Minnesota State Highway 65
Route information | ||||
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Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
Length | 272.511 mi[2] (438.564 km) | |||
Existed | 1934[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
South end | I-35W at Minneapolis | |||
North end | US 71 at Littlefork | |||
Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Minnesota | |||
Counties | Hennepin, Anoka, Isanti, Kanabec, Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 65 (MN 65) is a
Highway 65 is a four lane expressway between Interstate 694 (I-694) in Fridley to just north of State Highway 95 at Cambridge.
The route continues as a two-lane roadway from Cambridge to its northern terminus at Littlefork in northern Minnesota.
At 272.511 miles (438.564 km) in length, State Highway 65 is the third longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 23 and MN 1.
Route description
MN 65 serves as a north–south highway between Minneapolis, Fridley, Blaine, Cambridge, Mora, McGregor, Nashwauk, and Littlefork in east–central and northeast Minnesota.
The roadway is one of three Minnesota state-marked highways to carry the same number as an existing U.S. Highway within the state; the others being MN 61 and MN 169.
MN 65 begins at a split from
The route is a divided highway from Minneapolis to Cambridge, with a 60-mile-per-hour (97 km/h) speed limit, increasing to 65-mile-per-hour (105 km/h) speed limit beginning in Ham Lake, just outside Blaine.
For part of its route (23 miles [37 km]), MN 65 runs concurrently with MN 27 in Kanabec and Aitkin counties between Woodland and Rice River Township.
Savanna Portage State Park in Aitkin County is located 11 miles (18 km) northeast of the junction of MN 65 and CR 14 in Shamrock Township near McGregor. The park entrance is located on CR 14 in nearby Balsam Township.[4]
History
MN 65 was authorized in 1934 and 1935. The route was numbered as an extension of old US 65.
By 1940, the route was paved from Minneapolis to just north of McGrath in Aitkin County. By 1949, the route was paved as far north as Libby. By 1953, the route was paved north to its intersection with US 2 at Swan River in Itasca County. Sections of MN 65 north of US 2 were paved in the 1960s and 1970s. The last section of MN 65 paved was through the Nett Lake Indian Reservation in 2000.
The expressway section of MN 65 between I-694 in Fridley to Spring Lake Park was constructed on a new alignment in 1953.
The MN 65 expressway bypass in Cambridge was completed c. 1993.
A portion of MN 65 used to be part of old US 65. US 65 still enters Minnesota from Iowa, but ends now in the city of Albert Lea, where it has a junction with Interstate 35. I-35 and I-35W roughly follow the same route old US 65 used to take from Albert Lea to downtown Minneapolis. Before the freeways were built, the original US 65 had followed Lyndale Avenue between Burnsville and Minneapolis.
In July 2005, the eight-block-long section of MN 65 in downtown Minneapolis, between Washington Avenue and the junction of Tenth Street South with the on- and off-ramps to I-35W, was turned back to city maintenance. This turn-back leaves MN 65 with a gap through downtown. The ramps leading to and going from Minneapolis surface streets south to their junction with I-35W are still part of MN 65 according to state highway logs,[2] and as indicated by the MN 65 shields used on the updated mileposts along those ramps.
It was the last state highway (along with MN 55) to directly run through Downtown Minneapolis, ending a 70-year era in which state trunk highways would have a segment running directly through Downtown Minneapolis.
MN 65 is designated as
Cultural district
In 2020, Minneapolis officials designated a portion Central Avenue as one of seven cultural districts in the city.[5] The district's boundaries were centered around the intersection of Central and Lowry avenues in the Holland and Windom neighborhoods, from 26th to 18th avenues northeast. The purpose of the cultural district was to promote racial equity, preserve cultural identity, and promote economic growth:[6][7]
Major intersections
All exits are unnumbered.
