History
At the time of designation, the highway went from Grundy Center northward to Cedar Falls. In August 1932, the segment from Grundy Center to Parkersburg was renumbered as IA 14. in 1986, when U.S. Highway 20 was expanded to four lanes to the Black Hawk/Grundy County line, IA 57 assumed 20's old route from Cedar falls to Parkersburg. When the final four lane segment of U.S. 20 through the Iowa River Greenbelt opened on August 22, 2003, IA 57 was extended to cover the remainder of U.S. 20's old route to U.S. 65.
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