diff --git a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-common.tsx b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-common.tsx
index 186667bef..5d07639ff 100644
--- a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-common.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-common.tsx
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import { TextField } from '~/components/form/fields/TextField'
 import { useVpcRouterSelector } from '~/hooks/use-params'
 import { toComboboxItems } from '~/ui/lib/Combobox'
 import { Message } from '~/ui/lib/Message'
+import { ALL_ISH } from '~/util/consts'
 import { validateIp, validateIpNet } from '~/util/ip'
 
 export type RouteFormValues = RouterRouteCreate | Required<RouterRouteUpdate>
@@ -30,8 +31,6 @@ export type RouteFormValues = RouterRouteCreate | Required<RouterRouteUpdate>
 export const routeFormMessage = {
   vpcSubnetNotModifiable:
     'Routes of type VPC Subnet within the system router are not modifiable',
-  internetGatewayTargetValue:
-    'For ‘Internet gateway’ targets, the value must be ‘outbound’',
   // https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/blob/914f5fd7d51f9b060dcc0382a30b607e25df49b2/nexus/src/app/vpc_router.rs#L201-L204
   noNewRoutesOnSystemRouter: 'User-provided routes cannot be added to a system router',
   // https://github.com/oxidecomputer/omicron/blob/914f5fd7d51f9b060dcc0382a30b607e25df49b2/nexus/src/app/vpc_router.rs#L300-L304
@@ -75,7 +74,7 @@ const destinationValueDescription: Record<RouteDestination['type'], string | und
 const targetValuePlaceholder: Record<RouteTarget['type'], string | undefined> = {
   ip: 'Enter an IP',
   instance: 'Select an instance',
-  internet_gateway: undefined,
+  internet_gateway: 'Select an internet gateway',
   drop: undefined,
   subnet: undefined,
   vpc: undefined,
@@ -84,7 +83,7 @@ const targetValuePlaceholder: Record<RouteTarget['type'], string | undefined> =
 const targetValueDescription: Record<RouteTarget['type'], string | undefined> = {
   ip: 'An IP address, like 10.0.1.5',
   instance: undefined,
-  internet_gateway: routeFormMessage.internetGatewayTargetValue,
+  internet_gateway: undefined,
   drop: undefined,
   subnet: undefined,
   vpc: undefined,
@@ -103,10 +102,15 @@ export const RouteFormFields = ({ form, disabled }: RouteFormFieldsProps) => {
   // usePrefetchedApiQuery items below are initially fetched in the loaders in vpc-router-route-create and -edit
   const {
     data: { items: vpcSubnets },
-  } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('vpcSubnetList', { query: { project, vpc, limit: 1000 } })
+  } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('vpcSubnetList', { query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH } })
   const {
     data: { items: instances },
-  } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('instanceList', { query: { project, limit: 1000 } })
+  } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('instanceList', { query: { project, limit: ALL_ISH } })
+  const {
+    data: { items: internetGateways },
+  } = usePrefetchedApiQuery('internetGatewayList', {
+    query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH },
+  })
 
