Minnesota State Highway 169
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| Trunk Highway 169 |
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| Length: | 49 mi (79 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1933 | ||||||||
| North end: |  Fall Lake Township, east of Ely |
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| South end: |  .svg/20px-US_169_(MN).svg.png){kind=small} Wuori Township, north of Virginia |
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| Major cities: | Tower Ely Winton |
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Minnesota State Highway 169 is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from the interchange of U.S. Highway 53 and Minnesota 169 in Wuori Township (immediately north of the city of Virginia) and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the intersection of Lake County Road 18 and Power Dam Road in Fall Lake Township (6-miles east of Ely).
Minnesota Highway 169 is one of three Minnesota state marked highways to carry the same number as an existing U.S. marked highway within the state, the others being Highways 61 and 65.
State Highway 169 is numbered as an extension of U.S. Highway 169.
Minnesota 169 overlaps Minnesota Highway 1 for 26-miles from Vermilion Lake Township (west of Tower) to Ely.
Minnesota State Highway 169 is 49-miles in length and passes through the communities of:
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[edit] Notes
Minnesota Highway 169 serves as a north-south arterial route between the cities of Virginia, Tower, Ely, and Winton in northeast Minnesota.
Most of Minnesota 169 passes through St. Louis County. A short segment of the highway is in Lake County.
[edit] Termini
The southern terminus for Minnesota 169 is its interchange with U.S. Highway 53 in Wuori Township, immediately north of the city of Virginia.
The northern terminus for Minnesota 169 is its intersection with Power Dam Road in Fall Lake Township, (6-miles east of Ely). Minnesota 169 becomes Lake County Road 18 at this point.
[edit] History
Minnesota 169 was numbered as an extension of U.S. 169 (until U.S. 53 was added in 1934, U.S. 169 previously ran to International Falls).
Minnesota 169 was authorized in 1934 from the city of Virginia to the junction with State Hwy.135 (formerly State Hwy.35) in Tower, where the highway terminated until 1953.
The six-mile segment running from Ely to Fall Lake Township was authorized in 1949 and originally designated Minnesota Hwy. 221 until 1953, when Minnesota 169 was extended over Minnesota Hwy. 1 to Ely.
Minnesota 169 was paved by 1940. The segment east of Ely was paved by 1950.
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