- Minnesota State Highway 7
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Trunk Highway 7 Route information Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 194.174 mi[1] (312.493 km) Existed: 1933, 1958 – present Major junctions West end: MN 28 near Beardsley
U.S. 12 / U.S. 75 at Ortonville
U.S. 59 / MN 119 at Appleton
MN 40 at Milan
U.S. 59 / MN 29 at Montevideo
MN 23 at Clara City
U.S. 71 near Blomkest
MN 15 / MN 22 at Hutchinson
MN 25 near Mayer
MN 41 at Shorewood
I-494 at Minnetonka
U.S. 169 at Hopkins
East end: MN 100 at St. Louis Park
Location Counties: Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, McLeod, Carver, Hennepin Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 6
US 8 →
Minnesota State Highway 7 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 and Big Stone County Road 1 near Beardsley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with State Highway 100 and Hennepin County Road 25 in St. Louis Park.
For part of its route (24 miles), it runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 59 between Montevideo and Appleton.
Highway 7 is 194 miles (312 km) in length.
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Route description
State Highway 7 runs from State Highway 28 near Beardsley and Browns Valley in west-central Minnesota to State Highway 100 in suburban St. Louis Park.
The highway is a key east–west artery through several cities in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities area including Hopkins, Minnetonka, and smaller Excelsior. The highway is a 45 to 50 mph (80 km/h) divided highway with two lanes in both direction throughout the metro area. Upon leaving Excelsior it becomes undivided with one lane running in either direction, periodic passing lanes, several roundabouts, and a 55 mph (89 km/h) speed limit. Further west, the speed limit is a higher 60 mph (97 km/h).
History
State Highway 7 was authorized between the Twin Cities and Ortonville in 1933. The section of Highway 7 between Ortonville and Beardsley, previously Highway 103, was designated and signed in 1958.[2]
The route was completely paved by 1961.[2]
The divided highway section between St. Louis Park and Excelsior was constructed by 1942.
Highway 7 used to extend into downtown Minneapolis until 1965, where it terminated at its intersection with Washington Avenue (old U.S. Highway 52).
From 1965 to 1988, the eastern terminus of Highway 7 was at the intersection of Lake Street and France Avenue in Minneapolis.[2] The part, about one mile long, between the interchange with Highway 100 (now the eastern terminus of Highway 7) and the intersection of Lake Street and France Avenue is now called County Highway 25.
The route used to be nicknamed "Suicide Seven" due to the number of traffic deaths each year.
Major intersections
County Location Mile[3][4][1] Destinations Notes Big Stone Browns Valley Township 0.000 MN 28
Ortonville 26.230 US 12
North end of US 12 concurrency 26.359 US 12
South end of US 12 concurrency 27.119 US 75
West end of US 75 concurrency Odessa Township 34.437 US 75
East end of US 75 concurrency Swift Appleton 48.338 US 59 east,
MN 119 north
North end of US 59 and MN 119 concurrencies 49.155 MN 119
South end of MN 119 concurrency Chippewa Milan 57.615 MN 40
Montevideo 72.615 US 59 / MN 29
South end of US 59 concurrency
South end of MN 29 concurrency73.900 MN 29
North end of MN 29 concurrency Stoneham Township 85.921 MN 277
90.777 MN 23
Kandiyohi Roseland Township 107.332 US 71
Meeker Cosmos 124.398 MN 4
McLeod Melrose Township 134.174 MN 22
West end of MN 22 concurrency Hutchinson 141.970 MN 15
Hutchinson Township 143.766 MN 22
East end of MN 22 concurrency Carver Watertown Township 166.957-167.012 MN 25
Roundabout Hennepin Shorewood 181.951 MN 41
Minnetonka 186.196 CR 101 (old
MN 101)
188.873 I-494
Hopkins 191.693 US 169
St. Louis Park 194.248 MN 100
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 5" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ a b c Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#7. Retrieved September 20, 2010.[unreliable source]
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d8.pdf. Retrieved September 20, 2010.
External links
- Adam Froehlig (December 12, 2002). Minnesota Highway 7. Minnesota State Highway Endings. Accessed September 6, 2004.
Categories:- State highways in Minnesota
- Transportation in Hennepin County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Carver County, Minnesota
- Transportation in McLeod County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Meeker County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Chippewa County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Swift County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Big Stone County, Minnesota
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