FROM: Pleasant Hill, IA	TO: Ottumwa, IA

NOTE: IA 163 and US 63 form one continuous four-lane highway from the Des Moines area to Ottumwa; this list runs from northwest to southeast. While IA 163 and US 63's exit numbers coincide at 163's east end, 63's numbers begin to decrease from that point because of its north-south orientation. (The last exit number on US 63, 191, is based on US 34's mileage.) Selected 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

Exit number	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)		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
(8) STOPLIGHT	NE 80th Street (Southeast Polk High School)
(9)	SPEED LIMIT 65	SPEED LIMIT 55
(12) INTERSECTION	() Runnells Mitchellville		Former SOUTH
(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		Airport
			Roberts Creek Park
42	Pella Opera House		Pella Historical Village
	(Clark Street) Pella
			Central College
44	Pella New Sharon		Former
(44)	MARION COUNTY MAHASKA COUNTY
(45-56)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
57	TO NORTH Oskaloosa Knoxville	Oskaloosa Knoxville	William Penn University EASTBOUND: Business District
60	NORTH Oskaloosa AHEAD: SOUTH Ottumwa
	END	WEST
Exit number	Southbound US 63 (scroll downward)	Westbound IA 163 (scroll upward)	Points of interest and notes
	SOUTH
60		NORTH Oskaloosa New Sharon AHEAD: WEST Pella Des Moines	NORTHBOUND: Business District
(60-54)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
54	Eddyville		Eddyville Raceway Park
(53)	MAHASKA COUNTY WAPELLO COUNTY
53	(SOUTH) Eddyville Albia
(52-42)	AT-GRADE INTERSECTIONS
42	Ottumwa Regional Airport Industrial Park		Indian Hills Community College Airport Campus
40	BUSINESS Ottumwa	Ottumwa	Hedrick, Fremont
36	() Dahlonega Road (Ottumwa)		Indian Hills College
35	Pennsylvania Avenue (Ottumwa)
191 (34)	WEST SOUTH Ottumwa		Albia, Bloomfield
	Continue on: EAST Fairfield	NORTH SPEED LIMIT 65
Exit number	Southbound exit (start at the top)	Northbound exit (scroll upward)	Points of interest and notes

Links:

• IA 163 route listing
• US 63 route listing

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