- Minnesota State Highway 73
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Trunk Highway 73 Route information Defined by MS § 161.115(94) Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 119.697 mi[1] (192.634 km) Existed: 1933 – present Major junctions South end: I-35 near Moose Lake
MN 210 at Cromwell
U.S. 2 at Floodwood
U.S. 169 , MN 37 at Hibbing
U.S. 169 at Chisholm
North end: U.S. 53 in Field Township
Location Counties: Carlton, St. Louis Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 72
MN 74 →
Minnesota State Highway 73 is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 35 in Moose Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 in Field Township near Cook and Orr.
Highway 73 is 120 miles (190 km) in length.
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Route description
Highway 73 serves as a north–south route in northeast Minnesota between Moose Lake, Floodwood, and Hibbing.
The roadway passes through the Sturgeon River State Forest and the Superior National Forest, both north of Chisholm, in Saint Louis County.
The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 163 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It is not marked with this number.
History
Highway 73 was authorized in 1933, and was originally numbered "Minnesota 63" until that U.S. route number was added elsewhere in Minnesota.[3]
The route was marked as "Minnesota 73" by 1935.[3]
In 1940, the route was mostly gravel south of Hibbing. The last segments paved in the mid-1950s were south of Hibbing.[3]
The Highway 73 designation was extended south through Moose Lake, partially along former U.S. 61, to I-35 in the mid-1970s.[3]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[1] Destinations Notes Carlton Moose Lake Township 0.000 I-35
Interchange Moose Lake 1.136 MN 289
1.486 CR 61
Old U.S. 61 2.289 MN 27
East end of MN 27 overlap Silver Township 7.007 MN 27
West end of MN 27 overlap Kettle River 9.423 CR 12 (Locker Plant Road) Silver Township 10.870 CR 6
Kalevala Township 14.252 CR 6
18.808 CR 4
Cromwell 25.225 MN 210
St. Louis Fine Lakes Township 32.789 CR 86 35.030 CR 51 Floodwood Township 42.874 US 2
South end of US 2 overlap Floodwood 43.120 US 2
North end of US 2 overlap 43.481 CR 8 (5th Avenue)
Van Buren Township 44.983 CR 29 Cedar Valley Township 54.668 CR 133 east 55.764 CR 133 west 63.506 CR 18 Hibbing 70.494 CR 16 west
76.584 CR 16 east, CR 60 west
78.846 US 169
South end of US 169 overlap US 169: 339.078 MN 37
US 169: 345.128 CR 5
Chisholm 87.153 US 169
North end of US 169 overlap Dark River 101.606 CR 65 Sturgeon Township 108.675 CR 22 Linden Grove 114.637 MN 1
Field Township 119.855 US 53
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ 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 October 29, 2010.
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51-75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r51-75.htm#73. Retrieved October 29, 2010.[unreliable source]
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