U.S. Route 218

U.S. Route 218
U.S. Route 218
	US 218 highlighted in red
Route information
	Auxiliary route of US 18
Length	321.734 mi (517.781 km) Iowa: 274.995 mi (442.562 km); Minn: 46.739 mi (75.219 km);
Existed	1926[citation needed]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 136 at Keokuk, IA
	US 61 at Keokuk, IA; US 34 at Mount Pleasant, IA; I-80 / I-380 at Coralville, IA; ; I-380 / US 30 / US 151 / Iowa 27 in Cedar Rapids, IA; ; I-380 / US 20 / Iowa 27 at Waterloo, IA; US 63 at Waterloo, IA; ; US 18 / Iowa 27 at Floyd, IA; I-90 at Austin, MN;
North end	I-35 / US 14 at Owatonna, MN
Location
Country	United States
States	Iowa; Minnesota;
Counties	Iowa Lee; Henry; Washington; Johnson; Linn; Benton; Black Hawk; Bremer; Chickasaw; Floyd; Mitchell; ; Minnesota Mower; Dodge; Steele; ;
Highway system
	United States Numbered Highway System; List; Special; Divided;

U.S. Highway 218 (US 218) is an original United States Highway that was created in 1926. Although technically a spur of US 18, US 218 neither begins nor ends at US 18, but overlaps US 18 for eight miles (13 km) near Charles City, Iowa. US 218 begins at U.S. 136 in downtown Keokuk and ends 319 miles (513 km) away at Interstate 35 (I-35) and US 14 at Owatonna, Minnesota. A large portion of US 218 in Iowa is part of the Avenue of the Saints, which connects St. Louis, Missouri, and Saint Paul, Minnesota.