Interstate 694

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Interstate 694
Auxiliary route of the Interstate Highway System

Maintained by MnDOT

Length:

31 mi (50 km)

Formed:

1985

West end:

I-94/I-494 in Maple Grove

Major
junctions:

in Brooklyn Center, MN

I-35W in New Brighton, MN

I-35E in Little Canada, MN

East end:

I-94/I-494 in Woodbury

Minnesota State Highways
< MN 610		MN 1 >

Interstate 694 (abbreviated I-694) is part of a beltway of Interstate 94 circling through the northern and northeastern portions of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. Along with the longer Interstate 494 to the south, the 31-mile (50 km) highway makes up part of the major beltway in the region. This is apparently the only interstate highway beltway in the United States that uses separate numbering in different sections (the Twin Cities area is also unusual for having an east/west-split in Interstate 35). The speed limit is 60 miles per hour (100 km/h).

There are a few intersections with other interstates:

Interstate 94 and I-494 in Maple Grove, Minnesota. It stays joined with I-94 for eight miles until Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Interstate 35W in New Brighton, Minnesota
Interstate 35E in Little Canada, Minnesota
Interstate 94 and I-494 in Woodbury/Oakdale

Mileposts are numbered to increase while traveling eastbound (clockwise). They are in sequence with the numbering of Interstate 494, where the numbering begins and ends at the Minnesota River. Between Maple Grove and Brooklyn Center, they correspond to the beltway numbering, not I-94 mileage.

The speed limit is 60 miles per hour (100 km/h). Interstate highways outside of the loop in Minnesota may be signed as high as 70 mph (110 km/h), but can only reach 55 mph (90 km/h) inside the loop (changes are proposed as of 2005, however).

I-694 has problems with "weave" interchanges. The Unweave the Weave project is underway to disentangle I-694 and I-35E. Another weave project involving U.S. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highway 51 is scheduled to begin around 2012. The Unweave the Weave project will aid in traffic flow, driver safety, and improve the condition of the roadway.

Interstate 694 was originally built in the early 1970s as the thoroughfare for the northern Twin Cities suburbs and surrounding areas. These include the cities of Maple Grove, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Fridley, Arden Hills, Shoreview, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Maplewood, Oakdale, Pine Springs, and Woodbury.

1 Legal Description
2 Exit List
3 (west to east)
4 References

[edit] Legal Description

The route of Interstate 694 is defined as part of Route 393 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.12(5).[1]

[edit] Exit List

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[edit] (west to east)
№	Mile	Destination		Notes
27		I-94 West/ I-494 South Saint Cloud/Minnetonka	Maple Grove	Fish Lake Interchange directional T
28		Hemlock Lane	Maple Grove	folded diamond
29A&B		U.S. 169	Brooklyn Park	cloverleaf
30		Boone Avenue		folded diamond
31		Bottineau Boulevard		folded diamond
33		Brooklyn Boulevard	Brooklyn Center	diamond
34		Shingle Creek Parkway		folded diamond
35A		MN Highway 100 South		westbound access only
35B		I-94 East Minneapolis		partial cloverleaf stack
35C		MN Highway 252 North		partial cloverleaf stack
36		East River Road	Fridley	folded diamond
37		MN Highway 47/University Avenue		diamond
38		MN Highway 65/Central Avenue		parclo
39		Silver Lake Road	New Brighton	diamond
40		Long Lake Road		diamond
41A&B		I-35W Minneapolis/Forest Lake		cloverleaf
42A		Snelling Avenue/Hamline Avenue	Arden Hills	partial directional weave
42B		U.S. 10 West Anoka		westbound access only
43A		Lexington Avenue		diamond
43B		Victoria Avenue	Shoreview	partial folded diamond
45		Rice Street	Shoreview	diamond
46		I-35E South/ U.S. 10 East Saint Paul	Little Canada	Unweave the Weave project
47		I-35E North Forest Lake	Vadnais Heights	Unweave the Weave project
48		U.S. 61	White Bear Lake/ Maplewood	diamond
50		White Bear Avenue		diamond
51		Century Avenue		diamond
52A&B		MN Highway 36 North Saint Paul/Stillwater	Pine Springs	cloverleaf
55		34th Street N	Oakdale	diamond
57		10th Street N		partial folded diamond
58A&B		I-94/ U.S. 12/ I-494 South Saint Paul/Hudson/Woodbury		cloverleaf

[edit] References

Steve Riner (December 27, 2004). Details of Routes 288-694. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed May 17, 2005.
Minnesota Department of Transportation [2]

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