Twin Cities Highway Scenes

These photographs document various highway scenes across the Twin Cities metropolitan area.  They are organized first by route type, then by route number.

On I-694 East, approaching the loop to MN 252 North.  The chevrons in the lower right are for a curve on eastbound I-94 after it splits away from I-694.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.

 An advance END US 8/"BEGIN" I-35 sign near the western end of US 8 in Forest Lake.  Photo by Adam Froehlig.

 Exit ramp to Scott CSAH 18, from what is officially a 1.7-mile-long exit ramp from northbound US 169.  Built as part of the Shakopee Bypass, this unnumbered "route" connects US 169 with MN 13.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken June 24, 2004.

 Eastbound MN 5 at Prairie Center Dr in Eden Prairie.  At the time, construction was still underway on both the short segment of MN 312 now completed plus the upgrade of MN 5 to freeway between that MN 312 spur and I-494.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken in July, 2000.

 Northbound MN 41 at US 212 in Chaska.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken late December, 2001.
Guide signage for the upcoming end of MN 51 at I-694/US 10.  Photo by Monte Castleman.
Northbound MN 65, with downtown Minneapolis in the background behind the sign gantry.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.
By mid-2005, the MN 65 shield was gone, as MN 65 was dropped through downtown.  The MN 65 designation remains on the freeway spur between I-35W and 10th St, but is now hidden along that segment.  Photo by Glenn Olson, taken in July, 2005.
Shortly thereafter is the exit to 11th St and Grant St.  The freeway part of MN 65 ends just past the overpass in the far background, at 10th St.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.
As with at I-94 West, the shield here was gone by mid-2005.  Photo by Glenn Olson, taken in July, 2005.
Northbound on MN 77 at the exit to Dakota CSAH 38.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.
Here's a view of the interchange from southbound MN 77.  Although the signage suggests that MN 77 becomes CSAH 23 here, that doesn't actually occur until the intersection at 138th St, about 3/4 mile further.  Photo by Don Greiskalns, taken March 3, 2006.
END signage just before the CSAH 38 overpass.  However, as mentioned above, MN 77 doesn't actually end until the 138th St intersection.  Photo by Don Greiskalns, taken March 3, 2006.
This sign is actually in error, depending on who you ask.  At one point, MN 101 turned left here, then crossed the Minnesota River into Shakopee.  MnDOT has since then turned most sections of MN 101 back to the counties, but Carver County has thus far refused to accept their portion, for undisclosed reasons.  Photo by Monte Castleman, date unknown.
Blurry view of a typical Minnesota expressway stoplight.   The red light, though blurry, is a left turn arrow.  This light is on eastbound MN 110 at MN 13, a little east of the Mendota Bridge.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken in December, 1998.
I-494 doesn't actually begin up ahead.  What happens is that MN 110 ends by merging onto I-494.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.
Heading westbound on MN 110, this guide signage notes the upcoming western terminus.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.

 Signs for I-35E along Dakota CSAH 42 in Burnsville.   Photo by Don Greiskalns.

 At the ramps to/from NB I-35E on Dakota CSAH 42.  On the other side of the overpass are entrance ramps to go south on I-35E (which merges & become I-35 approx 1/2 mile south of here).  Then about 2 blocks beyond, there are ramps going north on I-35W.  The I-35E /35W split is just south of here.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.

 Dakota CSAH 50 at the Canadian Pacific rail crossing in Farmington.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken in July, 1996.

Two Minnesota traffic signal rarities in this picture.  The first is the use of span-wire-hung signals, while the second is a 5-lens "doghouse-style" stoplight.  This was on southbound Hennepin CSAH 61 at the I-94/694 ramps in Maple Grove.  Photo by Adam Froehlig.

 In 1978, with ongoing construction and completion of I-35W, US 8 was truncated from downtown Minneapolis to this point, the I-35W/New Brighton Blvd interchange, though sources are unclear as to whether US 8 actually terminated here or terminated at the E. Broadway/New Brighton Blvd intersection 1/4 mile behind this location.  Either way, this terminus was short-lived, as in 1981, it was truncated yet again to its current terminus in Forest Lake.

On Little Canada Road at the I-35E interchange.  Note the proximity of the frontage road, and how it's tied into the stoplight.  Photo by Don Greiskalns.

 Northbound on Cleveland Ave in Roseville, at the entrance to the I-35W/MN 36/Cleveland Ave interchange.  Note the high mast lighting, which is somewhat common on Minnesota interchanges.  Photo by Adam Froehlig, taken July 29, 2002.

 Northbound on Shingle Creek Pkwy in Brooklyn Center, at the ramp to westbound I-94/694.  Photo by Don Greiskalns, taken March 4, 2006.

 MN 55/65 shields along northbound 5th Ave, between 10th St and 9th St, in downtown Minneapolis.  MN 55 and MN 65 no longer go through downtown.  Photo by Glenn Olson, taken in July, 2005.

 About a block further up, at the corner of 8th St and 5th Ave, is a trailblazer shield for westbound MN 55, which used to run along 7th St through downtown.  Photo by Glenn Olson, taken in July, 2005.

 Eastbound along Washington Ave at 3rd Ave in downtown Minneapolis.  US 8 began here from 1931 to ca. 1978, following 3rd Ave to the left.  US 65 terminated here as well, following 3rd Ave from the right until ca. 1980.  Today, only MN 65 touches this intersection, and is now gapped from here south through downtown.  Photo by Adam Froehlig.

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