^A trailblazer for southbound travelers at the Kossuth/Humboldt County line, May 2022.
Iowa Route 15 is a north-south route in northwestern Iowa. It jogs east and west several times, but overall, it connects Minnesota Highway 15 at the northern state border to Iowa Route 3 just east of Pocahontas. That northern terminus, where Iowa Route 15 becomes Minnesota Highway 15, is just south of Fairmont, Minnesota. Iowa Route 15 is east of Iowa Route 4, but west of US Route 169. It only really serves very small towns.
My photo of Iowa Route 15 comes from the western end of its concurrency with Iowa Route 9 in Armstrong. The concurrency is a very short one, lasting for only about a block. The signage here was stuck in some kind of barrel, in a situation so apparently makeshift that I can only assume this is a temporary setup. Though the post may have been compromised, the panels on the sign assembly looked perfectly fine! So I decided to make the Route 15 symbol shown here the one you see on the Iowa menu page. The drivers seeing the sign assembly depicted are headed east on Iowa Route 9, approaching the southern leg of Iowa Route 15. I took this photo during the final Iowa trip to Cedar Rapids and north-central Iowa in May 2022.
Iowa Route 15 is one of the most random inexplicable listings of my collection of routes I've driven from end to end (or "clinches"). Given that, I have many more photos from Iowa Route 15 that I can show here:
Iowa Route 15 is one of the most random inexplicable listings of my collection of routes I've driven from end to end (or "clinches"). Given that, I have many more photos from Iowa Route 15 that I can show here:
Looking south where Iowa 15 begins at the Minnesota border.
Looking south on Iowa 15 as it turns east onto Iowa 9 westbound in Armstrong.
Looking north from Iowa 15's split from Iowa 9 in Armstrong.
Looking east where Iowa 9 splits from Iowa 15 in Armstrong. Iowa 9 continues east as Iowa 15 resumes heading northward toward the Minnesota border.
Guide assembly seen by northbound travelers who are reaching the junction in Armstrong where Iowa 15 turns east along Iowa 9. This will be a start of a short concurrency between these two routes.
Iowa 15's southward progression is interrupted by a short concurrency westward along US Route 18. This occurs near Whittemore.
Looking north at the west end of the concurrency with US Route 18 near Whittemore.
Looking north from Iowa 15's southern end at Iowa 3, east of Pocahontas.
The southern end marker at Iowa 3.