U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota
U.S. Highway 10 | ||||
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US 10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 275.473 mi[2] (443.331 km) | |||
| Existed | November 11, 1926[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  US 10 at Fargo, ND | |||
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| East end | US 10 at Prescott, WI | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties | Clay, Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, Todd, Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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→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.
Contents
1 Route description
2 History
3 Major intersections
4 See also
5 References
Route description
US 10 enters the state from North Dakota and heads through Moorhead parallel to Interstate 94 (I-94) until it exits the city. US 10 then takes a more northerly route than I-94 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.
Concurrency of US 10 and MN 47 in Coon Rapids
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.[1] Originally, the route split between Moorhead and St. Cloud into US 10N and US 10S. In 1934, US 10S was replaced by US 52, 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[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | ||
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| Red River of the North | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 10 / I-94 Bus. west (Main Avenue) | Continuation into North Dakota | |||
| Veterans Memorial Bridge, North Dakota–Minnesota line | |||||||
| Clay | Moorhead | 0.428 | 0.689 |  US 75 south (8th Street) / I-94 Bus. east (Main Avenue) | Western end of US 75 concurrency; eastern end of I-94 Bus. concurrency | ||
| 1.450 | 2.334 | US 75 north – Crookston | Eastern end of US 75 concurrency | ||||
| Glyndon Township | 5.954 | 9.582 |    MN 336 south / CSAH 11 north (70th Street) to I-94 | Interchange | |||
| Riverton Township | 12.786 | 20.577 |  MN 9 – Barnesville, Ada | ||||
| Eglon Township | 24.438 | 39.329 |  MN 32 (260th Street) – Twin Valley, Rollag | Interchange | |||
| Becker | Detroit Lakes | 44.337– 44.357 | 71.353– 71.386 |   MN 34 / US 59 – Fergus Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids | |||
| Burlington Township | 54.517 | 87.737 |   MN 87 east / CSAH 29 – Frazee, Vergas | Interchange | |||
| Otter Tail | Perham Township | 59.826 | 96.281 |  CSAH 80 east (Main Street) – Perham | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| Perham | 66.511 | 107.039 |  MN 78 south (Otter Trail Scenic Byway) – Perham, Battle Lake | Interchange | |||
| New York Mills |  CSAH 67 (Broadway Avenue) – New York Mills | Interchange | |||||
| Newton Township | 80.261 | 129.168 |  MN 106 south – Deer Creek | ||||
| Wadena | Wadena | 89.992 | 144.828 |  US 71 – Long Prairie, Menahga, Park Rapids | |||
| Todd | Staples | 107.656– 107.663 | 173.256– 173.267 |  MN 210 west – Hewitt, Fergus Falls | Western end of MN 210 concurrency | ||
| Morrison | Motley | 114.798 | 184.749 | MN 210 east – Brainerd | Eastern end of MN 210 concurrency | ||
| Randall | 135.668 | 218.336 |  MN 115 east | ||||
| Green Prairie Township |  CSAH 52 – Little Falls | Interchange; former US 10 east | |||||
| Western end of freeway | |||||||
 CSAH 13 | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||||
| 143.277– 143.467 | 230.582– 230.888 | Mississippi River | |||||
| Little Falls |  CSAH 76 – Little Falls | Interchange; former MN 371 | |||||
| 144.710– 144.731 | 232.888– 232.922 |  MN 371 north – Brainerd | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
| 145.917 | 234.831 |  MN 27 – Pierz, Little Falls | Interchange | ||||
| Gregory | CSAH 76 – Little Falls | Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 10 west | |||||
| Eastern end of freeway | |||||||
| Benton | Rice |  CSAH 2 – Rice | Interchange | ||||
| |  CSAH 33 – Sartell | Interchange | |||||
| Sartell | 173.083– 173.289 | 278.550– 278.882 |  MN 15 south – St. Cloud | Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||
| Sauk Rapids | CSAH 29 (35th Street NE) – Sartell | Interchange | |||||
| 174.844– 175.177 | 281.384– 281.920 |  CSAH 3 (Golden Spike Road) – Sauk Rapids | 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 |  MN 23 (3rd Street SE) – St. Cloud, Foley | Cloverleaf interchange | |||
| Sherburne | 180.158 | 289.936 |  MN 301 west (Minnesota Boulevard) | ||||
| Clear Lake | 188.794 | 303.834 |  MN 24 south – Clearwater | ||||
| Becker | 194.209 | 312.549 |  MN 25 north – Foley | Western end of MN 25 concurrency | |||
| Big Lake | 203.712 | 327.843 | MN 25 south – Monticello | Eastern end of MN 25 concurrency | |||
| |   CSAH 14 south / CSAH 15 north | Interchange | |||||
| Elk River | 214.325 | 344.923 |   MN 101 south / US 169 north – Rogers, Elk River | Interchange; western end of US 169 concurrency | |||
| Anoka | Ramsey |  CSAH 83 (Armstrong Boulevard NW) | Interchange | ||||
| | Western end of freeway | ||||||
| Anoka | Main Street / Greenhaven Road | Former US 10 east | |||||
| 224.807 | 361.792 |  US 169 south / MN 47 north (Ferry Street) | Eastern end of US 169 concurrency; western end of MN 47 concurrency | ||||
| 224.807 | 361.792 |  CSAH 7 (7th Avenue) | |||||
| Coon Rapids |  CSAH 9 (Round Lake Boulevard) | ||||||
| 227.218– 227.563 | 365.672– 366.227 |  CSAH 14 (Main Street) | Former MN 242 | ||||
| MN 78 south (Hanson Boulevard) | Single-point urban interchange | ||||||
 CSAH 11 (Foley Boulevard) | Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | ||||||
| 232.415 | 374.036 | MN 47 south | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of MN 47 concurrency | ||||
| 233.088– 233.268 | 375.119– 375.408 |  MN 610 west – Minneapolis | Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | ||||
Coon Rapids–Blaine line |  CSAH 51 (University Avenue) | westbound exit and eastbound entrance; westbound exit splits from MN 610 west | |||||
| Blaine | 234.352 | 377.153 |  MN 65 (Central Avenue) | 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 |  I-35W north – Duluth | 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 | |||||
 CR 10 / County H | Signed as exit 28C eastbound | ||||||
| 238.393 | 383.656 | I-35W south – Minneapolis | 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 |  CSAH 96 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |||||
 MN 51 south (Snelling Avenue) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||||||
| 240.433 | 386.939 |  I-694 west | 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 |  I-35E north / I-694 east | 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 | I-35E south / I-94 west (US 12 west / US 52 north) | 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 | I-94 east (US 12 east) | Eastern end of I-94/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 244 | ||||
| East 3rd Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||||
| Eastern end of freeway | |||||||
| See US 61 | |||||||
| Washington | Denmark Township | 299.761 | 482.419 |  US 61 south – Hastings | Southern end of US 61 concurrency | ||
| St. Croix River | 302.802 | 487.313 | Prescott Drawbridge; Minnesota–Wisconsin line | ||||
| US 10 east – Prescott | Continuation into Wisconsin | ||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
Minnesota portal
U.S. Roads portal
Minnesota portal
U.S. Roads portal
References
Route map:
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^ ab "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
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^ abcde Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
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^ 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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