(May 24, 1932-July 1, 2003)
WEST End: Stop sign, US 61 and IA 92, Louisa County
Facing west on 252
This junction sign was gone by October 2006.
Facing west on 252
Photo by Jason Hancock
The helicopter is part of a veterans' memorial. There is also a veterans' memorial at the end of one of the Benton County spurs.
Facing north on 61
Photo by Jason Hancock
Tiny spur 252 ends at the junction of major highways 61 and 92. (It's so tiny you can't even make out its black mark on the map!) Compare this picture to the one two down.
LGS before above assembly
Neither 61 nor 92 had a green two-highway "Junction" sign approaching this intersection. This could mean two things: Either they were never there (possible), or they were replaced (also possible given that 252 does have one).
Facing north on 61, post-decommissioning
Facing south on 61, but heading west on 92
Before this assembly was an incorrect "Jct 92" sign, possibly put up when the "Jct 252" was taken down.
Facing south on 61, but heading west on 92
Facing east on 92
Facing east on 92
EAST End: Vernon St., Grandview, Louisa County
Facing south, but heading east, on 252
Photo by Jason Hancock
The last two blocks of 252 head south to go through the business district and then it becomes a gravel road. This actually used to be a part of US 61, and when it was here, before 1932, it was still gravel between Grandview and Wapello. In the intersection in the background of the above picture, 61 turned left and then followed a southeast-then-south course to Wapello, crossing the Iowa River on what later became the IA 99 bridge. When Grandview got a little route to keep its business district on the state rolls, it never got peeled off until 2003.
It's unclear why Louisa County labels the thing as County Road 252, since it's so short, and the east-west portion would serve a much better continuity purpose as an extension of G44X. (Plus, that would mean one spur became part of the ever-elusive four-digit county road system.) However, the intersection with G44X is not signed in town, and the DOT map calls 252 County Road G48. Because Grandview is so close to the west end, there isn't much room for any signage anyway.
Last seen: 2003
Pictures by Jason Hancock: Second, third, and tenth, January 2002
Pictures by me: First, fourth, fifth, seventh, and eighth, 10/29/04; sixth and seventh, 10/13/06
Page created 5/14/02; last updated 1/16/07
