, which is the DOT's secret number for Business 151 through Cedar Rapids. (The segment through Marion is maintained by the city; the city limits change a few hundred feet north of here.)
Facing northeast, but heading north, on Business 151
Facing southwest, but heading south, on Business 151
EAST End: Stoplight (was 4-way stop), US 151/IA 13 and E45, Marion, Linn County
Facing east on 100
Facing east on 100
In 2003, E45 was not marked here.
Facing north on 151/13
Facing north on 151/13
Facing south on 151/13
Facing south on 151/13
Facing west on Secrist Road (secret Linn Co. E45)
This intersection is (as of spring 2007) surrounded by farmland, but there is development one mile north at the north end of Business 151 and creeping southward.
Weeks after these pictures were taken, a stoplight finally appeared at this intersection.
Facing east on 100
Photo by Jason Hancock
Signs on stoplight arms
Photos by Jason Hancock
Facing north on 151
Photo by Jason Hancock
Notice that this assembly is prepared for a double-left-turn lane, which is going to be a tight squeeze.
Pictures by Jason Hancock: First, third, and 21st, 12/2/01; fourth and fifth, 5/18/03; sixth-eighth and tenth, 10/21/05; 27th-30th, 6/17/07
Pictures by me: Second, 3/18/04; ninth, 7/15/06; eleventh and 17th-26th, 3/12/07; 12th, 13th, 15th, and 16th, 7/16/06
Page created 2/24/02; last updated 6/23/07