Iowa Highway 191 (Iowa 191) is a highway in western

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. It runs for in a north–south direction. For its entire length, Iowa 191 closely parallels Mosquito Creek and the Bayard Subdivision of the

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. Iowa 191 begins at Interstate 880 north of Neola and ends at Iowa Highway 37 in Earling. Previously, it began at U.S. Highway 6 in

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until 1981, and the city limits of Council Bluffs until July 1, 2003. This old segment of highway ran through

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and Neola, and is now Pottawattamie County Road G8L.

Route description

Iowa Highway 191 begins at exit 28 of Interstate 880 (I-880) north of Neola in Pottawattamie County. This interchange is about west of the eastern end of I-880 at

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. Iowa 191 travels north for and enters Harrison County. Five miles () north of the county line, Iowa 191 enters the small town of

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. Through Persia, Iowa 191 is called Railway Street, because the highway runs parallel to the

Bayard Subdivision. North of Persia, Iowa 191 enters Shelby County. Three miles () north of the county line, Iowa 191 intersects

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just south of

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. North of Portsmouth, the highway enters

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, which was originally known as Crandall's Station in the 1880s. Southwest of Earling, Iowa 191 and Mosquito Creek part ways; up to this point Iowa 191 had paralleled the creek as well as the Bayard Sub. It enters Earling on the southwest side of town and ends at an intersection with Iowa Highway 37 and Shelby County Road M16.

History

Iowa Highway 191 has lengthened and shortened a few times in its history. Upon its designation in the 1930s, Primary Road No. 191 ran from Primary Road No. 64 in Neola to its current northern end in Earling. When Iowa 64 was truncated to its route in eastern Iowa, Iowa 191 took over the route from Neola to

. In 1981, Iowa 191 was pushed back to the city limits of Council Bluffs. In 2002, the portion south of Interstate 680 (now I-880) was identified as a local service highway and was turned over to Pottawattamie County on July 1, 2003.

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