On US-61 from Maquoketa or US-151 from Cascade, up to the Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge, call Dubuque Roadside at (563) 239-6326, 24/7; tows start from $115. Give us the exit number or the last landmark and your direction.
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South of Maquoketa, US-61 exit 153 is Iowa 136 for Delmar and Lost Nation, in Clinton County. At Maquoketa, the highway takes a hard curve west. It meets South Main Street, US-61 Business and the old route, at exit 156, a folded diamond. It then turns hard north to exit 158, Iowa 64 (West Platt Street, toward Anamosa). It crosses the Maquoketa River just north of that junction. North of town, County Road Y31 to Maquoketa Caves meets US-61 at a junction with no exit number. The lime kilns of the Hurstville Historic District can be seen from the highway there.
From the Cedar Rapids area, US-151 is a 65-mile expressway to Dubuque that crosses the Wapsipinicon and Maquoketa rivers. At Cascade, exit 75 is Iowa 136 for Cascade and Dyersville. Exit 77 is US-151 Business for Cascade and Farley. US-151 joins US-61 about 7 miles south of Dubuque, near the Dubuque Regional Airport.
Northbound, US-61 passes the Dubuque Regional Airport and then descends a long hill. At the bottom is the trumpet interchange where US-151 joins from the southwest. Take the grade slowly in snow or ice. If a car slides off on it, stay buckled in and call. At Key West, on the south edge of the city, northbound US-52 joins the expressway for about 2 miles.
US-61/151 has no direct junction with US-20. The Julien Dubuque Bridge landing sits back from the riverbank to clear a rail yard. Traffic between the two uses Locust Street (Iowa 946), which meets US-20 at a signal just west of the bridge approach.
Downtown, the expressway has two stoplights. One serves an industrial area along the river, and the other is the far end of the US-20 connector. The northern one, beside downtown, also connects to the Port of Dubuque. North of downtown come the last exits:
Kerper Boulevard has been closed between E. 12th St. and E. 16th St. since Nov. 12, 2025, for the Dubuque Gate and Pump Station Mitigation Project. Traffic is detoured along US-151/61. The city expects the closure to last until July 2027 and calls its dates estimates.
The Dubuque-Wisconsin Bridge carries four lanes of US-61/151 over the Mississippi from Dubuque to Grant County, Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation maintains it. It has carried the detour before. When barges hit the Julien Dubuque Bridge in 2008, traffic was sent here. The detour for that bridge's repair closure, July 6 to Aug. 7, 2026, also ran north on US-61 into Wisconsin.
Iowa DOT has no rest area on either highway. A breakdown between Maquoketa, Cascade and the Wisconsin bridge is waited out on the shoulder. If the car will make it, the end of the next exit ramp is better. At the two downtown stoplights, turning off at the signal beats stopping in a through lane. Leave the hazards flashing and the belts on while you wait. Treat a crash or a car blocking a lane as a 911 call first.
Then call (563) 239-6326 with the exit number or the last landmark, and your direction. The exits are 153 to 158 at Maquoketa, 75 or 77 at Cascade, and 184 to 190 in Dubuque. We quote a tow, or a winch-out from $122 after a slide on the hill, along with its timing.
Take exit 188, Locust Street (Iowa 946), northbound; it meets US-20 at a signal just west of the Julien Dubuque Bridge approach. The two highways have no direct junction in Dubuque. If your car quits on that link, a tow from Locust Street starts from $115.
Tell us your direction and whether the car is on the shoulder or still in a lane. A car in a lane on the US-61/151 hill near Dubuque is a 911 call first. Otherwise, we send a tow truck or a winch-out, and a winch-out after a slide starts from $122.
Through Dubuque, US-61/151 has exits 184 (Southwest Arterial), 187 (Grandview Avenue) and 188 (Locust Street). Then come 189A (White Street and the Port), 189B (9th and 11th streets) and 190 (Kerper Boulevard). Give us the last one you passed when you call for a tow or roadside help.
Calls answered 24/7. Price and timing confirmed before anyone is sent.