 Iowa Highway 140 | ||||
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 Iowa 140 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained byIowa DOT | ||||
| Length | 25.309 mi[1] (40.731 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1926 (1926-07-01)[2]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 20 atMoville | |||
| North end |  Iowa 3 nearRemsen | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Iowa | |||
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Iowa Highway 140 (Iowa 140) is a 25-mile-long (40 km)state highway in northwestern Iowa. The route begins atU.S. Highway 20 (US 20) atMoville. It heads northeast and then due north; it ends atIowa 3 nearRemsen.
Iowa Highway 140 begins atU.S. Highway 20 atMoville. It goes northeast through Moville towardsKingsley adjacent to theLittle Sioux River. At Kingsley, Iowa 140 turns north and continues north for 16 miles (26 km) until it intersectsIowa Highway 3 southeast ofRemsen, where it ends.
Iowa 140 was created on July 1, 1926, when theU.S. Highway System was created. The highway has previously been Primary Road No. 30, but it was renumbered to avoid confusion with the newUS 30. Upon creation, the route was largely the same as it is today. In 1931, Iowa 140 was extended south toHornick and west toUS 75 atSloan. It was extended west again in 1958 whenI-29 was built, making its length 53 miles (85 km).[3] In 1961,Iowa 141's western end was redirected away fromSioux City and directed to Sloan via Hornick on Iowa 140. Upon this designation, Iowa 140 was truncated at Hornick. Three years later, Iowa 140 was truncated south ofUS 20, to its current extent, only to be truncated north ofKingsley the next year. From 1965 to 1980, Iowa 140 was a 9-mile-long (14 km)spur route. Iowa 140 was restored to its current extent in 1980.
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Woodbury | Moville | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 20 –Sioux City,Holstein | |
| Plymouth | Remsen | 25.309 | 40.731 | Iowa 3 –Le Mars,Cherokee | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
