Minnesota State Highway 73

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.

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 •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{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. 
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ ^{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]}