How to get from Ankeny to Des Moines by car, truck, walk, bike

Distance between Ankeny and Des Moines is 1039 kilometers (644 miles).
Driving distance from Ankeny to Des Moines is 1265 kilometers (784 miles)

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4 Ways from Ankeny (United States/Iowa) to Des Moines (United States/New Mexico)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto West 1st Street 385 m
2. Turn right onto South Ankeny Boulevard, US 69 9.01 km
3. Keep right 298.26 km
4. Keep left onto Chicago-Kansas City Expressway, I 35, MO 110 9.83 km
5. Keep right 5.54 km
6. Keep left 3.54 km
7. Keep right onto Harry Darby Memorial Highway, I 635 4.74 km
8. Keep left onto Harry Darby Memorial Highway, I 635 4.26 km
9. Keep right 82.08 km
10. Keep right onto Kansas Turnpike, I 70 313 m
11. Keep left onto KTag Express Lane 18.41 km
12. Keep left onto I 70, US 40, KS 4 209.26 km
13. Keep right 283 m
14. Turn left onto KS 156 77.19 km
15. Turn right onto US 56, KS 96, KS 156 10.13 km
16. Turn left onto South Patton Road, US 56, KS 156 32.69 km
17. Turn left onto Broadway Street, US 56 40.32 km
18. Keep right onto US 56 1.87 km
19. Turn left onto US 50, US 56 48.74 km
20. Turn left onto US 56, US 283 4.95 km
21. Turn left onto US 56, US 283 716 m
22. Continue onto US 56, US 283, US 400 143.93 km
23. Turn right onto West 11th Street, US 56, KS 25, KS 51 117.13 km
24. Turn left onto South Logan Avenue 104 m
25. Turn right onto 1st Street South 97 m
26. Turn left onto Cimarron Avenue, US 56, US 64, US 385, US 412 69.55 km
27. Turn right onto South 1st Street, US 64, US 87 71.83 km
28. Turn right onto Frances Avenue 64 m
29. Turn left 23 m
30. Arrive at destination 0 m
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