U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota
U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The route runs through the central portion of the state, following generally the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway (now BNSF) and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Anoka, Saint Paul, and Cottage Grove. US 10 within Minnesota is 275 miles (443 km) in length.
US 10 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
Length | 275.473 mi[1] (443.331 km) | |||
Existed | November 11, 1926[2]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end | ||||
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East end | ||||
Location | ||||
Counties | Clay, Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, Todd, Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Route description
US 10 enters the state from North Dakota and heads through Moorhead parallel to Interstate 94 (I-94) and U.S. Highway 52 (US 52) until it exits the city. US 10 then takes a more northerly route than I-94/US 52 to St. Cloud, by heading through Detroit Lakes, Wadena, and Little Falls. From St. Cloud to Mounds View, US 10 is a busy route through the suburbs of St. Cloud and Minneapolis.
East of Mounds View, US 10 is marked mostly along Interstate Highways until Saint Paul, where the route runs concurrently with US 61 to Cottage Grove. US 10 then heads east to the Wisconsin state line and exits the state.
US 10 is a divided highway along most of its length through the state, with posted 65 mph (105 km/h) speed limits along much of the way, except for two-lane or undivided four-lane stretches through Wadena and Motley. There are some 60 mph (97 km/h) posted speed limits in the four-lane section between Elk River and Anoka and the two-lane section between Bluffton and Wadena.
Legally, the Minnesota section of US 10 is defined as unmarked Constitutional / Legislative Routes 2, 37, 27, 3, 62, and 94 in the Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(25).[3][4] US 10 is not marked with these legislative numbers along the actual highway.
History
US 10 was established on November 11, 1926.[2] Originally, the route split between Moorhead and St. Cloud into US 10N and US 10S. In 1934, US 10S was replaced by US 52, (now I-94) and US 10N became simply US 10.[5]
US 10 in Minnesota was paved between St. Cloud and the Twin Cities as early as 1929. The remainder of the route was paved by 1950.[5]
The four-lane divided highway section between the cities of Elk River and Anoka was constructed by 1942.[5]
The freeway section of US 10 between the city of Anoka and University Avenue (at the Coon Rapids–Blaine boundary line) was completed in the early 1970s. The new freeway section of US 10 between University Avenue and I-35W in Mounds View was completed in 1999.[5]
From 1934 to 1999, US 10 was located on a different alignment between Coon Rapids, Spring Lake Park, and Mounds View. This is now known as County Road 10.[6]
When I-694 and I-35E were completed in the late 1960s, US 10 was then signed concurrently with these highways east of Mounds View to the city of Saint Paul.[5]
As of 2017, US 10 in the Twin Cities Metro Area has been fully upgraded to a freeway from Anoka to Hastings (save for three signalized intersections at Burns Avenue, Warner Road, and Lower Afton Road).
Major intersections
All exits are unnumbered.
County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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Red River of the North | 0.000 | 0.000 | Continuation into North Dakota | ||||
Veterans Memorial Bridge, North Dakota–Minnesota line | |||||||
Clay | Moorhead | 0.428 | 0.689 | Western end of US 75 concurrency; eastern end of I-94 Bus. concurrency | |||
1.450 | 2.334 | Eastern end of US 75 concurrency | |||||
Glyndon Township | 5.954 | 9.582 | Interchange | ||||
Riverton Township | 12.786 | 20.577 | |||||
Eglon Township | 24.438 | 39.329 | Interchange | ||||
Becker | Detroit Lakes | 44.337– 44.357 | 71.353– 71.386 | ||||
Burlington Township | 54.517 | 87.737 | Interchange | ||||
Otter Tail | Perham Township | 59.826 | 96.281 | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
Perham | 66.511 | 107.039 | Interchange | ||||
New York Mills | Interchange | ||||||
Newton Township | 80.261 | 129.168 | |||||
Wadena | Wadena | 89.992 | 144.828 | ||||
Todd | Staples | 107.656– 107.663 | 173.256– 173.267 | Western end of MN 210 concurrency | |||
Morrison | Motley | 114.798 | 184.749 | Eastern end of MN 210 concurrency | |||
