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

Distance between Des Moines and Cedar Rapids is 2479 kilometers (1537 miles).
Driving distance from Des Moines to Cedar Rapids is 3026 kilometers (1876 miles)

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4 Ways from Des Moines (United States/Washington) to Cedar Rapids (United States/Iowa)

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Route instructions

1. Continue onto 18th Avenue South 241 m
2. Turn left onto South 229th Street 238 m
3. Turn left onto South 229th Street 363 m
4. Turn left onto 23rd Place South 48 m
5. Turn right onto South 227th Place 77 m
6. Turn right onto 24th Avenue South 259 m
7. Turn left onto South Kent Des Moines Road, WA 509 492 m
8. Keep left onto South Kent Des Moines Road 5.55 km
9. At roundabout, take exit 3 onto 4th Avenue South 366 m
10. Turn right onto West Gowe Street 478 m
11. Turn left onto Central Avenue South, WA 516 258 m
12. Turn right onto East Smith Street, WA 516 2.71 km
13. Keep right onto Southeast Kent-Kangley Road, WA 516 3.23 km
14. Turn slight right onto Southeast 272nd Street, WA 516 3.43 km
15. Turn left 26.06 km
16. Keep right 919.30 km
17. Keep left onto I 90 367.78 km
18. Keep right onto I 90, US 87, US 212 250.94 km
19. Keep left onto I 90 878.47 km
20. Keep right 141.66 km
21. Keep right onto US 20 Business 552 m
22. Turn left onto South Virginia Street, US 20 Business 224 m
23. Turn right onto Gordon Drive, US 20 Business 350.38 km
24. Keep right onto I 380, IA 27 72.25 km
25. Keep right 288 m
26. Keep left 54 m
27. Turn left onto 1st Street Northeast 333 m
28. Turn right onto 2nd Avenue Southeast 204 m
29. Turn sharp left 38 m
30. Arrive at destination 0 m
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