SpeedCams.us
Menu
MapStatesTraffic camsLawsTicket guidesCameras near me
Live Iowa DOT cameras · updated Sep 26, 2026

Iowa Traffic Cameras

1,255 live highway cameras from Iowa DOT, across 9 regions. Pick a region or tap any camera for its latest snapshot.
1,255
Live cameras
1,255 showing an image at last check
9
Regions
59
Highways
I-80
Most covered
307 cameras
Loading map…

Traffic cameras by region

Iowa Highways & Rest Areas

773

rural interstates, rest areas and road-weather stations statewide

I-80 215I-35 104US 20 56US 30 49I-29 41

Des Moines

129

Des Moines, Ankeny, West Des Moines and Newton

I-35 41I-80 39I-235 32IA 141 6US 65 5

Cedar Rapids & Iowa City

105

Cedar Rapids, Iowa City and the I-380 corridor

I-380 33I-80 24IA 100 20US 30 16US 151 5

Council Bluffs & Omaha Metro

64

Council Bluffs and the I-80/I-29 approaches to Omaha

I-29 36I-80 20US 275 4I-480 2I-680 2

Waterloo & Cedar Falls

45

Waterloo and Cedar Falls

US 63 17I-380 12US 218 9US 20 4Evansdale water 2

Dubuque

39

Dubuque and the US-20/US-61 corridors

US 20 21US 61 12US 151 4IA 3 2

Sioux City

35

Sioux City and the I-29 corridor

I-29 21US 20 5S Lewis 4Gordon Dr 3Larsen Park 1

Ames & Boone

35

Ames, Boone and Nevada

US 30 21I-35 13IA 930 1

Quad Cities

30

Davenport, Bettendorf and the Mississippi River crossings

I-74 15I-80 9I-280 4US 67 2

Most covered highways

I-80 307I-35 158I-29 98US 20 86US 30 86I-380 77US 218 37I-235 36US 34 34US 18 31IA 9 27IA 2 25IA 100 24US 61 20US 151 19US 63 19I-74 16I-280 14US 59 13US 65 11IA 149 10IA 4 8IA 141 7IA 5 7IA 92 7IA 163 6IA 21 6US 71 6IA 10 4IA 122 4

Images linked live from Iowa DOT under CC BY 4.0; not stored or altered. Not affiliated with Iowa DOT.

Iowa traffic cameras: common questions

Where can I see live Iowa traffic cameras?

+

This page maps all 1,255 in-service Iowa DOT highway cameras. Choose a region for snapshots grouped by highway, or tap any camera on the map for its latest image.

How often do Iowa DOT camera images update?

+

Iowa DOT refreshes most still images every few minutes. Pages on SpeedCams.us reload the snapshots you are looking at every 90 seconds.

Are traffic cameras the same as speed cameras?

+

No. Traffic cameras let Iowa DOT and drivers watch congestion; they do not issue tickets. Automated speed and red-light enforcement cameras are separate devices run by cities, which we map on our enforcement pages.