Minnesota State Highway 32

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Trunk Highway 32
Length:	146 mi[1] (235 km)
Formed:	1920, 1933[1]
North end:	MN 11 at Greenbush
South end:	MN 34 at Tansem Township
Major cities:	Greenbush Thief River Falls Red Lake Falls Fertile Twin Valley
Minnesota State Highways < TH 30 TH 33 >

Minnesota State Highway 32 is a highway in west-central and northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Minnesota Highway 34 in Tansem Township (east of Barnesville) and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 11 in Greenbush.

Minnesota Highway 32 is 146-miles in length and passes through the communities of:

Greenbush Strathcona Middle River Holt Thief River Falls

St. Hilaire Red Lake Falls Marcoux Dugdale

Fertile Gary Twin Valley Syre

Ulen Hitterdal Rollag Tansem Township

Contents 1 Notes 2 Termini 3 History 4 References

[edit] Notes

Minnesota Highway 32 serves as a north-south arterial route between Thief River Falls, Red Lake Falls, Fertile, Twin Valley, and Tansem Township in west-central and northwest Minnesota.

Minnesota Highway 32 passes through the counties of:

Clay County Norman County Polk County Red Lake County

Pennington County Marshall County Roseau County

Minnesota Highway 32 parallels U.S. 75 and U.S. 59 throughout its route in west-central and northwest Minnesota.

Minnesota 32 passes through the Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge in Polk County, just east of Crookston.

• U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service website -- Glacial Ridge Refuge article - Link
  
• U.S. Dept. of Agriculture / Natural Resources Conservation website -- Glacial Ridge article - Link

[edit] Termini

The southern terminus for Minnesota 32 is its intersection with Minnesota Highway 34 in Tansem Township (east of Barnesville) in west-central Minnesota.

The northern terminus for Minnesota 32 is its intersection with Minnesota Highway 11 in Greenbush in northwest Minnesota at Roseau County.

[edit] History

The southern segment of Highway 32 was authorized in 1933.

In 1940, the route was mostly gravel north of U.S. 2. By 1953, only southernmost five miles of the route were gravel. Completely paved today.

[edit] References