Miller Trunk Corridor
The Highway 53 or Miller Trunk Corridor refers to a large agglomeration of retail development in Duluth, Minnesota on and around U.S. Highway 53, and by extension, State Highway 194 (Central Entrance), and parts of the Arrowhead, Haines, and Maple Grove Roads. The Miller Hill Mall is the most visible of the corridor's anchors, although not the first.
Most chain stores and restaurants present in Duluth are found in the corridor, although numerous local businesses are present as well.
Criticisms
Many Duluthians and area residents consider the corridor to be an example of poor and unplanned development. While not serious by the standards of larger cities, traffic congestion is considerably more pronounced than in other parts of the city, the development is often considered to have taken on an undesirable "suburban sprawl" character, and the design of the area is very car-oriented, making the area highly undesirable for foot navigation. Sidewalks are limited and inconvenient, and distances between buildings are large, despite the tightly packed development of the core part. Pedestrians (outside of the indoor shopping mall) and cyclists are few in the corridor.
Big-box stores
- Barnes & Noble (Miller Hill Mall)
- Best Buy (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Cub Foods
- Dick's Sporting Goods
- Dollar Tree
- Gander Mountain (free-standing)
- Harbor Freight (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Hobby Lobby
- HOM Furniture (free-standing)
- Home Depot (free-standing)
- Kohl's (free standing)
- Menards (free-standing)
- Michaels
- Northern Tool and Equipment
- OfficeMax (Stone Ridge Center)
- Petco (Stone Ridge Center)
- PetSmart (shares building with Savers and Hobby Lobby)
- Pier 1 Imports
- Sam's Club (free-standing)
- Saver's
- Schneiderman's Furniture (free-standing)
- Sears (located in Miller Hill Mall)
- Shopko (Stone Ridge Center)
- Slumberland (free-standing)
- Target (free-standing)
- TJMaxx (Burning Tree Plaza)
- Wal-Mart Supercenter (free-standing)
Chain restaurants
- Applebee's
- Buffalo Wild Wings
- Grizzly's
- Ground Round
- Old Country Buffet
- Olive Garden
- Outback Steakhouse
- Perkins
- Texas Roadhouse
There are numerous other restaurants in the Miller Hill Mall food court.
Local restaurants
- Aztecas Mexican Grill
- Bridgeman's
- China Star
- Grandma's
- Maya (Mexican)
- Osaka Japanese Restaurant
- Tejas Bar & Grill
- Zen House
Fast food restaurants
- Burger King
- Caribou Coffee
- Cold Stone Creamery
- Culver's
- Dairy Queen Grill & Chill
- Five Guys Burgers and Fries
- McDonald's
- Noodles & Company
- Starbucks
- Subway
- Taco Bell
- Taco John's
- Wendy's
Chain retailers
- Beauty Mart
- Bender's Shoes
- Cartridge World
- Cash Wise Liquor
- Catherine's Plus Sizes
- Chico's
- David's Bridal
- Fantastic Sam's
- Gamestop
- Great Clips
- Hancock Fabrics
- Men's Warehouse
- Midas
- Party America
- Pearl Vision
- Plato's Closet
- Regency Beauty Institute
- Schmidt Music
- Sprint Nextel
- Talbot's
- Tires Plus
- Valvoline
- Walgreens
Lodging
- Country Inn & Suites
- Day's Inn
- Econo Lodge
- Fairfield Inn by Marriott
- Residence Inn by Marriott
Strip malls
- Burning Tree Plaza
- Matterhorn Mall
- Stone Ridge Shopping Center
- Village Square Mall