For a breakdown on any highway around Dubuque, call Dubuque Roadside at (563) 239-6326, 24/7; tows start from $115. Dubuque, Delaware, Jackson and Clayton counties have no interstate and no state rest area. An exit number or a cross street is how we find a stopped car.
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Tell us the road, the nearest cross street or exit, and which way you were driving.
These are base prices. The final price can go up with availability, time of day or night, distance, weather, vehicle type and similar factors. You get the final price before anyone is sent.
None of Dubuque, Delaware, Jackson or Clayton County has a mile of interstate. By daily vehicle miles, these are the busiest roads in each one:
Dubuque itself is served by four U.S. highways, US-20, US-151, US-61 and US-52, and one state highway, Iowa 3. On the four-lane highways, an exit number and your direction are enough for us to find you.
US-20 is a freeway past Manchester, at exits 275 and 277. It becomes an expressway with at-grade crossings at Delaware, exit 282. From Dyersville, exit 294, it carries US-52 for 20 miles to the Southwest Arterial at exit 314. It then runs through Dubuque as Dodge Street, with nine stoplights, to the Julien Dubuque Bridge. Every exit and junction, in mile order, is on US-20 and the Julien Dubuque Bridge.
US-61 comes up from Maquoketa, exits 156 and 158, and US-151 runs in from Cedar Rapids by way of Cascade. They meet at a trumpet interchange at the foot of the long hill past the Dubuque Regional Airport. Together they run past downtown to the Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge. They have no direct junction with US-20; Locust Street links the two. Exits 184 to 190 and the closures on record are on US-61/151 through Dubuque.
US-52 crosses into Iowa from Savanna, Illinois, and runs a causeway to Sabula. It carries the Great River Road along the Mississippi bluffs through Bellevue to Key West. There it shares the expressway for about 2 miles and takes the Southwest Arterial to US-20. It leaves US-20 at Dyersville to head north on Iowa 136. In Clayton County, it carries the Great River Road again through Guttenberg. The full run is on US-52 and the Great River Road.
Iowa 3 begins in Dubuque at the Northwest Arterial. That is the four-lane divided former Iowa 32, linking Iowa 3 and US-20 across the North End and West Side. On the arterial, give us the nearest cross street.
Safety comes before the call to us. A crash, an injury or a vehicle stopped in a live lane is a 911 call. Otherwise, get the car as far off the pavement as it will go and switch on the hazards. Stay buckled in, or stand behind a guardrail if you can reach one without crossing traffic.
Then call (563) 239-6326 with four details: the highway, the exit number or cross street, your direction, and what the car is doing. A mile marker works too. On Dodge Street and the Northwest Arterial, the cross street is the marker. On US-61/151 and the US-20 freeway, the exit number is. We give you the price and the timing, and nothing is arranged until you agree.
Iowa DOT lists 32 rest areas, and every one is on an interstate: I-29, I-35, I-80, I-380 or I-680. None is on US-20, US-61/151 or US-52, or anywhere in the four counties. Plan breaks in the towns. If the car fails between them, stay with it, hazards on, and call.
These are dated closures and changes around Dubuque, from the city and Iowa DOT. The city calls its dates estimates, so check 511 or the city's alerts before you drive.
Iowa 511 gives current road conditions at 511ia.org, by calling 511 inside Iowa or 800-288-1047 from anywhere, and in a free mobile app. For Dubuque's snow routes, the city sends alerts by text: send DBQsnow to 67283. The snow rules themselves are on hills and snow emergencies.
No, there is no interstate in Dubuque, Delaware, Jackson or Clayton County. US-20, US-61/151 and US-52 are the main highways around Dubuque instead, and their exits are how we find a stopped car. For a breakdown on any of them, a tow starts from $115.
Check Iowa 511 for the highways around Dubuque: 511ia.org, 511 inside Iowa, or 800-288-1047. The City of Dubuque posts street closures such as Kerper Boulevard in its online alerts. If a closure or a detour leaves you stranded, call us for a tow or roadside help.
Calls answered 24/7. Price and timing confirmed before anyone is sent.