   const { control } = form
   const destinationType = form.watch('destination.type')
@@ -129,13 +133,35 @@ export const RouteFormFields = ({ form, disabled }: RouteFormFieldsProps) => {
     control,
     placeholder: targetValuePlaceholder[targetType],
     required: true,
-    // 'internet_gateway' targetTypes can only have the value 'outbound', so we disable the field
-    disabled: disabled || targetType === 'internet_gateway',
+    disabled,
     description: targetValueDescription[targetType],
     // need a default to prevent the text field validation function from
     // sticking around when we switch to the combobox
     validate: () => undefined,
   }
+
+  const targetTypeField = () => {
+    if (targetType === 'drop') {
+      return null
+    }
+    if (targetType === 'instance') {
+      return <ComboboxField {...targetValueProps} items={toComboboxItems(instances)} />
+    }
+    if (targetType === 'internet_gateway') {
+      return (
+        <ComboboxField {...targetValueProps} items={toComboboxItems(internetGateways)} />
+      )
+    }
+    return (
+      <TextField
+        {...targetValueProps}
+        validate={(value, { target }) =>
+          (target.type === 'ip' && validateIp(value)) || undefined
+        }
+      />
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       {disabled && (
@@ -176,22 +202,13 @@ export const RouteFormFields = ({ form, disabled }: RouteFormFieldsProps) => {
         items={toListboxItems(targetTypes)}
         placeholder="Select a target type"
         required
-        onChange={(value) => {
-          form.setValue('target.value', value === 'internet_gateway' ? 'outbound' : '')
+        onChange={() => {
+          form.setValue('target.value', '')
           form.clearErrors('target.value')
         }}
         disabled={disabled}
       />
-      {targetType === 'drop' ? null : targetType === 'instance' ? (
-        <ComboboxField {...targetValueProps} items={toComboboxItems(instances)} />
-      ) : (
-        <TextField
-          {...targetValueProps}
-          validate={(value, { target }) =>
-            (target.type === 'ip' && validateIp(value)) || undefined
-          }
-        />
-      )}
+      {targetTypeField()}
     </>
   )
 }
diff --git a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-create.tsx b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-create.tsx
index 8030b55dc..3f89dc8f7 100644
--- a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-create.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-create.tsx
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import { HL } from '~/components/HL'
 import { RouteFormFields, type RouteFormValues } from '~/forms/vpc-router-route-common'
 import { getVpcRouterSelector, useVpcRouterSelector } from '~/hooks/use-params'
 import { addToast } from '~/stores/toast'
+import { ALL_ISH } from '~/util/consts'
 import { pb } from '~/util/path-builder'
 
 const defaultValues: RouteFormValues = {
@@ -28,10 +29,13 @@ CreateRouterRouteSideModalForm.loader = async ({ params }: LoaderFunctionArgs) =
   const { project, vpc } = getVpcRouterSelector(params)
   await Promise.all([
     apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('vpcSubnetList', {
-      query: { project, vpc, limit: 1000 },
+      query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH },
     }),
     apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('instanceList', {
-      query: { project, limit: 1000 },
+      query: { project, limit: ALL_ISH },
+    }),
+    apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('internetGatewayList', {
+      query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH },
     }),
   ])
   return null
diff --git a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-edit.tsx b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-edit.tsx
index da1c06338..d54fba40d 100644
--- a/app/forms/vpc-router-route-edit.tsx
+++ b/app/forms/vpc-router-route-edit.tsx
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import {
 } from '~/forms/vpc-router-route-common'
 import { getVpcRouterRouteSelector, useVpcRouterRouteSelector } from '~/hooks/use-params'
 import { addToast } from '~/stores/toast'
+import { ALL_ISH } from '~/util/consts'
 import { pb } from '~/util/path-builder'
 
 EditRouterRouteSideModalForm.loader = async ({ params }: LoaderFunctionArgs) => {
@@ -35,10 +36,13 @@ EditRouterRouteSideModalForm.loader = async ({ params }: LoaderFunctionArgs) =>
       query: { project, vpc, router },
     }),
     apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('vpcSubnetList', {
-      query: { project, vpc, limit: 1000 },
+      query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH },
     }),
     apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('instanceList', {
-      query: { project, limit: 1000 },
+      query: { project, limit: ALL_ISH },
+    }),
+    apiQueryClient.prefetchQuery('internetGatewayList', {
+      query: { project, vpc, limit: ALL_ISH },
     }),
   ])
   return null
diff --git a/app/pages/project/vpcs/VpcPage/tabs/VpcGatewaysTab.tsx b/app/pages/project/vpcs/VpcPage/tabs/VpcGatewaysTab.tsx
index b6ac97ec4..67499baf1 100644
--- a/app/pages/project/vpcs/VpcPage/tabs/VpcGatewaysTab.tsx
+++ b/app/pages/project/vpcs/VpcPage/tabs/VpcGatewaysTab.tsx
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ export function VpcInternetGatewaysTab() {
         cell: makeLinkCell((gateway) => pb.vpcInternetGateway({ ...vpcSelector, gateway })),
       }),
       colHelper.accessor('description', Columns.description),
+      // add a column for the IP Pool associated with this Internet Gateway
+
       colHelper.accessor('timeCreated', Columns.timeCreated),
     ],
     [vpcSelector]