Minnesota State Highway 65
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State Highway 65 is a highway in Minnesota. The roadway is one of only a handful in the state that have overlapping numbers with the United States highways in the state. It is 273 miles in length.
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| Trunk Highway 65 |
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| Length: | 273 mi (439 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1920 | ||||||||
| Decomd.: | -- | ||||||||
| North end: |  US 71 in Littlefork |
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| South end: |  Cty 152 in Minneapolis |
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| Major cities: | Nashwauk, McGregor, Mora, Cambridge, Isanti, East Bethel, Ham Lake, Blaine, Spring Lake Park, Fridley, Hilltop, Columbia Heights | ||||||||
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[edit] Termini
Highway 65 runs from Washington Avenue (Hennepin County highway 152) at the north end of downtown Minneapolis north to U.S. Highway 71 in Littlefork, Minnesota.
[edit] Notes
A portion of the highway used to be part of U.S. Highway 65. That highway still enters Minnesota from Iowa, but ends in Albert Lea where it joins Interstate 35. I-35/35W roughly follows the route U.S. 65 used to take to Minneapolis (before the Interstates, US-65 followed Lyndale Ave between Burnsville and Minneapolis).
In July 2005, a small section of Highway 65 in downtown Minneapolis (between Washington Avenue and I-35W) was turned back to city maintenance.
Highway 65 is signed locally as 3rd Avenue in downtown Minneapolis. After crossing SE University Avenue, it becomes Central Avenue NE. It remains Central Avenue until separating in Ham Lake, Minnesota, except for a split in Fridley and Spring Lake Park between I-694 and U.S. Highway 10.
[edit] References
- Steve Riner (December 27 2003). Details of Routes 51-75. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed September 6 2004.
- Adam Froehlig (November 22 2003). Minnesota Highway 65. Minnesota State Highway Endings. Accessed September 6 2004.
