^Westbound trailblazer in Washington, October 2021.
Iowa Route 92 is one of the main east-west highways spanning Iowa, serving the third row of counties from the southern border of the state. (The bottom row of counties is skewered by Iowa Route 2, and the second row of counties is all joined together by US Route 34.) Iowa Route 92 is the central part of a tri-state "Route 92"; the western end crosses the Missouri River to become Nebraska Route 92, and the eastern end crosses the Mississippi River to become Illinois Route 92. In greater specifics, the western end is a bridge carrying Iowa Route 92 and US Route 275 from Council Bluffs into Omaha, Nebraska. The eastern end leaves Muscatine, Iowa for Illinois via a bridge over the Mississippi River. Iowa Route 92 connects with a considerable number of county seats, including Greenfield, Winterset, Indianola, Knoxville, Oskaloosa, Sigourney, Washington, and Muscatine.
My photo of Iowa Route 92 is an incomplete guide assembly in Columbus Junction at Iowa Route 70. The guide assembly shown, facing east for westbound traffic on Iowa Route 92, is missing the ahead arrow under the Iowa Route 92 marker. (It might have fallen off because Iowa likes to use forward arrow panels that are 24 inches tall and only 12 inches wide; attaching that narrow panel to the panel above would have created a weak connection.) This junction in the photo is the southern end of Iowa Route 70. My first trip to Iowa in 2017 took me to this intersection, but I also passed through here in October 2021 during my trip across the southern part of the state. This photo came from my second jaunt through this area in October 2021; I kicked off this trip by clinching Iowa Route 70 from north to south.
Here are some additional photos taken along Iowa Route 92:
Here are some additional photos taken along Iowa Route 92:
Iowa 92 arrives in Muscatine, Iowa, fresh off the bridge over the Mississippi River. It immediately joins Business US Route 61 northward.
Iowa 38 starts at the junction where Iowa 92 arrives at Business US Route 61 in Muscatine. This trio of trailblazers is seen by northbound travelers leaving the site of the previous photo. Iowa 38 is along for the ride as Business 61 and Iowa 92 head northward for a spell.
Iowa 92 meets the southern end of Iowa 70 in Columbus Junction, home of a swinging footbridge that is fun to walk across.
East of Washington, Iowa 92 meets an interchange with the expressway carrying Iowa 27 and US Route 218.
As Iowa 92 continues westward approaching Washington, Iowa 1 joins the route into town, having come from the south.
This leaning signpost held guide markers used by those heading east on Iowa 92 in Oskaloosa. The guide markers announce the upcoming right turn onto the northwestern beginning of Iowa 23.
Iowa 92 westbound at US Route 63 in Oskaloosa.
Iowa 92 reaches Council Bluffs, as it crosses an interchange with Interstate 29. At this interchange, Interstate 29 dumps off US Route 275 as this US highway is trying to continue northward and westward.
Iowa 92 reaches its western extent, and I reached it at sundown. The sun sets on Iowa 92, literally and metaphorically, as it crosses the Missouri River into Omaha, Nebraska, along with US Route 275.