The Urban Loop is an economic development area that encompasses approximately four-square miles in the City of Urbandale. The Urban Loop’s common, defining element is the six miles of combined Interstates 35 and 80 between Merle Hay Road and Hickman Road in Urbandale.It’s near the center of a fourteen-mile, mid-continent, border-to-border and coast-to-coast combined stretch of those interstates. The Urban Loop is dominated by the ninety-degree turn in the freeway which is its most recognizable feature