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{{TFAIMAGE|File:I-80 in western Iowa.jpg|In western Iowa}}
[[Interstate 80 in Iowa|'''In Iowa, Interstate 80''']] (I-80) enters at the [[Missouri River]] in [[Council Bluffs, Iowa|Council Bluffs]], extends east through the [[Geography of Iowa#Southern Iowa drift plain|southern Iowa drift plain]], passes around [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] and through [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]], and crosses into [[Illinois]] at the [[Mississippi River]] near [[Le Claire, Iowa|Le Claire]]. I-80 is an American transcontinental [[Interstate Highway]] stretching from [[San Francisco, California]], to [[Teaneck, New Jersey]]. Before the Interstate was built, [[U.S. Route 6 in Iowa|US Route 6]] was the busiest highway in Iowa. In the early 1950s, a turnpike along the US 6 corridor was slated to be the first modern four-lane highway in the state, but those plans were shelved when the [[Interstate Highway System]] was created in 1956. The first section of I-80 opened in 1958 in the western suburbs of Des Moines, and new sections of the Interstate opened up regularly over the next twelve years. The final segment in Iowa, the Missouri River bridge to [[Omaha, Nebraska]], opened in 1972. About one-third of Iowa's population lives along the I-80 corridor, most of which runs through farmland. {{TFAFULL|Interstate 80 in Iowa}}
{{TFArecentlist|
* [[Ramesses VI]]
* [[Battle of Verrières Ridge]]
* [[Nelson Mandela]]
}}
{{TFAfooter|Month=July|Year=2018}}
[[Interstate 80 in Iowa|'''In Iowa, Interstate 80''']] (I-80) enters at the [[Missouri River]] in [[Council Bluffs, Iowa|Council Bluffs]], extends east through the [[Geography of Iowa#Southern Iowa drift plain|southern Iowa drift plain]], passes around [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]] and through [[Iowa City, Iowa|Iowa City]], and crosses into [[Illinois]] at the [[Mississippi River]] near [[Le Claire, Iowa|Le Claire]]. I-80 is an American transcontinental [[Interstate Highway]] stretching from [[San Francisco, California]], to [[Teaneck, New Jersey]]. Before the Interstate was built, [[U.S. Route 6 in Iowa|US Route 6]] was the busiest highway in Iowa. In the early 1950s, a turnpike along the US 6 corridor was slated to be the first modern four-lane highway in the state, but those plans were shelved when the [[Interstate Highway System]] was created in 1956. The first section of I-80 opened in 1958 in the western suburbs of Des Moines, and new sections of the Interstate opened up regularly over the next twelve years. The final segment in Iowa, the Missouri River bridge to [[Omaha, Nebraska]], opened in 1972. About one-third of Iowa's population lives along the I-80 corridor, most of which runs through farmland. {{TFAFULL|Interstate 80 in Iowa}}
{{TFArecentlist|
* [[Ramesses VI]]
* [[Battle of Verrières Ridge]]
* [[Nelson Mandela]]
}}
{{TFAfooter|Month=July|Year=2018}}