Minnesota State Highway 70

Trunk Highway 70
	MN 70 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	29.333 mi[1] (47.207 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
West end	MN 65 at Brunswick
	MN 107 near Grasston; I-35 at Rock Creek
East end	WIS 70 at the St. Croix River,; near Grantsburg, WI
Location
Counties	Kanabec, Pine
Highway system

Minnesota State Highway 70 (MN 70) is a 29.333-mile-long (47.207 km) highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 in Brunswick and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (near Grantsburg, WI), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 70 upon crossing the St. Croix River.

Route description

Highway 70 serves as an east–west route between Mora, Brunswick, Rock Creek, and Grantsburg, WI.

The route has an interchange with Interstate 35 at the city of Rock Creek.

Highway 70 in Minnesota is a narrow roadway. The connecting route in Wisconsin, Wisconsin Highway 70, is a wide roadway with large shoulders. Highway 70 in Minnesota carries a great amount of recreational traffic to Wisconsin, as Twin Cities residents try to avoid nearby U.S. Highway 8, which is often a traffic congested route.

History

The route in Minnesota was numbered to correspond with Wisconsin Highway 70.[2]

Minnesota 70 was authorized east of State Highway 107 (at Grasston / Braham) to the Wisconsin state line in 1933.[2]

The portion of Highway 70 between State Highway 65 (at Brunswick) and State Highway 107 (at Grasston) was part of the original route of Highway 65 until circa 1942 when the current short-cut of Highway 65 was built.[2]

Highway 70 in Minnesota was completely paved circa 1949.[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][3]	km	Destinations	Notes
Kanabec	Brunswick Township	0.000	0.000	MN 65
	Brunswick Township	1.510	2.430	CR 11 (Mahogany Street)
	Grass Lake Township	3.505	5.641	CR 7 (Olympic Street)
		6.351	10.221	CR 5 (Queen Street)
		7.248	11.665	MN 107	North end of MN 107 concurrency
				CR 28
		10.446	16.811	MN 107	South end of MN 107 concurrency
Pine	Royalton Township	14.706	23.667	CR 1 south
	Royalton Township	15.031	24.190	CR 1 north
	Rock Creek	18.161	29.227	CR 23
		18.668– 18.800	30.043– 30.256	I-35	Interchange
		19.841	31.931	CR 61	Old US 61
		22.048	35.483	CR 4	Old Point Douglas to Superior Military Road
		25.642	41.267	CR 3
St. Croix River		29.398	47.311	Wisconsin state line
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

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References

"Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 26, 2010.
"Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2010.

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[logpoint1-1] "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2010.

[riner-2] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 26, 2010.

[logpoint3-3] "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2010.