^Looking north from Iowa 333 in Hamburg, with an obligatory Iowa Casey's in the background, October 2021.
US Route 275 runs north-south in southwestern Iowa, and cuts west into Omaha, Nebraska. Hamburg is a small town in the southwestern corner of Iowa, where Interstate 29 and US Route 275 cross north into Iowa from Missouri. US Route 275's entry into Iowa from Missouri is about a mile east of Interstate 29, just to the south of Hamburg, where Iowa Route 333 provides the short east-west connection between those two highways. From Hamburg, US Route 275 runs north to US Route 34, which it joins westward. At US Route 34's junction with Interstate 29, US Route 275 jumps onto Interstate 29 northbound. As Interstate 29 reaches Council Bluffs, US Route 275 leaves it onto a new concurrency with Iowa Route 92 westward. That concurrency continues across the Missouri River into Omaha, Nebraska (though Iowa Route 92 becomes Nebraska Route 92). From the merging with US Route 34 to the west side of Omaha, Nebraska, US Route 275 fails to be its own independent route at any point; thus, US Route 275 is virtually two different routes joined by a long chain of concurrencies.
My photo of US Route 275 shows a sign assembly in Hamburg, Iowa, where US Route 275 meets Iowa Route 333. An otherwise northbound US Route 275 jogs westerly into town; this photo looks west at a guide marker sitting where US Route 275 turns back toward the north. It also meets the eastern end of Iowa Route 333 at the same point; the guide marker assembly explains all of this to those heading westward on US Route 275. This photo was taken in February 2024, but another photo, shown below, used to be my main photo for US Route 275 in Iowa.
This older photo of US Route 275 in Iowa also comes from its junction with Iowa Route 333 in Hamburg. It looks east at a southbound reassurance marker, across the street from the signpost in the current photo. This photo was taken in October 2021, as part of my trip across southern and western Iowa.
Here are some additional photos taken along US Route 275 in Iowa:
Here are some additional photos taken along US Route 275 in Iowa:
US Route 275 disembarks from Iowa 92 in Council Bluffs, opting for another concurrency along Interstate 29 southward.
US Route 275 shows that it has joined US Route 34 westward, coming from the south. It will follow US Route 34 west to Interstate 29 north to Iowa 92 west. This photo was taken near Glenwood.
A pair of trailblazers confirms the convergence of US Route 275 and Iowa Highway 2 near Sidney. This is at the northern end of the concurrency looking south.
Looking south at the southern extent of US Route 275's concurrency with Iowa Highway 2 near Sidney.
Southbound guide markers at US Route 275's junction with Iowa Route 333 in Hamburg, a town in the southwest corner of Iowa. US Route 275 jogs east from here for a short while, interrupting its otherwise southward course.
US Route 275 turns east away from the junction with Iowa 333 in Hamburg. Don't worry, US Route 275 soon turns back toward the south.
US Route 275 enters Iowa from the south, crossing the border out of northwestern Missouri.