Anywhere on US-52 from the Sabula causeway to Guttenberg, call Dubuque Roadside at (563) 239-6326, 24/7; tows start from $115. Give us the nearest town or junction and your direction; a winch-out is from $122.
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US-52 enters Iowa from Savanna, Illinois, on the Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge. It then runs a narrow 2.5-mile causeway through the Mississippi backwaters to Sabula. A narrow causeway leaves little room to get off the road. If the car fails there, keep the hazards on, stay buckled in and call from inside.
From the US-67/Iowa 64 junction near Sabula north to Key West at Dubuque, US-52 carries the Great River Road. Between Green Island and Bellevue, it follows the Mississippi bluffs. In places it runs about 50 feet above the railroad on the valley floor. In Bellevue, it runs along the riverfront past Lock and Dam No. 12 and meets the east end of Iowa 62, toward Andrew.
Iowa DOT plans Iowa 62 work from spring to fall 2027. A new bridge deck goes over Brush Creek, with a detour on Jackson County Y61 (250th Ave.) and D61 (Bellevue Cascade Road). Resurfacing runs from near 154th Street north of Andrew to just west of Bellevue Cascade Road, with flaggers and a pilot car.
North of Bellevue, US-52 climbs about 400 feet, then drops about 300 feet at St. Donatus. After that come its last 10 miles into the Dubuque area. In snow, take both grades slowly. If the car slides off, stay inside with the belt on and call. On Dubuque's south side, US-52 gives access to the Mines of Spain State Recreation Area and the Julien Dubuque monument.
At Key West, on the south edge of Dubuque, northbound US-52 joins US-61/151 for about 2 miles. It leaves at exit 184 onto the Southwest Arterial. Opened on Aug. 17, 2020, the arterial carries US-52 for 6.1 miles as a four-lane expressway to US-20 at exit 314. It has a Military Road overpass, a dogbone interchange at North English Road and a roundabout interchange at the US-20 end. Neither end is a free-flow interchange, so expect to slow at both. Exit 314 is signed for Asbury and Bellevue.
West of Dubuque, US-52 shares US-20 for 20 miles, from exit 314 past Peosta, Epworth and Farley. The shared stretch ends at exit 294 at Dyersville, the US-52 north and Iowa 136 exit for Dyersville and Cascade. There US-52 turns north on Iowa 136 through New Vienna to Luxemburg, where it meets Iowa 3. The US-20 exits along the shared stretch are listed on US-20 and the Julien Dubuque Bridge.
In Clayton County, US-52 carries the Great River Road again, from County Road C9Y at Millville to Dekalb Street in Guttenberg. It climbs nearly 300 feet after crossing the Turkey River and drops into Guttenberg. North of town, it climbs out of the Mississippi valley again. North of Garnavillo, it meets Iowa 128, a cutoff toward Elkader. The north end of Iowa 13 comes about 8 miles later, then US-18. US-18 east leads to McGregor, while US-52 runs with US-18 northwest for about 15 miles toward Postville.
Iowa DOT has no rest area on US-52, so a car that fails on this run waits where it stopped. That might be on the bluffs south of Bellevue, at the foot of the St. Donatus grade or on a climb out of the Turkey River valley. Pull as far right as the shoulder allows and put the hazards on. Keep everyone belted in on the side away from traffic. A crash, an injury or a car left in a live lane is a 911 call first.
Then call (563) 239-6326 and name the nearest town or junction, plus your direction. Sabula, Bellevue, St. Donatus, Iowa 62, Iowa 128 or US-18 all work. We give you the price and the timing for a tow or a winch-out on the phone.
Tell us how far you are from Bellevue or St. Donatus and which way you were heading. Between Green Island and Bellevue, US-52 follows the Mississippi bluffs, so say whether you are on a straight or a curve. A tow on that stretch of US-52 starts from $115.
Yes, US-52 carries the Great River Road from near Sabula north to Key West at Dubuque. It carries it again in Clayton County, from Millville to Guttenberg. For a tow or roadside help anywhere on it, call us; a winch-out there starts from $122.
There is no state rest area on US-52; all 32 Iowa DOT rest areas are on interstates. Plan breaks in the towns along the Great River Road. If your car fails between towns on US-52, wait in it with the hazards on and call us for a tow or roadside help.
Calls answered 24/7. Price and timing confirmed before anyone is sent.