Interstate 535

Infobox road
type=I
route=535
length_mi=2.8
length_round=2
established=24 September, 1971 [Oglesby, Scott. [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/3di/ix35.html#235ok 3-digit Interstates from I-35] . "Kurumi." URL accessed 23 February 2005.]
direction_a=South
terminus_a=jct|state=WI|US|53|WI|35 in Superior, WI
direction_b=North
terminus_b=jct|state=MN|I|35|US|53 in Duluth, MN

Interstate 535 (I-535) is a 2.8 mile-long interstate highway spur route of Interstate 35 in Minnesota and Wisconsin, USA. It is paired with U.S. Highway 53 along its entire route.

The highway is part of the Falls-to-Falls Corridor, a federally recognized trade corridor spanning from Eau Claire/Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin to International Falls, Minnesota/Fort Frances, Ontario.

Route Description

I-535 begins in Superior, Wisconsin at the junction of U.S. 53 and Wisc. Highway 35 and continues northwest across the John Blatnik Bridge over the Saint Louis Bay of Lake Superior, endingat the junction of U.S. 53 and I-35 in Duluth, Minnesota, also known locally as the "Can of Worms" and features a pair of left exits from I-35, a stoplight, and lane drops over the I-35 bridge.cite map|url=http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Duluth+MN&ll=46.765515,-92.12255&spn=0.005762,0.01663&t=h | title=Duluth MN - Google Maps | publisher=Google | cartography=NAVTEQ | accessdate=2008-02-22]

I-535 is the shortest interstate highway in both Minnesota and Wisconsin. Also, there is only one true exit along its route, Garfield Avenue/Port Terminal in Duluth. It also is the only Interstate in the two states with no exit numbers. I-535 in Wisconsin is one of the few instances in the United States of a three-digit interstate entering a state which its parent two-digit interstate does not enter. Other examples include I-275 which travels through Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky (I-75 does not enter Indiana) and I-287 which travels through New York and New Jersey (I-87 does not enter New Jersey) and also (Interstate 129 in Sioux City, Iowa and South Sioux City, Nebraska, I-29 does not enter Nebraska.

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