- Miller Trunk Corridor
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Photo looking towards the Miller Hill Mall from the Burning Tree Plaza, around the center part of the corridor
The Highway 53 or Miller Trunk Corridor refers to a large agglomeration of retail development in Duluth, Minnesota on and around U.S. Highway 53, and by extension, State Highway 194 (Central Entrance), and parts of the Arrowhead, Haines, and Maple Grove Roads. The Miller Hill Mall is the most visible of the corridor's anchors, although not the first.
Most chain stores and restaurants present in Duluth are found in the corridor, although numerous local businesses are present as well.
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Criticisms
Many Duluthians and area residents consider the corridor to be an example of poor and unplanned development. While not serious by the standards of larger cities, traffic congestion is considerably more pronounced than in other parts of the city, the development is often considered to have taken on an undesirable "suburban sprawl" character, and the design (or lack thereof) of the area is very car-oriented, making the area highly undesirable for foot navigation. Sidewalks are limited and inconvenient, and distances between buildings large, despite the tightly packed development of the core part. Pedestrians (outside of the indoor shopping mall) and cyclists are few in the corridor.
Big-Box Stores
- Barnes and Noble (Miller Hill Mall)
- Best Buy (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Cub Foods
- Dollar Tree
- Gander Mountain (free-standing)
- Harbor Freight (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Home Depot (free-standing)
- HOM Furniture (free-standing)
- K-Mart (shares building with Saver's)
- Kohl's (free standing)
- Michaels
- Menards (free-standing)
- Northern Tool and Equipment
- OfficeMax (Stone Ridge Center)
- Petco (Stone Ridge Center)
- Pier 1 Imports
- Sam's Club (free-standing)
- Saver's
- Schneiderman's Furniture (free-standing)
- Shopko (Stone Ridge Center)
- Slumberland (free-standing)
- Target (free-standing)
- TJMaxx (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Wal-Mart (Remodel to begin in Spring 2010[edit] Chain Restaurants
- Applebee's
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Grizzly's
- Ground Round
- Olive Garden
- Outback Steakhouse
- Perkins
- Texas Roadhouse
Along with numerous other restaurants in the Miller Hill Mall food court
Local Restaurants
- Bridgeman's
- Grandma's
- Great American Bar & Grill
- Maya (Mexican)
- Osaka Japanese Restaurant (Coming Soon)
- Tejas Bar & Grill
- Zen House
Fast Food Restaurants
- Burger King
- Caribou Coffee
- Cold Stone Creamery
- Culver's
- Dairy Queen
- DQ Grill & Chill
- Five Guys Burgers and Fries
- McDonald's
- Starbuck's Coffee
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Taco John's
- Wendy's
Chain Retailers
- Beauty Mart
- Cash Wise Liqour
- Catherine's Plus Sizes
- Cartridge World
- Chico's
- David's Bridal
- Fantastic Sam's
- Gamestop
- Great Clips
- Hancock Fabrics
- Men's Warehouse
- Midas
- Party America
- Plato's Closet
- Pearl Vision
- Talbot's
- Tires Plus
- Regency Beauty Institute
- Schmidt Music
- Sprint Nextel
- Valvoline
- Verizon Wireless
- Walgreens
Lodging
- Country Inn & Suites
- Day's Inn
- Econo Lodge
- Fairfield Inn by Marriott
- Residence Inn by Marriott (Opening July 2010)
Strip Malls
- Burning Tree Plaza
- Matterhorn Mall
- Stone Ridge Shopping Center
- Village Square Mall
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