Iowa's White Pole Road Byway-- Part 4: Whiteway-No. 7, US-32, US-6, I-80

In 1922, the Great White Way  merged with the rival River-to-River Primary No. 7 Highway to form the new Whiteway-7 Highway.  And this was changed to U.S. Highway  2 in 1926.

In December  of 1931, sections of our White Pole Road officially became part of  U.S. Highway 6, which at one point was the longest  continuous east-west  route in the United States stretching from Cape Cod in Massachusetts to Long Beach in California.

Iowa joined other states in 1947 in officially designating US Highway 6 to be named  the Grand Army of the Republic Highway at the urging that organization of Civil War Union veterans.

In 1965, when Interstate I-80 was completed, the popularity of the once-important highway waned.

--RoadDog