County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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Minneapolis | 0.000 | 0.000 | I-35W south | Southern terminus; I-35W exit 16A | |
0.700 | 1.127 | I-94 west | Northbound exit and southbound entrance; I-94 exit 233B | ||
0.981 | 1.579 | 12th Street | Southbound entrance only | ||
11th Street / E. Grant Street | Northbound exit only | ||||
1.086 | 1.748 | 10th Street | North end of state maintenance; north end of freeway | ||
1.861 | 2.995 | Washington Avenue | South end of state maintenance | ||
2.004 | 3.225 | Third Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River | |||
2.544 | 4.094 | University Avenue ) | |||
Anoka | Fridley | 6.222– 6.499 | 10.013– 10.459 | I-694 | I-694 exit 38 |
Spring Lake Park | 9.945– 10.288 | 16.005– 16.557 | CSAH 10 | Cloverleaf interchange; former US 10 | |
Blaine | 10.955– 11.154 | 17.630– 17.951 | US 10 | Interchange | |
15.301– 15.646 | 24.625– 25.180 | CSAH 14 (125th Avenue NE) | Single-point urban interchange, former MN 242 west | ||
Isanti | Cambridge | 41.283– 41.931 | 66.439– 67.481 | MN 95 – North Branch, Princeton | Access to Cambridge Medical Center and Anoka-Ramsey Community College |
Stanchfield Township | 51.032– 51.153 | 82.128– 82.323 | MN 107 north – Braham | ||
Kanabec | Brunswick Township | 58.851 | 94.712 | MN 70 east / CSAH 47 – Rock Creek | |
Mora | 63.334 | 101.926 | MN 23 west (Dala Lane) – Ogilvie, Milaca | Southern end of MN 23 overlap | |
64.996 | 104.601 | MN 23 east / CSAH 6 west – Hinckley | Northern end of MN 23 overlap | ||
Ford Township | 81.783 | 131.617 | MN 27 west / CR 82 – Isle, Onamia | Southern end of MN 27 overlap | |
Aitkin | Williams Township | 88.854 | 142.997 | MN 18 – Finlayson, Malmo | |
Rice River Township | 105.180 | 169.271 | MN 27 east – Moose Lake | Northern end of MN 27 overlap | |
McGregor | 116.649 | 187.728 | MN 210 east – Cromwell, Carlton | Southern end of MN 210 overlap | |
117.850 | 189.661 | MN 210 west – Aitkin | Northern end of MN 210 overlap | ||
Jacobson | 146.784 | 236.226 | MN 200 west – Hill City | Southern end of MN 200 overlap | |
147.178 | 236.860 | MN 200 east – Floodwood | Northern end of MN 200 overlap | ||
Itasca | Swan River | 153.704 | 247.363 | US 2 – Duluth, Grand Rapids | |
Greenway Township | 172.574 | 277.731 | US 169 south – Grand Rapids | Southern end of US 169 overlap | |
Lone Pine Township | 175.243 | 282.026 | US 169 north – Hibbing | Northern end of US 169 overlap | |
Carpenter Township | 208.147 | 334.980 | MN 1 west – Effie, Northome | Southern end of MN 1 overlap | |
212.168 | 341.451 | MN 1 east – Cook | Northern end of MN 1 overlap | ||
Koochiching | Littlefork | 270.020 | 434.555 | MN 217 east – Littlefork | |
270.739 | 435.712 | US 71 – Big Falls, International Falls | Northern terminus | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
- U.S. Roads portal
- United States portal
References
- ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved June 24, 2004.[self-published source]
- ^ a b c "Statewide Trunk Highway Log Point Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. November 6, 2013. p. 613. Retrieved November 24, 2013.
- ^ Froehlig, Adam. "Minnesota Highway 65". Minnesota State Highway Endings. Retrieved April 3, 2004.[self-published source]
- ^ "Savanna Portage State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- ^ "Minneapolis City Council Approves 7 New Cultural Districts To Advance Equity, Fuel Economic Growth". CBS Minnesota. Minneapolis: WCCO-TV. August 14, 2020. Retrieved November 25, 2020.
- ^ "Cultural Districts ordinance (2020-00446)" (PDF). City of Minneapolis. August 22, 2020.
- ^ "City Council approves boundaries for seven new Cultural Districts" (Press release). City of Minneapolis. August 14, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
External links
Media related to Minnesota State Highway 65 at Wikimedia Commons