History
The current Iowa Highway 1 was designated in the 1920s, extending from Iowa Highway 2 near Keosauqua to Iowa Highway 38 near Rochester. Between Keosauqua and Iowa City, Iowa 1 replaced Primary Road No. 11; and between Iowa City and Rochester, it replaced Primary Road No. 74. In 1962, Iowa 1 was realigned north of Iowa City replacing Iowa Highway 261 from Anamosa to Iowa City. This section approximately follows part of the route of the territorial and military road from Dubuque to Iowa City. This road, authorized by President Martin Van Buren in 1839, was known as Dillon's Furrow, named after the Dubuque merchant Lyman Dillon who surveyed the route and marked it with a furrow. Most of the deviations of the route of Highway 1 from Dillon's original route are the result of road straightening or bypasses around town centers. The leftover section of Iowa 1 from Iowa City to Iowa 38, part of the Herbert Hoover Highway, became the unsigned Iowa Highway 979.
In 1997, it was announced that parts of U.S. Route 151 and Iowa 1 would become the first Super two highways in Iowa. A 42-mile (68 km) section between Washington and U.S. Route 30 was to be improved in 2002, but because of funding shortages, the project was scratched.
In the Iowa flood of 2008, flood waters of the Cedar River caused the closure of Iowa 1 between Solon and Mount Vernon on June 12, 2008. Once the floods receded, major damage was left behind. Repair work began on July 11th and were completed by July 30th.
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