Minnesota State Highway 5

"MN 5" redirects here. MN 5 may also refer to Minnesota's 5th congressional district or to MN 5 (biostratigraphic zone).

Trunk Highway 5
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length:	86.194 mi[1] (138.716 km)
Existed:	1934 – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 19 / MN 22 at Gaylord
	U.S. 212 at Norwood Young America MN 284 at Waconia MN 41 at Chanhassen MN 101 at Chanhassen I-494 / U.S. 212 at Eden Prairie I-494 near the Minnesota River MN 55 at Fort Snelling I-35E at St. Paul I-694 at Oakdale
East end:	MN 36 / CR 5 at Stillwater
Location
Counties:	Sibley, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 4 MN 6 →

Minnesota State Highway 5 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highways 19 and 22 in Gaylord and continues east and northeast to its eastern terminus at its interchange with State Highway 36 and Washington County Road 5 in Stillwater. The route passes through downtown Saint Paul.

Highway 5 is 86 miles (138 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 5 serves as a northeast–southwest route between Gaylord, Norwood Young America, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Richfield, downtown Saint Paul, and Stillwater. The highway is officially marked as an east–west route by its highway shields from beginning to end.

Part of Highway 5 is designed as a freeway near the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport. Just to the west of that segment, Highway 5 runs concurrent with I-494 for 11 miles (18 km) between its junction with I-494 near the Airport and the Minnesota River to its junction with I-494 and U.S. 212 in Eden Prairie.

Highway 5 is considered a significant transit corridor, known as the Riverview Corridor, to downtown Saint Paul from the airport and points farther south and west. There has been discussion of creating a bus rapid transit or light rail line along the highway, much like the Hiawatha Line currently runs rails into downtown Minneapolis along State Highway 55.

Highway 5 is also known as Fort Road and West 7th Street in the city of St. Paul.

45 miles (72 km) of Highway 5 is officially designated the Augie Mueller Memorial Highway. This designation is signed from its intersection with State Highway 101 in Chanhassen southwesterly to its intersection with State Highway 19 in Gaylord.

Legally, State Highway 5 is defined as legislative routes 45, 102, 109, 111, and 121 in the Minnesota Statutes. The route is not marked with those numbers.

History

State Highway 5 was authorized in 1934.

The route was completely paved by 1953.

When Highway 5 was slated for expansion in 1956, the construction threatened to demolish the remains of Historic Fort Snelling, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. As a result of public outcry, the highway was built in a short tunnel underneath the Fort Snelling site, sparing the fort from destruction. This effort led to archaeological research into the remains of Fort Snelling and its eventual rebuilding as a state park.^[2]

From 1934 to 1982, the eastern section of the highway between Saint Paul and Stillwater was originally marked as Minnesota 212, as it once reached old U.S. 212 in Saint Paul, but that segment was re-numbered as an extension of Highway 5 circa 1983.^[3] This segment is still marked with the mileposts from 212,^[1] which were a continuation of those from U.S. 212.

In 2007, new gore signs placed on France Avenue in Bloomington at its interchange with I-494 do not mention the Highway 5 concurrency, whereas the older signs they replaced did. It is not yet known if this signifies a future truncation of Highway 5.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[4][1]	Destinations	Notes
Sibley	Gaylord	0.000	MN 19 south MN 22 north	West end of MN 19 concurrency West end of MN 22 concurrency
		0.141	MN 22	East end of MN 22 concurrency
		1.350	MN 19	East end of MN 19 concurrency
	Green Isle	14.400	MN 25	South end of MN 25 concurrency
Carver	Young America Township	21.055	US 212	West end of US 212 concurrency
	Norwood Young America	23.610	US 212	East end of US 212 concurrency
	Young America Township	26.242	MN 25	North end of MN 25 concurrency
	Waconia	32.167	MN 284
	Chanhassen	42.422	MN 41
		45.486	MN 101	West end of MN 101 concurrency
		46.132	MN 101	East end of MN 101 concurrency
Hennepin	Eden Prairie	48.954	US 212	West end of US 212 concurrency
		157.778-157.822 (US 212)	Mitchell Road
		50.779	I-494	East end of US 212 concurrency West end of I-494 concurrency
	Fort Snelling	61.184-61.930	I-494	East end of I-494 concurrency
		64.053	MN 55
Mississippi River		64.243-64.469	Fort Road Bridge
Ramsey	St. Paul	64.530	Shepard Road
		66.353	MN 51 (Montreal Avenue)
		66.686	I-35E
		69.054	MN 149 (Smith Avenue)
Assumes mileposts from former MN 212
Ramsey	St. Paul	180.611	Robert Street (former US 52)
		181.019	I-94
		181.216	US 52 (Lafayette Freeway)
		181.660	US 61 (Mounds Boulevard)	West end of US 61 concurrency
		182.250	US 61 (Arcade Street)	East end of US 61 concurrency
	Maplewood	186.658	MN 120 (Century Avenue)	South end of MN 120 concurrency
Washington	Oakdale	193.032	MN 120	North end of MN 120 concurrency
		194.268	I-694
	Oak Park Heights	201.248	MN 36
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Trunk Highway Logpoint 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 19, 2010. 
2. ^ "Old Fort Snelling". From Site to Story. Institute for Minnesota Archaeology. June 29, 1999. http://www.fromsitetostory.org/tcm/21he0099ftsnelling/21he0099ftsnelling.asp. Retrieved March 26, 2006. 
3. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#5. Retrieved September 19, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}
4. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved September 19, 2010. 

External links

• Adam Froehlig (December 20, 2002). Minnesota Highway 5. MN Highway Endings. Accessed November 24, 2004.