This guide provides detailed driving directions for navigating various routes in Des Moines, Iowa, with a focus on 86th Street. Whether you’re heading inbound or outbound, during AM or PM, these instructions will help you navigate efficiently, incorporating key streets like 86th Street and major landmarks.
Inbound AM Route: Grimes Walmart Starting Point
Begin your Inbound AM journey at the layover point just west of the Walmart in Grimes, positioned on the frontage road facing south.
- Continue south on the frontage road until you reach another frontage road.
- Turn left (east) onto the frontage road and proceed to SE Destination Drive.
- Turn left (north) onto SE Destination Drive, driving until you reach E 1st Street.
- Turn right (east) onto E 1st Street, which subsequently becomes NW 70th Avenue after you cross NW 107th Street.
- Continue east on NW 70th Avenue until you reach NW 100th Street.
- Turn right (south) onto NW 100th Street and drive to NW 62nd Avenue.
- Turn left (east) onto NW 62nd Avenue until you reach Crescent Chase.
- Turn right (south, then east) onto Crescent Chase, heading towards NW 86th Street.
- Turn right (south) onto NW 86th Street. This is your key street, 86th Street, continue south to Parkview Drive.
- Turn left (east) onto Parkview Drive and drive to 82nd Street.
- Turn right (south) onto 82nd Street until you reach Aurora Avenue.
- Turn right (west) onto Aurora Avenue and drive to 86th Street.
- Turn left (south) onto 86th Street, which will become 22nd Street after you cross Walnut Creek. You are still on 86th Street as you approach Walnut Creek.
- Continue south on 22nd Street until you reach I-235 East.
- Turn left (east) to merge onto I-235 East, taking Exit 7A for Martin Luther King Jr Parkway.
- Turn right (south) onto Martin Luther King Jr Parkway and drive to Ingersoll Avenue.
- Turn left (east) onto Ingersoll Avenue, which then becomes High Street.
- Continue east on High Street until you reach 9th Street.
- Turn right (south) onto 9th Street and drive to Locust Street.
- Turn left (east) onto Locust Street, stopping at the far-side stop at 4th Street.
Outbound AM Route: Continuing from Locust Street
Continuing east on Locust Street after the Inbound AM route, begin your Outbound AM journey towards 86th Street.
- Continue east on Locust Street to 2nd Avenue.
- Turn left (north) onto 2nd Avenue and proceed to I-235 West.
- Turn left (west) to merge onto I-235 West, taking Exit 2 for 22nd Street.
- Turn right (north) onto 22nd Street, which becomes 86th Street after crossing Walnut Creek. You are now heading north on 86th Street.
- Continue north on 86th Street, or NW 86th Street as it becomes, until you reach NW 62nd Avenue.
- Turn left (west) onto NW 62nd Avenue, which becomes SE 19th Street after NW 106th Street.
- Continue west on SE 19th Street until you reach SE Little Beaver Court.
- Turn right (north) onto SE Little Beaver Court and drive to SE 11th Street.
- Turn right (east) onto SE 11th Street until you reach SE Destination Drive.
- Turn left (north) onto SE Destination Drive, driving to the frontage road right after the strip mall on the east.
- Turn left (west) onto the frontage road, then take the first frontage road going south.
- Turn left (south) onto the frontage road to return to the Grimes Walmart layover point.
Outbound PM Route: Starting from 3rd Street and Grand Avenue
The Outbound PM route begins south on 3rd Street to Grand Avenue.
- Begin south on 3rd Street and drive to Grand Avenue.
- Turn right (west) on Grand Avenue and proceed to 6th Street.
- Turn right (north) on 6th Street until you reach High Street.
- Turn left (west) on High Street, which becomes Ingersoll Avenue.
- Continue west on Ingersoll Avenue until you reach Martin Luther King Jr Parkway.
- Turn right (north) on Martin Luther King Jr Parkway, which becomes 19th Street.
- Continue north on 19th Street until you reach I-235 West.
- Turn left (west) to merge onto I-235 West, taking Exit 2 for 22nd Street.
- Turn right (north) onto 22nd Street, which becomes 86th Street after crossing Walnut Creek, placing you back on 86th Street.
- Continue north on 86th Street (NW 86th Street) until you reach NW 62nd Avenue.
- Turn left (west) onto NW 62nd Avenue, which becomes SE 19th Street after NW 106th Street.
- Continue west on SE 19th Street until you reach SE Little Beaver Court.
- Turn right (north) on SE Little Beaver Court and drive to SE 11th Street.
- Turn right (east) on SE 11th Street until you reach SE Destination Drive.
- Turn left (north) on SE Destination Drive to the frontage road right after the strip mall on the east.
- Turn left (west) on the frontage road, then take the first frontage road going south.
- Turn left (south) on the frontage road to return to the Grimes Walmart layover point.
Inbound PM Route: Frontage Road Start
The Inbound PM route starts continuing south on the frontage road.
- Continue south on the frontage road until you reach another frontage road.
- Turn left (east) onto the frontage road and proceed to SE Destination Drive.
- Turn left (north) on SE Destination Drive, driving until you reach E 1st Street.
- Turn right (east) on E 1st Street, which becomes NW 70th Avenue after you cross NW 107th Street.
- Continue east on NW 70th Avenue until you reach NW 100th Street.
- Turn right (south) onto NW 100th Street and drive to NW 62nd Avenue.
- Turn left (east) onto NW 62nd Avenue until you reach Crescent Chase.
- Turn right (south, then east) onto Crescent Chase, heading towards NW 86th Street.
- Turn right (south) onto NW 86th Street. Navigating 86th Street south.
- Continue south on 86th Street, which becomes 22nd Street after you cross Walnut Creek.
- Continue south on 22nd Street until you reach I-235 East.
- Turn left (east) to merge onto I-235 East, taking Exit 8A for 3rd Street.
- Turn right (south) onto 3rd Street and drive to Grand Avenue.
