FROM: Pleasant Hill, IA	TO: Ottumwa, IA

NOTE: While IA 163 and US 63's exit numbers coincide at Exit 60 south of Oskaloosa, 63's numbers begin to decrease from that point because of its north-south orientation. IA 163's mileage is given in parentheses for all exits south of Oskaloosa. (The last exit number on this list, 191, is based on US 34's mileage.) Signaled intersections are included between US 65 and IA 117.

Thanks to Jeff Morrison for providing signage information for the Ottumwa bypass, which opened November 19, 2007.

Linked routes (click on the appropriate shield): US 65, US 34 east, IA 163 east

Exit number/ mileage	Eastbound exit (scroll downward)	Westbound exit (start at the bottom)	Points of interest and notes
		WEST University Avenue Pleasant Hill Des Moines
(5A) STOPLIGHT	SOUTH Indianola (FREEWAY)		Des Moines International Airport
			WESTBOUND: Left turn across traffic
(5B) STOPLIGHT	NORTH Mason City (FREEWAY)		TO
			EASTBOUND: Left turn across traffic
	EAST
	SPEED LIMIT 45
(5.5) STOPLIGHT	NE 60th Street (Pleasant Hill)
(5.5)	SPEED LIMIT 55	SPEED LIMIT 45
(6) STOPLIGHT	NE 64th Street (Pleasant Hill)		Yellow Banks Park
(7) STOPLIGHT	NE 70th Street (Pleasant Hill) Altoona
(7.5) STOPLIGHT	NE 75th Street (Pleasant Hill)
(8) STOPLIGHT	NE 80th Street (Southeast Polk High School)
(9)	SPEED LIMIT 65	SPEED LIMIT 55
(13)	POLK COUNTY JASPER COUNTY
18	(NORTH) (TO) Prairie City Colfax		Neal Smith National Wildlife Refuge, Prairie Learning Center
			Westbound: FREEWAY ENDS CROSS TRAFFIC AHEAD
(20-25)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
25	Monroe
29	Monroe Newton		Lake Red Rock
			Knoxville
(30)	JASPER COUNTY MARION COUNTY
(30-40)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
40	BUSINESS Pella Lake Red Rock		Visitor Center
			Airport
			Roberts Creek Park
42	Pella Opera House		Pella Historical Village
	(Clark Street) Pella		Central College
44	Pella New Sharon
(44)	MARION COUNTY MAHASKA COUNTY
(45-56)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
57	TO NORTH Oskaloosa Knoxville	Oskaloosa Knoxville	William Penn University EASTBOUND: Business District
		WEST
60	NORTH Oskaloosa	NORTH Oskaloosa New Sharon	WESTBOUND: Business District
	SOUTH   EAST  (Exit numbering follows US 63)
(60-66)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
54 (66)	Eddyville		Eddyville Raceway Park
(67)	MAHASKA COUNTY WAPELLO COUNTY
53 (67)	(SOUTH) Eddyville Albia
(68-78)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
42 (78)	Ottumwa Regional Airport Industrial Park		Indian Hills North Campus, Ottumwa Job Corps Center
40 (80)	BUSINESS Ottumwa	Ottumwa	Hedrick, Fremont
36 (84)	() Dahlonega Road (Ottumwa)		Indian Hills Main Campus
35 (85)	Pennsylvania Avenue (Ottumwa)
191 (86)	WEST   SOUTH  Ottumwa		Albia, Bloomfield
	Continue on: EAST Fairfield	NORTH   WEST  (Exit numbering follows US 63)
		SPEED LIMIT 65
Exit number/ mileage	Eastbound exit (start at the top)	Westbound exit (scroll upward)	Points of interest and notes

Links:

• IA 163 route listing
• US 63 route listing

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