Minnesota State Highway 70

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.

Trunk Highway 70 marker
Trunk Highway 70
Map
MN 70 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length29.333 mi[1] (47.207 km)
Existed1933–present
Major junctions
West end MN 65 at Brunswick
Major intersections MN 107 near Grasston
I-35 at Rock Creek
East end WIS 70 at the St. Croix River,
near Grantsburg, WI
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesKanabec, Pine
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
US 69 US 71

Route description

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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

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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 c. 1942 when the current short-cut of Highway 65 was built.[2]

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

Major intersections

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CountyLocationmi[1][3]kmDestinationsNotes
KanabecBrunswick Township0.0000.000   MN 65 / CSAH 47 – Cambridge, Mora
7.24811.665 
 
MN 107 north to MN 23
West end of MN 107 concurrency
Grass Lake Township10.44616.811 
 
  MN 107 south / CSAH 41 – Braham
East end of MN 107 concurrency
PineRock Creek18.668–
18.800
30.043–
30.256
  I-35 – Duluth, Saint Paul, MinneapolisInterchange
19.84131.931  
 
CSAH 61 / Old US 61 / Truck MN 70 west
Former MN 361
20.68533.289  CSAH 70 / Truck MN 70 east
22.04835.483   CSAH 4 / CR 106Old Point Douglas to Superior Military Road
St. Croix River29.39847.311Wisconsin state line
 
 
WIS 70 east – Grantsburg
Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ a b "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.
  2. ^ a b c d Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 26, 2010.[self-published source]
  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.