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To locals, Iowa Highway 22 is most notable as one of two main highways connecting Muscatine and Davenport ( U.S. Highway 61 being the other). This 24-mile eastern section of highway follows the Mississippi River . The highway's west end is near Thornburg , while the eastern terminus is in southwestern Davenport , at U.S. Highway 61 . Cities along the route, west to east, include Thornburg, Keswick , Webster , South English , Wellman , Kalona , Riverside , Nichols , Muscatine , Buffalo and Davenport . HISTORY Iowa State Highway 22 was designated in 1926 , and followed what is now U.S. Highway 61 between Muscatine and Davenport, passing through Blue Grass ; U.S. 61 followed the Mississippi River route at the time. The highway was extended to Thornburg in 1931. For years, several sections of Iowa Highway 22 was either Gravel or had a Bituminous surface. One of these sections - the section between Muscatine and Blue Grass - was paved in 1957 , the same year U.S. 61 and Iowa Highway 22 switched routes; U.S. 61 now went through Blue Grass, while Iowa Highway 22 now followed the Mississippi River through Buffalo. The last segment - between U.S. Highway 218 east of Riverside to Iowa Highway 405 north of Lone Tree , was upgraded from Bituminous to paved in 1988 .
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