- Minnesota State Highway 1
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Trunk Highway 1 Route information Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 345.954 mi[2] (556.759 km) Existed: 1933[1] – present Major junctions West end: ND 54 at the Red River,
the Minnesota — North Dakota state lineUS 75 at Warren
US 59 at Thief River Falls
MN 89 at Red Lake
US 71 / MN 46 at Northome
MN 38 at Effie
MN 65 at Togo
US 53 at Cook
MN 169 at Ely
East end: MN 61 at Illgen City
Location Counties: Marshall, Pennington, Clearwater, Beltrami, Koochiching, Itasca,
Saint Louis, LakeHighway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← I-694
US 2 →
Minnesota State Highway 1 is a highway in northwest and northeast Minnesota, which runs from North Dakota Highway 54 at the North Dakota state line (at the Red River in Oslo) and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 61 at the unincorporated town of Illgen City in Beaver Bay Township on the North Shore of Lake Superior. At 346 miles (557 km) in length, Highway 1 is the longest state route in Minnesota.[1]
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Route description
State Highway 1 serves as an east–west route between Oslo, Warren, Thief River Falls, Red Lake, Northome, Cook, Tower, Ely, and Beaver Bay Township.
The roadway passes through the following forests:
- Finland State Forest in Lake County
- Superior National Forest in Lake and Saint Louis counties
- Bear Island State Forest in Lake and Saint Louis counties
- Kabetogama State Forest in Saint Louis County
- George Washington State Forest in Itasca County
- Koochiching State Forest in Koochiching County
The route runs concurrent with State Highway 169 for 26 miles (42 km) from Vermilion Lake Township (west of Tower) to Ely.
State Highway 1 also runs concurrent with State Highway 89 for 28 miles (45 km) on the southwest side of Red Lake. This is the longest concurrency with another state highway within Minnesota.
History
Most of State Highway 1 was authorized in 1933,[3] except for a section between U.S. 75 and State Highway 32 at Thief River Falls which was part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 33 authorized in 1920.[1]
The route was given the Highway 1 designation because it was one of the longest trunk highways, and would allow re-use of the Route 1 markers removed from along U.S. 61 and U.S. 65 in 1934.[1]
When it was marked in 1934, it was only paved from U.S. 75 to Highway 32 and from Highway 169 to Ely.[4]
As recently as 1963, significant portions of Highway 1 were unpaved.
Highway 1 still had an unpaved segment in 1996, between U.S. 53 and State Highway 169 in northern Saint Louis County. At that point it was swapped with paved Saint Louis County Road 22.[1]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[5][2] Destinations Notes Red River of the North 0.000 ND 54
Marshall Oak Park Township 1.554 MN 220
West end of MN 220 concurrency Alvarado 6.555 MN 220
East end of MN 220 concurrency Warren 17.050 US 75
Pennington Thief River Falls 44.457 US 59
West end of US 59 concurrency 45.771 US 59
MN 32
East end of US 59 concurrency
South end of MN 32 concurrency46.118 MN 32
North end of MN 32 concurrency Goodridge Township 63.367 MN 219
Clearwater No major junctions Beltrami Red Lake Indian Reservation 89.331 MN 89
North end of MN 89 concurrency 116.960 MN 89
South end of MN 89 concurrency Cormant Township 141.331 MN 72
West end of MN 72 concurrency Shooks 146.400 MN 72
East end of MN 72 concurrency Koochiching Northome (unorganized territory) 151.288 US 71
South end of US 71 concurrency Northome 154.276 US 71
North end of US 71 concurrency 154.564 MN 46
Northome (unorganized territory) 178.128 MN 6
North end of MN 6 concurrency Itasca Effie (unorganized territory) 180.452 MN 6
South end of MN 6 concurrency Effie 186.656 MN 38
Carpenter Township 211.369 MN 65
West end of MN 65 concurrency 215.424 MN 65
East end of MN 65 concurrency St. Louis Linden Grove 229.223 MN 73
Field Township 236.245 US 53
North end of US 53 concurrency Sherman Corner 244.377 US 53
South end of US 53 concurrency Peyla 258.848 MN 169
West end of MN 169 concurrency Tower 263.159 MN 135
Ely 286.208 MN 169
East end of MN 169 concurrency Lake Illgen City 347.340 MN 61
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ a b c d e Steve Riner (July 26, 2003). Details of Routes 1-25. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed August 27, 2004.
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. September 4, 2009. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d1.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
- ^ "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933 (Mike Holm, Secretary of State): pp. 881-897
- ^ Minnesota Highway Department (May 1, 1934). 1934 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=210&DMSCALE=25&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMX=1418&DMY=484&DMMODE=viewer&DMTEXT=&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0. Retrieved November 16, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. September 4, 2009. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf. Retrieved August 21, 2010.
External links
- Minnesota Highway 1, MN Highway Endings.
Categories:- State highways in Minnesota
- Transportation in Lake County, Minnesota
- Transportation in St. Louis County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Itasca County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Koochiching County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Beltrami County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Pennington County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Marshall County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Clearwater County, Minnesota
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