Interstate 335 (Minnesota)

Infobox road
state=MN
type=I
route=335
length_mi=2.74
length_round=2
length_ref=Fact|date=July 2008
established=
deleted=1978

Interstate 335 (I-335) is a cancelled auxiliary Interstate route in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was planned to cross Northeast Minneapolis from I-35W south of Broadway to I-94 in Northeast Minneapolis. Land was acquired and some demolition had proceeded when the road was defeated by local opposition.

Interstate 335 was planned as an additional bypass of the Twin Cities. It would have connected I-35W north of downtown Minneapolis westward to I-94 to ease congestion on the Lowry Hill Tunnel on I-94 (but studies later showed that the new freeway would actually have put more traffic in the tunnel). The eastern terminus of I-335 was to be where the Johnson St exit is now on I-35W north of downtown Minneapolis. Although I-335 was never built, evidence of its planned existence still exists in the design of the Johnson Street exit, which is unusual for a surface street due to the planned junction with I-335. Also a strip of housing in the area is of 1970's vintage, which is much newer than the surrounding houses in the neighborhood. These houses were built once the 335 project was cancelled on land where the older housing stock had been demolilshed in preparation for the freeway. For many years, blank lines on exit signage and ramp stubs also existed on I-35W in the area, until the original signs and roadway were redone many years later.

I-335 was listed in the 1978 FHWA route log with a length of 2.74 miles (4.4 km).

External links

* [http://www.ajfroggie.com/roads/minnesota/cancelled/i335.htm Article about project, including map]