Minnesota State Highway 210

Trunk Highway 210
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	227.916 mi[2] (366.795 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	ND 210 at the Red River
	U.S. 75 , MN 9 at Breckenridge I-94 / U.S. 59 at Fergus Falls U.S. 71 at Hewitt U.S. 10 at Staples U.S. 10 , MN 64 at Motley MN 371 at Baxter , Brainerd MN 6 at Crosby , Deerwood U.S. 169 at Aitkin I-35 at Carlton
East end:	MN 23 at Duluth
Location
Counties:	Wilkin, Otter Tail, Todd, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Carlton, St. Louis
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 200 US 212 →

Minnesota State Highway 210 is a highway in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota, which runs from North Dakota Highway 210 at the North Dakota state line (at Breckenridge), and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Duluth (Fond du Lac) near the Saint Louis River.

The route runs across Minnesota from west-central to northeast; connecting Fergus Falls, Brainerd, and Duluth.

At the western terminus of Highway 210, upon crossing the Red River, the roadway becomes North Dakota Highway 210 and feeds into North Dakota Highway 13.

Highway 210 is 228 miles (367 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 210 serves as an east–west route in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota between Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, Staples, Baxter, Brainerd, Carlton, and Duluth.

For part of its route (7-miles), Highway 210 is concurrent with U.S. Highway 10 between Motley and Staples in central Minnesota.

The route crosses the Washington Street Bridge at the Mississippi River in Brainerd.

Highway 210 crosses the Saint Louis River in Thomson.

The portion of Highway 210 in Aitkin County is officially designated the Dale Wayrynen Memorial Highway.^[3] This same designation is also signed on Highway 210 in Carlton County from Cromwell westbound to the county line with Aitkin County.

Highway 210 passes through the Cuyuna Range in Crow Wing County and the Fond du Lac State Forest in Carlton County.

Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area is located on Highway 210 in Crow Wing County. The park is located near Crosby and Ironton; northeast of Brainerd.

Jay Cooke State Park is located on Highway 210 in Carlton County.^[4] The park is located between Carlton and Fond du Lac (Duluth).

Highway 210 is also known as:

• Second Avenue North and Sixth Street in Staples.
• Washington Street in Brainerd.
• Chestnut Avenue in Carlton.
• Rushing Rapids Parkway (for 9-miles) between Carlton and Fond du Lac (Duluth).

History

State Highway 210 was authorized on July 1, 1949 between then-U.S. 61 (now Highway 45) in Carlton and Highway 23 in Duluth,^[1] acting as an eastern extension of U.S. Highway 210. Circa 1955, the highway was expanded on the west end of U.S. 210, replacing former State Highway 3 from Staples to the North Dakota state line at Breckenridge.^[5][6] The original eastern segment was subsequently renumbered as part of Highway 39 in 1956.^[6][7]

When U.S. 210 was removed in 1970, the highway was redesignated State Highway 210. The historic original route of Minnesota 210 between Carlton and Duluth was changed back at this time as well.^[8][9]

U.S. 210

Minnesota 210 from Carlton to Motley, the eastern portion of the present day highway, was originally part of U.S. Route 210 from 1926 to 1970.

During 1970, U.S. Route 210 was decommissioned from Carlton to Motley and re-designated Minnesota 210 that same year.^[8][9]

U.S. Route 210 was originally commissioned in 1926 by AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, as one of the original U.S. Routes.^[10]

U.S. 210 and U.S. 208

Originally, U.S. Route 210 from Carlton to Motley was slated to be re-numbered U.S. Route 208 in the 1934 numbering plan. The road was almost re-numbered because of a routing change in its parent road (U.S. Route 10). Ultimately, U.S. Route 10 was routed along former U.S. Route 10N in Minnesota. U.S. Route 208 was shown on some maps in the mid 1930s running from Carlton to Motley in Minnesota, but the number was not officially commissioned or signed, and Highway 210 kept its number.

Route Description History

Highway 210 runs along the original mainline of the Northern Pacific Railway as built westward from Carlton to Staples. Between Henning and Breckenridge, the highway runs along a former branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway. Most of the branch line has since been abandoned.

The western section of the highway, between Breckenridge and Fergus Falls, was originally part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 3. Between Fergus Falls and Henning, the highway was part of Constitutional Route 36. The section between Carlton and Motley was part of Constitutional Route 2.^[11]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[12][13][2]	Destinations	Notes
Red River of the North		0.000	ND 210
Wilkin	Connelly Township	0.219	US 75	North end of US 75 overlap
	Breckenridge	0.764	US 75 MN 9	South end of US 75 overlap West end of MN 9 overlap
	Connelly Township	2.241	MN 9	East end of MN 9 overlap
Otter Tail	Fergus Falls	24.248	I-94 / US 59	West end of I-94 overlap
	Buse Township	I-94: 55.702-56.058	CR 1	Interchange
		26.446	I-94 / US 59	East end of I-94 overlap
	Clitherall Township	45.583	MN 78
	Henning	60.592	MN 108 (Douglas Avenue)
	Inman Township	66.412	MN 29
Todd	Hewitt	77.512	US 71
	Staples	93.558	US 10	West end of US 10 overlap
Morrison	Motley	100.707	US 10	East end of US 10 overlap
Cass	May Township	101.023	MN 64
Crow Wing	Baxter	120.539	MN 371
	Brainerd	122.095-122.215	Washington Street Bridge over the Mississippi River
		122.663	MN 371 Bus.	Original route of MN 371
		123.879	MN 25
	Crosby	137.855	MN 6	West end of MN 6 overlap
	Deerwood	142.248	MN 6	East end of MN 6 overlap
Aitkin	Aitkin	152.441	US 169 (Minnesota Avenue)	South end of US 169 overlap
	Morrison Township	160.351	US 169	North end of US 169 overlap
	McGregor	174.536	MN 65	West end of MN 65 overlap
		175.734	MN 65	East end of MN 65 overlap
Carlton	Cromwell	196.233	MN 73
	Twin Lakes Township	215.986-216.107	I-35	Interchange
	Carlton	218.558	MN 45	Old U.S. 61
St. Louis	Duluth	227.790	MN 23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): pp. 1177-1185 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d1.pdf. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 
3. ^ "161.14, Names and Designations of Certain Highways". 2010 Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. 2010. Subd. 39. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.14. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 
4. ^ Official Railroad Map of Minnesota, 1886. Reprinted by the Minnesota Historical Society, 1994.
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section B11-F11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=15. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section B11-F11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=16. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
7. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1957). 1957 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section M10. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1189&REC=17. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
8. ^ ^{a b} Minnesota Department of Highways (1970). 1970 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section B12-M11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1228&REC=10. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
9. ^ ^{a b} Minnesota Department of Highways (1971). 1971 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section B12-M11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1231&REC=11. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
10. ^ Droz, Robert V. (1998). "1927 U.S. Numbered Highways". U.S. Highways: From U.S. 1 to (U.S. 830). http://www.us-highways.com/1927us.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2006. 
11. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 152-218". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r152-218.htm#210. Retrieved April 5, 2006. 
12. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 
13. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved December 4, 2010.