Minnesota State Highway 101
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| Trunk Highway 101 |
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| Length: | 6.9 mi[1] (11 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1933[1] | ||||||||
| Decomd.: | -- | ||||||||
| South end: |  US-212 in Chaska |
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| North end: |   US-10, US-169 in Elk River |
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| Major cities: | Northern Section: Otsego, Rogers Southern Section: Chanhassen |
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Minnesota State Highway 101 is a highway in Minnesota. The northern section, between Elk River and Rogers, is 6.9 miles in length. This is a busy highway, well-used on weekends by Twin Cities travelers going west on Interstate 94 through Elk River and continuing north on U.S. Route 169 to Mille Lacs Lake and other lakes in central Minnesota. This amount of use is spurring MnDOT to build interchanges along the route and convert it to a full freeway. These interchanges will be:
-Wright County Road 36, a diamond interchange with new ramps built crossing the Crow River.
-Wright County Road 37, which will also be a diamond interchange.
-Wright County Road 39, which will be a single-point urban interchange.
Highway 101 originally had a lot longer mileage, starting in Elk River, continuing south through Rogers, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, and Chanhassen before crossing the Minnesota River and terminating in Shakopee. Between 1988 and 1997, the section between Rogers and Chanhassen was turned back to county maintenance in several stages.[1]
The section of Highway 101 between Chanhassen and Chaska is still active as a state highway. However, this part of the highway has also had some turnbacks. Highway 101 used to cross the Minnesota River and enter Shakopee, then turned east and proceeded just south of the Minnesota River to a junction with Minnesota State Highway 13 in Savage. The expansion of U.S. Route 169 to a full freeway meant that Highway 101 was no longer necessary to maintain as a state route east of Shakopee. Interestingly, though, the section of old Highway 101 east of Highway 169 to Highway 13 is still maintained as a state highway, but not with a signed route number. Instead, it has the unmarked route number of Highway 801-B. The 2004 Control Section Guide states that this section is considered part of the U.S. Route 169 interchange and will not have a route or control section number.[2]
The two sections of old Highway 101 that were turned back to county maintenance are both signed as County Road 101, to maintain a unity in the eyes of the general public.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c Riner, Steve. Details of Routes 101-149. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved on April 8, 2006.
- ^ MNDOT Control Section Guide (pdf). MnDOT Transportation Data and Analysis. Minnesota Department of Transportation (2004). Retrieved on April 7, 2006.