Randall | 135.668 | 218.336 | |||||
Green Prairie Township | Interchange; former US 10 east | ||||||
Western end of freeway | |||||||
Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||||
143.277– 143.467 | 230.582– 230.888 | Mississippi River | |||||
Little Falls | Interchange; former MN 371 | ||||||
144.710– 144.731 | 232.888– 232.922 | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | |||||
145.917 | 234.831 | Interchange | |||||
Gregory | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 10 west | ||||||
Eastern end of freeway | |||||||
Benton | Rice | Interchange | |||||
| Interchange | ||||||
Sartell | 173.083– 173.289 | 278.550– 278.882 | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||
Sauk Rapids | Interchange | ||||||
174.844– 175.177 | 281.384– 281.920 | Interchange; former MN 152 | |||||
Sauk Rapids–St. Cloud line | Benton Drive – Sauk Rapids | Interchange; signed as "Benton Drive" eastbound and "Sauk Rapids" westbound | |||||
St. Cloud | 178.015 | 286.487 | Cloverleaf interchange | ||||
Sherburne | 180.158 | 289.936 | |||||
Clear Lake | 188.794 | 303.834 | |||||
Becker | 194.209 | 312.549 | Western end of MN 25 concurrency | ||||
Big Lake | 203.712 | 327.843 | Eastern end of MN 25 concurrency | ||||
| Interchange | ||||||
Elk River | 214.325 | 344.923 | Interchange; western end of US 169 concurrency | ||||
Anoka | Ramsey | Interchange | |||||
| Western end of freeway | ||||||
Anoka | Main Street / Greenhaven Road | Former US 10 east | |||||
224.807 | 361.792 | Eastern end of US 169 concurrency; western end of MN 47 concurrency | |||||
224.807 | 361.792 | ||||||
Coon Rapids | |||||||
227.218– 227.563 | 365.672– 366.227 | Former MN 242 | |||||
Single-point urban interchange | |||||||
Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | |||||||
232.415 | 374.036 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of MN 47 concurrency | |||||
233.088– 233.268 | 375.119– 375.408 | Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | |||||
Coon Rapids–Blaine line | westbound exit and eastbound entrance; westbound exit splits from MN 610 west | ||||||
Blaine | 234.352 | 377.153 | From 1990–99 the segment from here to I-35W was MN 118 | ||||
County J / 85th Avenue Northeast / Airport Road | |||||||
Ramsey | Mounds View | 237.035 | 381.471 | Left exits both directions, left entrance eastbound; west end of I-35W concurrency; US 10 west follows exit 30 | |||
Arden Hills–Mounds View line | County I | Signed as exit 29 | |||||
Signed as exit 28C eastbound | |||||||
238.393 | 383.656 | Eastern end of I-35W concurrency; eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance; US 10 east follows exit 28B | |||||
| Eastern end of freeway | ||||||
| Western end of freeway | ||||||
Arden Hills | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||||
Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||||
240.433 | 386.939 | Western end of I-694 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 10 west follows exit 42A | |||||
See I-694 | |||||||
Little Canada | 275.460 | 443.310 | Eastern end of I-694 concurrency; western end of I-35E concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 46; US 10 west follows exit 113 | ||||
See I-35E | |||||||
St. Paul | 281.377 | 452.832 | Eastern end of I-35E concurrency; western end of I-94/US 52/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 107A; US 10 west follows exit 242B | ||||
Wacouta Street / 10th Street | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||||
See I-94 | |||||||
283.321 | 455.961 | Eastern end of I-94/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 244; western end of Alternate I-94 | |||||
East 3rd Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||||
Eastern end of freeway | |||||||
See US 61 | |||||||
Washington | Denmark Township | 299.761 | 482.419 | Southern end of US 61 concurrency | |||
St. Croix River | 302.802 | 487.313 | Prescott Drawbridge; Minnesota–Wisconsin line | ||||
Continuation into Wisconsin | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
United States portal U.S. Roads portal
References
- "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- 161.114, Minnesota Statutes 2006
- 161.115, Minnesota Statutes 2006
- Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
- Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1934). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. OCLC 5673160, 80405240. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1934)
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