Then in bash run the following commands to make the OSRM docker image work for you.
docker run -t -v "${PWD}:/data" osrm/osrm-backend osrm-extract -p /opt/car.lua /data/iow.pbf
docker run -t -v "${PWD}:/data" osrm/osrm-backend osrm-partition /data/iow.osrm
docker run -t -v "${PWD}:/data" osrm/osrm-backend osrm-customize /data/iow.osrm
docker run -t -i -p 5000:5000 -v "${PWD}:/data" osrm/osrm-backend osrm-routed --algorithm mld /data/iow.osrm
curl "http://127.0.0.1:5000/route/v1/driving/13.388860,52.517037;13.385983,52.496891?steps=true"
Now we can do routing in R!