Des Moines Traffic Cameras
159 live traffic cameras around Des Moines, Iowa, straight from the state Department of Transportation. See what the roads look like right now before you leave.
- Cameras
- 159
- Live video
- 149
Main roads in Des Moines
Live camera views in Des Moines
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- I-80: I-80 @ MM 117.8
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 146.5
- IA 141: DM - IA 141 @ MM 149 (IA 415)
- IA 141: WWD - IA 141 @ MM 149
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 116.9
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 61.6 (Fillmore St)
- IA 415: DM - IA 415 @ MM 13.7 (Mile Long Bridge)
- IA 141: DM - IA 141 @ MM 148.4 (NW 121st St - ICWS)
- IA 141: DM - IA 141 @ MM 148.4 (NW 121st St - ICWS)-Q
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 96.8 (NE 126th Ave Elkhart)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 148.5
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 115.2
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 58.5 (Hoover St)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 114.2
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 150
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 98.8 (NE 142nd Ave)
- US 6: 4DU - US 6 @ MM 118 (IWZ 3716)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 113
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 56.8 (IA 92)
- I-35: 1DH - I-35 @ MM 100.3 (IWZ 3364)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 152.1
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 111.9
- I-80: 4CF - I-80 @ MM 111.4 (IWZ 3172)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 153.9
- I-35: DM - I-35 @ MM 54.0 (McKinley St)
- I-35: AM - I-35 @ MM 102.9 (IA 210)
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 109.9
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 154.9
- I-80: I-80 @ MM 108.6
- IA 163: RWIS - IA 163 MM 12 @ Prairie City (mini)
- I-80: Rest Area: I-80 EB MM 148 near Mitchellville
- I-80: Rest Area: I-80 WB MM 148 near Mitchellville
- I-80: Weigh Station: I-80 EB MM 115 near De Soto
- IA 141145.6: WWD - IA 141 @ State St. (TT03)
- I-80: Weigh Station - I-80 WB MM 151 near Mitchellville
- I-35: Rest Area: I-35 NB MM 98 near Elkhart
- I-35: Rest Area: I-35 SB MM 98 near Elkhart
- I-80: RWIS - I-80 MM 155 @ Colfax
- I-80: RWIS - I-80 MM 110 @ De Soto
About the Des Moines cameras
These are the official Iowa Department of Transportation cameras within about 35 km of downtown Des Moines. They are the same feeds the state publishes, gathered here so you can check the whole metro area at once instead of one camera at a time.
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Driving in Des Moines
Roadze tracks 159 traffic cameras in and around Des Moines, Iowa — 149 of them stream live video, the rest publish a fresh photo every few minutes. They belong to the Iowa Department of Transportation and are the same feeds their own traffic operators watch.
Most of them sit on I-80 (50), I-35 (48), I-235 (35), US-65 (9), IA 141 (7) and IA 5 (3). If you only check one before heading out, make it the road you actually take.
Winter is what closes roads here: snow, ice and blowing snow from November through March. Plow cameras and pass cameras are the ones worth checking before a trip.
Cameras are public and free to watch — no account, no app. Each one shows what the road looks like right now, which is more useful than a traffic map when you want to know whether it is raining, whether the plows have been through, or whether that backup is an accident or just volume.
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Every camera in Des Moines was checked today. 159 are listed as working. Roadze re-checks every camera daily against its transportation department, so a camera that goes dark disappears from this page instead of sitting here as a broken thumbnail.