History
The original Primary Road 58 connected the Jefferson Highway, now U.S. Route 65 west of Eldora to the Red Ball Highway, now U.S. Route 218, east of Dysart. Primary Road 58 followed what is now Iowa Highway 175 to U.S. Route 63 to Iowa Highway 8. By 1952, Iowa 58's eastern half had shifted to the north. Instead of heading south at US 63, it headed north towards Hudson. It headed along Hudson Road and ended at US 20 on the northern edge of Cedar Falls. As a result of the 1969 highway renumbering, Iowa 58 was truncated at US 63 in Hudson. In the 1980s, US 20 was rerouted onto a freeway south of Cedar Falls and Waterloo. By 1989, Iowa 58's north end had been truncated to the new freeway. In the early 1990s, the freeway which Iowa 58 now shares with Iowa 27 was constructed. By 1996, it had been extended and routed onto the new Avenue of the Saints freeway, giving it its current length. The Iowa 27 designation was extended over the entire Avenue of the Saints highway in 2001.
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