OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION CHANGE

COUNTY: Buchanan

ROUTE: Iowa 281

STAFF ACTION NUMBER: S-87-690

APPROVAL DATE: 12-18-86

New description ‑ Iowa 281 and its extensions in Buchanan County described as follows:

Beginning on the Buchanan‑Black Hawk County line at a point near the W ¼ Corner of the NW ¼ Section 6‑T90N‑R10W (E ¼ Corner of the NE ¼ Section 1‑T90N‑R11W Black Hawk County); thence easterly following substantially the north quarter section line of Sections 6 and 5‑T90N-R10W to the west corporation line of Fairbank connecting with Fairbank Street.

Fairbank:

Beginning on Fairbank Street at the west corporation line; thence east on Fairbank Street to Walnut Street; thence north on Walnut Street to Main Street; thence east on Main Street to 4th Street; thence south on 4th Street to Grove Street; thence east on Grove Street to the east corporation line.

Beginning again on the east corporation line of Fairbank connecting with Grove Street; thence in an easterly and northeasterly direction through Sections 4 and 3‑T90N‑R10W to a point on the Buchanan‑Fayette County line approximately 400 feet east of the NW Corner of Section 3‑T90N‑R10W, Buchanan County (SW Corner of Section 34‑T91N‑R10W, Fayette County); thence east along the Buchanan‑Fayette County line following substantially the section line of Sections 3, 2 and 1‑T90N‑R10W and Sections 6, 5 and 4‑T90N‑R9W to a point approximately 300 feet west of the NW Corner NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 4‑T90N‑R9W, Buchanan County (junction Iowa 150) (SW Corner SE ¼ SE ¼ Section 33‑T91N‑R9W, Fayette County).

COMMISSION ORDER

DIVISION: Planning & Research

COMMISSION ORDER NUMBER: PR-81-718

SUBMITTED BY: Patrick R. Cain

MEETING DATE: 4-28-81

DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND:

Transfer of jurisdiction agreement number TJ‑190‑2 (2)‑‑2M‑10, between Buchanan County and the Iowa Department of Transportation, transferred the section of road from the Buchanan‑Black Hawk county line near the W ¼ Corner of the NW ¼ of Section 6‑T90N‑R10W east to the west corporation line of the City of Fairbank to state jurisdiction on July 1, 1980. The section is now designated Iowa 281.

Transfer of jurisdiction agreement number TJ‑281‑0 (12)‑‑2M‑10, between the City of Fairbank and the Iowa Department of Transportation, transferred the section of road from the west corporation line of the City of Fairbank east, north and east to the beginning of Iowa Route 190 to state jurisdiction on July 1, 1980. The section is now designated Iowa 281.

To maintain continuity in the Iowa route numbering system, Iowa 190 from the city of Fairbank northeasterly and easterly to a junction with Iowa 150 should be re-designated as a portion of Iowa 281.

Iowa 281 begins at the Buchanan‑Black Hawk county line approximately one and one‑quarter miles west of the City of Fairbank and proceeds easterly via the City of Fairbank to a junction with Iowa 150 approximately two miles north of the City of Hazelton on the Buchanan‑Fayette County line.

PROPOSAL/ACTION RECOMMENDATION:

It is recommended the commission approve including the attached description of Iowa 281 in Buchanan County in the primary road system.

Locate Iowa 281 and its extension in Buchanan County as follows:

Beginning on the Buchanan‑Black Hawk County line at a point near the W ¼ Corner of the NW ¼ Section 6‑T90N‑R10W (E ¼ Corner of the NE ¼ Section 1‑T90N‑R11W Black Hawk County); thence easterly following substantially the N ¼ section line of Sections 6 and 5‑T90N‑R10W to the west corporation line of the City of Fairbank connecting with an unnamed street.

Fairbank:

Beginning on the west corporation line connecting with an unnamed street; thence easterly, northerly, easterly, southerly and easterly to the east corporation line, connecting with an unnamed street.

Beginning again on the east corporation line of the City of Fairbank connecting with an unnamed street; thence in an easterly and northeasterly direction through Sections 4 and 3‑T90N‑R10W to a point on the Buchanan Fayette County line approximately 400 feet east of the NW Corner of Section 3‑T90N‑R10W, Buchanan County (SW Corner of Section 34‑T91N‑R10W, Fayette County); thence east along the Buchanan‑Fayette County line following substantially the section line of Sections 3, 2 and 1‑T90N‑R10W and Sections 6, 5 and 4‑T90N‑R9W to a point approximately 300 feet west of the NW Corner NE ¼ NE ¼ of Section 4‑T90N‑R9W, Buchanan County (junction Iowa 150) (SW Corner SE ¼ SE ¼ Section 33‑T91N‑R9W, Fayette County).

REVISED 12-18-86