Fantasy MN 3

Lafayette Highway

Background:

Fantasy MN 3 is my thought on a new north-south principal arterial to handle major growth in central Dakota County. It is a combination of three items: a partial bypass of Faribault (via routing west to meet I-35 directly), a 4-lane widening of MN 3 between Faribault and Rosemount, and a new freeway north of Rosemount that is based on an early proposal for a Lafayette Freeway extension south of MN 55.

Roadway Configuration:

4-lane rural expressway from I-35 (Fantasy Exit 60) to the Cannon River south of Dundas.
4-lane urban expressway from the Cannon River south of Dundas to Fictional Rice CSAH 49 (old MN 19 WEST).
4-lane urban arterial from Fictional Rice CSAH 49 to Dakota CSAH 47/Fictional MN 19.
4-lane at-grade expressway from Dakota CSAH 47/Fictional MN 19 to 225th St W in Farmington.
4-lane urban arterial from 225th St W to Dakota CSAH 66.
4-lane urban expressway from Dakota CSAH 66 to Fictional Dakota CSAH 60 (190th St W).
4-lane rural expressway from Fictional Dakota CSAH 60 to Dakota CR 38 in Rosemount.
4-lane freeway from Dakota CR 38 to US 52/MN 55.

Map/Routing:

Route Log:

Milepost	Cross-street or feature	Access
0.0	I-35	At-grade intersections
0.461	Rice CR 76/Park Ave	Traffic signal
1.75	Fictional Rice CSAH 45/Northfield Blvd	At-grade intersection
2.672	Rice CSAH 29	At-grade intersection
3.461	Fictional MN 99 WEST	At-grade intersection
6.145	Rice CSAH 8/130th St E	At-grade intersection
7.512	Cannon River	N/A
8.02	Rice CSAH 20/Cannon City Blvd	At-grade intersection
8.835	Fictional MN 246/Rice CSAH 1	Traffic signal
10.123	Fictional Rice CSAH 78/Jefferson Pkwy	Traffic signal
10.471	Fictional Rice CSAH 28/Woodley St	Traffic signal
10.784	Cannon River	N/A
10.928	Fictional Rice CSAH 49/5th St W	Traffic signal
11.195	2nd St W	Traffic signal
11.594	Greenvale Ave	Traffic signal
12.161	Dakota/Rice County line	N/A
13.085	Fictional MN 19/Dakota CSAH 47	Traffic signal
13.332	Dakota CR 96/320th St W	At-grade intersection
17.452	Fictional MN 186/280th St W	Interchange
20.044	Dakota CSAH 80/255th St W	At-grade intersection
21.599	Dakota CR 78/240th St W	At-grade intersection
22.599	Fictional MN 352	At-grade intersections
23.101	225th St W	At-grade intersection
23.603	MN 50/Fictional Dakota CSAH 70/Ash St	Traffic signal
24.27	Elm St	Traffic signal
24.885	Dakota CSAH 66/Vermillion River Trl	Traffic signal
26.575	Fictional Dakota CSAH 60/190th St W	Traffic signal
28.005	Fictional Dakota CSAH 9	Traffic signal
28.588	170th St W	At-grade intersection
29.707	Dakota CSAH 46/160th St W	Interchange
30.722	Biscayne Ave	At-grade intersection
31.642	MN 142 WEST	Half-interchange (N)
31.842	Bloomfield Path/U-turns	At-grade intersection
32.009	MN 142 EAST	NB off-ramp
32.183	145th St W/Ramp from WB MN 142	Traffic signal
32.529	Connemara Trl	At-grade intersection
33.168	Dakota CR 38/135th St W	At-grade intersection
34.469	Bacardi Ave	None (overpass)
35.18	Fictional Dakota CSAH 37/S. Robert Trl	Half-interchange (N)
35.602	Red Pine Ln	None (overpass)
36.239	Fictional MN 132/Cliff Rd	Interchange
37.076	Fictional Dakota CSAH 67/S Robert Trl	Half-interchange (S)
37.592	MN 149 NORTH	Interchange
38.402	Dakota CSAH 71/Rich Valley Rd	None (overpass)
38.966	Arnold Ave	None (overpass)
40.065	Dakota CSAH 73/Barnes Ave	None (overpass)
40.296	US 52/MN 55	3/4 interchange
40.541	US 52 NORTH/END Fictional MN 3	N/A

Links (under development):

A VIRTUAL CRUISE of northbound MN 3
A VIRTUAL CRUISE of southbound MN 3
Exit List of Fictional MN 3

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