History
Between July 1, 1920 and December 11, 1936, the road currently designated as Iowa Highway 117 was designated as Iowa Highway 64, while the original Iowa Highway 117 served as a highway between Anamosa and Sabula. The two highway designations were swapped on December 11, 1936. The highway originally extended northward to Colo until 1940, when the segment between the current northern terminus and Colo was replaced by US 65.
In 2002, the northern terminus intersection was reconstructed. Previously, the roads which met at that point intersected one another at a sharp angle. The 2002 reconstruction changed this so the involved highways intersected at right angles to each other.
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