Minnesota State Route 23
Minnesota State Route 23 is a northeast-southwest trending highway in the US state of Minnesota . At 627 km, the road is the second longest state route in Minnesota. The milestones count from the east end to the west.
The road indirectly connects Duluth on Lake Superior via St. Cloud , Willmar and Marshall with Sioux Falls in South Dakota .
The route forms a large X with the highways US Highway 52 and Interstate 94, which run together in Minnesota. I-94 / US-52 run diagonally from northwest to southeast and connect Fargo in North Dakota with Minneapolis - St. Paul and the northwest of Iowa . The highways cross in St. Cloud.
Route
Sections were expanded to four-lane expressways, including a 14 km section at Marshall and the sections between Willmar and New London and between Richmond and Waite Park (Saint Cloud). In the Willmar area, Route 23 coincides with US Highway 71 .
The State Route runs through the following counties:
State Route 23 crosses the Minnesota River at Granite Falls and the Mississippi River at DeSoto Bridge in St. Cloud .
In St. Cloud, the State Route is called Division Street, and in Duluth, the street is called Grand Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue .
Parks and monuments
The following parks and monuments are on the road:
- Split Rock Creek State Park in Pipestone County
- Pipestone National Monument .
- Camden State Park in Lyon County on the Redwood River .
- Banning State Park in Pine County on the Kettle River .
Evergreen Memorial Scenic Drive
50 miles of the State Route in Pine County, Carlton County, and St. Louis Counties is officially recognized as the Veterans Evergreen Memorial Scenic Drive . It is the section between Interstate 35 at Askov and the Gary-New Duluth district. This section provides views of Banning State Park, the Saint Louis River Valley, and nearby Jay Cooke State Park .
Wisconsin
Minnesota State Route 23 represents the rare case in the United States where a state route crosses the territory of another state . On the southern edge of Duluth, the route crosses the Saint Louis River and runs a few hundred meters long in Wisconsin . This section is labeled "WISC-23" on some maps, even though a Wisconsin State Route 23 exists in southern Wisconsin . There are no signs on site to indicate that state borders are being crossed.
Settlements along the route
history
The highway was established between Hinckley and Marshall in 1920, the remainder of the route was dedicated in 1933.
Various sections of the line were provided with a solid road surface from the 1930s to the 1950s, and this was achieved over its full length in 1961.
The section from today's southwestern end to Marshall was designated as Minnesota Highway 39 until 1940 and the current route between Marshall and Willmar was then Minnesota Highway 17 . Until then, the original route from New London continues west to Benson . This then became Minnesota Highway 17 and has been part of Minnesota State Route 9 since the 1960s .
State Route 23 originally ran through Sandstone to the west of Askov . This section of the route was rededicated to Minnesota State Route 123 in 1946 .
After the completion of Interstate 35 , the state ran State Route 23 between Hinckley and Sandstone along with I-35.
From 1934 to 1963, the junction with what was then US Highway 61 and US Highway 2 in West Duluth was the northeastern terminus of State Route 23. Between 1963 and 1997, State Route 23 continues to Duluth, where the end of the route is at State Route 61 was on 60th Avenue East. In 1997, the official terminus of the highway was moved to the intersection with Interstate 35 on Grand Avenue in Duluth.
The four-lane bypass of Willmar in the course of Highway 23 (merged in this section with Highway 71) was first planned in the 1960s. A financial crisis at the beginning of the 1980s delayed expansion. The bypass was initially only built with two lanes and put into operation in 1985. The northbound carriageway was only completed in 2001.
The motorway-like sections from Spicer to New London and from Richmond to Waite Park ( St. Cloud ) were opened in 2005.
The Mississippi River Bridge in St. Cloud was demolished after the Interstate 35W Mississippi River Bridge collapsed and is being rebuilt after similar defects were found on the structure that led to the Minneapolis bridge collapse . The new building will be finished in late 2008 or early 2009.
In 2009 the four-lane Paynesville bypass will be built.
Individual evidence
- ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation . Trunk Highway Log Point . Updated July 2006
- ↑ Korsgaard, Kay: Willmar bypass opens . In: Mn / DOT Newsline . Retrieved August 10, 2008.
- ^ Willmar bypass opens with silver ribbon cutting. Minnesota Department of Transportation - District 8, archived from the original on February 9, 2012 ; accessed on August 10, 2010 .