Minnesota State Highway 13
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| Trunk Highway 13 |
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| Length: | 114 mi (183 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1920 | ||||||||
| South end: |  US-65 in Albert Lea |
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| North end: |  MN-149 / Ramsey CR 2 in St. Paul |
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| Major cities: | Mendota Heights Eagan Burnsville Savage Prior Lake Waseca |
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Minnesota State Highway 13, also called Trunk Highway 13 or TH 13, is a state highway in Minnesota. It is 114 miles (183 km) long.
[edit] History
In 1934 and 1935, Highway 13 extended to the Iowa border south of Albert Lea, but in 1935, U.S. Route 69 was extended north into Minnesota and took over that portion of the route. [1] After U.S. Route 16 was decommissioned in Minnesota, Highway 13 was extended east from its intersection in Albert Lea with U.S. 69 to its intersection with U.S. Route 65.
The segment between Albert Lea and New Prague was originally Constitutional Route 13. In 1933, the highway was extended to include its current routing through Prior Lake, Savage, Burnsville, and into St. Paul. The portion of the highway paralleling the Minnesota River in Savage, Burnsville, and Eagan is a busy metro area corridor. The section north of Minnesota State Highway 55 is far less busy.
When the Mendota Bridge was rebuilt in the mid-1990s, Highway 13 was rerouted in Mendota Heights so it could intersect with Highway 55 and Highway 110. The old part of the highway, Sibley Memorial Drive, is still under state maintenance and has the unmarked designation of Highway 913-A.
[edit] Communities along the route
[edit] References
Riner, Steve (2006). The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page: Details of Routes 1-25. Retrieved on March 28, 2006.
MNDOT Control Section Report (pdf). Minnesota Department of Transportation (2006). Retrieved on March 28, 2006.
