Minnesota State Highway 101

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Trunk Highway 101

Length:

14.061 mi^[1] (22.629 km)
(two sections of 7.206 mi and 6.855 mi)

Formed:

1934^[2]

South end:

Scott/Carver County line at Shakopee Bridge

Major
junctions:

TH 5 in Chanhassen
Carver/Hennepin County line

I-94 / US 52 in Rogers

North end:

US 10 / US 169 in Elk River

Minnesota State Highways
< TH 100		TH 102 >

Minnesota State Highway 101 is a state highway in the U.S. state of 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 the portion in Wright County to a full freeway. These interchanges will be at County Roads 36, 37, 39, and 42.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5]

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.

1 History
2 Major intersections of present day State Highway 101 and County Road 101
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

Highway 101 was defined, along with many other routes, by Chapter 440 of the 1933 Session Laws:

Route No. 187. Beginning at a point on Route No. 18 [U.S. Highway 169] at or near Elk River, thence extending in a southerly direction to a point on Route No. 117 [Highway 13] as herein established.

The Minnesota Department of Highways took over maintenance of the road in 1934. It began at Highway 13 in Savage, at the intersection of Dakota Avenue and McColl Drive, and ran west on McColl Drive and Eagle Creek Boulevard to downtown Shakopee. Highway 101 crossed the Minnesota River with U.S. Highway 169, and crossed U.S. Highway 212 along the present Carver County portion of Highway 101. From Shakopee to near Rogers, the original routing of Highway 101 matched the present Highway 101 and County Road 101 except in downtown Chanhassen, where it used Great Plains Boulevard and 78th Street (the latter Highway 5), in downtown Wayzata, where it used LaSalle Street to Central Avenue, and on the Highway 55 overlap, which was along Old Rockford Road and Hamel Road. Instead of using Highway 152 (now County Road 81) into Rogers, Highway 101 continued north on Brockton Avenue and crossed the Crow River at its mouth, then heading northwest and north on River Road and Parrish Avenue to the Parrish Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River. Upon crossing the bridge, Highway 101 entered Elk River and immediately ended at U.S. Highway 10 and U.S. Highway 169 via short pieces of Main Street and Jackson Avenue.^[2]^[6]

The U.S. Highway 169 bypass east of downtown Elk River was built in 1961, and Highway 101 was extended north on old Highway 169 (Jackson Avenue) to the north end of the bypass.^[7] Later, in 1968, the bypass was extended south to Highway 152 in Rogers, and Highway 101 was realigned to overlap Highway 152 and use the new bypass from Rogers north to Elk River. The original alignment of Highway 101 was turned over to the counties (as County Road 13 in Hennepin County and County Road 42 in Wright County), and the extension north of downtown Elk River became Highway 201 (which was decommissioned in 1987).^[2]^[8] Highway 101 was realigned to the present County Road 101 between Savage and downtown Shakopee in 1940. In 1964, the Highway 5 bypass of downtown Chanhassen was built, but Highway 101 remained on the old route until the 1980s, when it was moved to the bypass. The relocation of Highway 55, and with it the Highway 101 overlap, came in 1942 west of and 1954 east of the intersection with the old alignment.^[9]

[edit] Major intersections of present day State Highway 101 and County Road 101

County	Location	Mile^[1]	Destinations	Notes
Scott	Savage	0.000	TH 13	South end of TH 801B
	Shakopee	1.128-1.188	Image:Scott County Route 18.svg US 169 south / CR 18 – Mankato	Northbound exit and southbound entrance
		1.704	US 169 north – Bloomington	North end of TH 801B; south end of CR 101
			Image:Scott County Route 69.svg CR 69
		8.328	Shakopee Bridge over the Minnesota River	North end of CR 101; south end of TH 101
Carver	Chanhassen	8.328	Shakopee Bridge over the Minnesota River	North end of CR 101; south end of TH 101
		8.837-8.902	US 212 east	South end of US 212 overlap
		9.037	US 212 west	North end of US 212 overlap
		11.5	TH 312	Future alignment of US 212
		12.755	TH 5 west	South end of TH 5 overlap. Left-turn sign to 101 South indicates 101 is a county road, using square white box.
		13.391	TH 5 east	North end of TH 5 overlap
Hennepin	Eden Prairie	15.534	Vine Hill Road	North end of TH 101; south end of CR 101
	Eden Prairie		CR 62
	Minnetonka		CR 62
	Minnetonka		TH 5
	Wayzata		Image:County Route 15.svg US 12 east / CR 15
	Wayzata		US 12
	Plymouth		TH 55 east	South end of TH 55 overlap
	Medina		TH 55 west	North end of TH 55 overlap
	Maple Grove		CR 10	1/4-mile overlap segment with CR 10
	Dayton		CR 81 south	North end of CR 101; old TH 101 uses CR 81
	Rogers	39.624-39.663	I-94 / US 52 – Minneapolis, St. Paul, St. Cloud	North end of CR 81; south end of TH 101
	Rogers	39.856	South Diamond Lake Road
		40.708	Image:Hennepin County Route 144.svg CR 144 (141st Avenue)
		41.423	147th Avenue
Wright	St. Michael	42.028	CR 36 (53rd Street)	To be replaced with an interchange^[3]
	Otsego	42.028	CR 36 (53rd Street)	To be replaced with an interchange^[3]
		43.635	CR 37 (70th Street)	To be replaced with an interchange^[3]
		44.448	Image:Wright County Route 42.svg CR 42 (River Road)	Old TH 101; to be replaced with an interchange^[3]
		45.688	CR 39 (90th Street)	To be replaced with an interchange^[3]
		46.200-46.334	Betty Adkins Bridge over the Mississippi River
Sherburne	Elk River	46.200-46.334	Betty Adkins Bridge over the Mississippi River
Sherburne	Elk River	46.466-46.479	US 10 / US 169 – Anoka, Elk River, Princeton	North end of TH 101