Travel Reference (IA)

Interstates

I-29

• I-29 runs along the Western edge of Iowa once it enters Iowa from Nebraska. I-29 Exits Iowa to Missouri
• I-29 travels through the following counties of Iowa in North to South order:
  • Woodbury County
  • Monona County
  • Harrison County
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Mills County
  • Fremont County

I-35

• I-35 travels through the following counties of Iowa in North to South order:
  • Worth County
  • Cerro Gordo County
  • Franklin County
  • Wright County
  • Hamilton County
  • Story County
  • Polk County
  • Madison County
  • Clarke County
  • Decatur County

I-80

• I-80 travels through the following counties of Iowa in West to East order:
  • Pottawattamie County
  • Shelby County
  • Audobon County
  • County
  • Guthrie County
  • Adair County
  • Madison County
  • Dallas County
  • Polk County
  • Jasper County
  • Poweshiek County
  • Iowa County
  • Johnson County
  • Cedar County
  • Scott County

I-380

• I-380 travels through the following counties in West to East order:
  • Black Hawk County
  • Buchanan County
  • Benton County
  • Linn County
  • Johnson County

Major Cities / Metropolitan Areas

Des Moines Metro Area

• Public Safety Communications in Des Moine are primarily analog UHF, Much of the Rural Fire operations are Analog VHF. West Des Moines uses a 800 MHz Motroola Type II system, Westcom. Polk County uses RACOM. Dallas, Madison and Warren Counties use analog VHF. Guthrie County uses a mix of Analog VHF and UHF
• The Des Moines metro area is located in the following counties:

Polk County Dallas County Warren County Madison County Guthrie County

Cedar Rapids

• Cedar Rapids is located in the following counties:

Linn County

Quad Cities Metro Area (Davenport)

• The Quad Cities are located in the following counties:

Scott County

Sioux City Metro Area

• The Sioux Falls metro area is located in the following counties:

The Sioux City metro area is considered to be in Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska. Plymouth County Woodbury County Dakota County, NE Union County, SD Dixon County, NE

Iowa City

Johnson County

Cedar Falls/Waterloo

Black Hawk County

Omaha/Council Bluffs Metro Area

• Public Safety Communications occur primarily on Analog VHF on the Iowa portion fo this metro Area, but Omaha operates an 800 MHz P25 Trunked System, ORION (Omaha Regional Interoperability Network). Pottawattamie County Sheriffs Office and Council Bluffs Police have their own TG's on RACOM

Pottawattamie County Harrison County Mills County Cass County, NE Douglas County, NE Sarpy County, NE Saunders County, NE Washington County, NE

Dubuque

Dubuque County

Ames

Story County

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