Minnesota State Highway 32

Trunk Highway 32
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	144.845 mi[2] (233.105 km)
Existed:	1920[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	MN 34 at Tansem Township, near Barnesville
	US 10 near Hawley MN 113 at Syre MN 200 near Twin Valley MN 102 at Fertile US 2 at Marcoux MN 92 near Red Lake Falls US 59 / MN 1 at Thief River Falls
North end:	MN 11 at Greenbush
Location
Counties:	Clay, Norman, Polk, Red Lake, Pennington, Marshall, Roseau
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 30 MN 33 →

Minnesota State Highway 32 is a highway in west-central and northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 34 in Tansem Township near Barnesville and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 11 in Greenbush at Roseau County.

Highway 32 is 145 miles (233 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 32 serves as a north–south route between Tansem Township, Twin Valley, Fertile, Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, and Greenbush in west-central and northwest Minnesota.

Highway 32 parallels U.S. 75 and U.S. 59 throughout its route.

The route passes through the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge in Polk County, east of Crookston, west of Erskine.^[3][4]

History

Highway 32 was authorized in 1920 from present-day U.S. 2 to Greenbush.^[5] The southern segment extending to Highway 34 was authorized in 1933.^[1]

In 1940, the route was mostly gravel north of U.S. Highway 2. By 1953, only the southernmost five miles (8 km) of the route were still gravel. Completely paved in the present day.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[6][2]	Destinations	Notes
Clay	Tansem Township	0.000	MN 34
	Eglon Township	15.389-15.598	US 10	Interchange
Norman	Syre	36.460	MN 113
	Wild Rice Township	44.822	MN 200	South end of MN 200 overlap
		46.949	MN 200	North end of MN 200 overlap
Polk	Garfield Township	62.425	MN 102
	Grove Park-Tilden Township	77.001	US 2
Red Lake	Lake Pleasant Township	82.130	MN 92
Pennington	Thief River Falls	104.234	US 59 / MN 1	South end of MN 1 overlap
		104.588	MN 1	North end of MN 1 overlap
Roseau	Greenbush	144.879	MN 11
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#32. Retrieved February 24, 2007. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf. Retrieved October 18, 2010. 
3. ^ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website -- Glacial Ridge Refuge - Link
4. ^ U.S. Dept. of Agriculture / Natural Resources Conservation website -- Glacial Ridge article - Link
5. ^ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 18, 2010. 
6. ^ "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 October 18, 2010.