History
The original Primary Road No. 25 was designated with the rest of the Iowa Primary Highway System in 1920. It spanned 20 miles (32 km) from Adel to Winterset. This designation only lasted a few years; it was absorbed by Primary Road No. 16 in 1926. When the Adel–to–Winterset route changed numbers in 1926, it was not paved at all, but the segment in Madison County was graded, the first step in becoming a paved road.
The second iteration of Iowa 25 was created in 1925 during the time when the Iowa State Highway Commission was designating the new U.S. Highway System on the state's primary road network. In order to avoid driver confusion, the commission reorganized various route numbers to simplify the system and to remove any duplicated numbers, i.e. US 30 and Primary Road No. 30. Interestingly, Iowa 25 was allocated along a section of former Primary Road No. 16 from Scranton to Creston. Iowa 16 was rerouted to the east, absorbing all of the previous incarnation of Primary Road No. 25.
A few years later, the highway commission created Iowa 184, which ran from US 34 south to Blockton. In early 1933, Iowa 25 was extended southward along US 34 and absorbed all of Iowa 184. In 1938, it was extended an additional four miles (6.4 km) to the Missouri state line. Iowa 357 was created as a short spur route into Blockton.
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