Minnesota State Highway 70

Trunk Highway 70
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	29.333 mi[1] (47.207 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 65 at Brunswick
	MN 107 near Grasston I-35 at Rock Creek
East end:	WIS 70 at the St. Croix River, near Grantsburg, WI
Location
Counties:	Kanabec, Pine
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← US 69 US 71 →

Minnesota State Highway 70 is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 in Brunswick and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (near Grantsburg, WI), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 70 upon crossing the St. Croix River.

Minnesota Highway 70 is 29 miles (47 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 70 serves as an east–west route between Mora, Brunswick, Rock Creek, and Grantsburg, WI.

The route has an interchange with Interstate 35 at the city of Rock Creek.

Highway 70 in Minnesota is a narrow roadway. The connecting route in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Highway 70, is a wide roadway with large shoulders. Highway 70 in Minnesota carries a great amount of recreational traffic to Wisconsin, as Twin Cities residents try to avoid nearby U.S. Highway 8, which is often a traffic congested route.

History

The route in Minnesota was numbered to correspond with Wisconsin Highway 70.^[2]

Minnesota 70 was authorized east of State Highway 107 (at Grasston / Braham) to the Wisconsin state line in 1933.^[2]

The portion of Highway 70 between State Highway 65 (at Brunswick) and State Highway 107 (at Grasston) was part of the original route of Highway 65 until circa 1942 when the current short-cut of Highway 65 was built.^[2]

Highway 70 in Minnesota was completely paved circa 1949.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[3][1]	Destinations	Notes
Kanabec	Brunswick Township	0.000	MN 65
		1.510	CR 11 (Mahogany Street)
	Grass Lake Township	3.505	CR 7 (Olympic Street)
		6.351	CR 5 (Queen Street)
		7.248	MN 107	North end of MN 107 overlap
		MN 107: 5.565	CR 28
		10.446	MN 107	South end of MN 107 overlap
Pine	Royalton Township	14.706	CR 1 south
		15.031	CR 1 north
	Rock Creek	18.161	CR 23
		18.668-18.800	I-35	Interchange
		19.841	MN 361 south, CR 61 north	Old U.S. 61
		22.048	CR 4	Old Point Douglas to Superior Military Road
		25.642	CR 3
St. Croix River		29.398	WIS 70
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 26, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{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#70. Retrieved October 26, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}
3. ^ "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 October 26, 2010.