Iowa Highway 136 (Iowa 136) is a state highway maintained by the Iowa Department of Transportation, which runs for 98 miles (158 km) in eastern Iowa. It begins at the Mississippi River in Clinton on the Mark N. Norris Bridge, where it continues as Illinois Route 136. It ends at an intersection with U.S. Route 52 and Iowa Highway 3 in Luxemburg. Although signed as a north–south highway throughout, the highway runs east to west between Clinton and Oxford Junction, while turning north at Oxford Junction to complete its run to Luxemburg. For most of its existence, Iowa 136 has connected Clinton and Luxemburg. During the 1950s-1960s, the northern and southern ends of the route shifted slightly because nearby United States highways changed their alignments.
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