Minnesota State Highway 36

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Trunk Highway 36
Length: 17 mi[1] (27 km)
Formed: 1933[1]
East end: WIS 64 in Stillwater
West end: in Roseville
Major cities: Stillwater
Oak Park Heights
Grant
Lake Elmo
Pine Springs
Oakdale
North St. Paul
Maplewood
Little Canada
Roseville
Minnesota State Highways
< I-35 TH 37 >

Minnesota State Highway 36 (often called Highway 36 or Minnesota 36) is a highway in Minnesota. A portion of the road in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region is a major freeway. The entire highway is currently 17 miles (27 km) in length.

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[edit] Termini

The roadway runs from Interstate Highway 35W in Roseville, Minnesota to the Minnesota-Wisconsin border in Stillwater, where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 64 upon crossing the state line.

[edit] Route

State Highway 36 crosses (or at least gets halfway across) the St. Croix River via the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge. The road becomes Wisc. Hwy. 64 in the middle of the bridge. However, planning is taking place to replace the bridge, which reached its practical capacity in 1990. Because the bridge is considered historically significant, this has become a heated issue.[2]

[edit] History

Highway 36 used to be significantly longer, turning southward along I-35W, Washington Avenue, and Cedar Avenue, and connecting to what is now Minnesota State Highway 77 (Cedar Avenue Freeway). The section of old Highway 36 that ran along Washington and Cedar Avenues in Minneapolis was turned back to county maintenance, and is currently a section of Hennepin County Road 152.

The highway didn't originally reach the state border at the St. Croix River. Part of Minnesota State Highway 212 was redesignated as Highway 36. This section still carries the old Highway 212 mile markers.

[edit] Notes

From Roseville eastward to Interstate Highway 35E and about 2 miles beyond, Highway 36 is a limited-access freeway. The freeway ends east of U.S. Highway 61 at English Street, where Highway 36 becomes an at-grade expressway. For about 4-miles (6 km) outside of the I-494/694 loop, the expressway section has a speed limit of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h).

North St. Paul, MN
North St. Paul, MN

[edit] Construction work on Highway 36

The section of Highway 36 in North St. Paul was closed from mid-April until mid-September of 2007. The highway is being rebuilt to freeway standards between White Bear Avenue in Maplewood and Highway 120 (Century Avenue) in North St. Paul. This rebuilding will include grade-separated intersections, but there will be no interchanges or access within North St. Paul. The full closure allowed the project to be completed faster and at a lower cost, and it also increased safety for construction workers. The Highway 36 reconstruction project will be completed in 2008 and has a budget of $24 million.[3]

[edit] Exit list

Destinations Notes
I-35W south Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Cleveland Avenue south
I-35W north / Cleveland Avenue north Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
Fairview Avenue
TH 51 (Snelling Avenue)
Hamline Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Dale Street
TH 49 (Rice Street)
I-35E / US 10 – St. Paul
Edgerton Street
US 61
White Bear Avenue
McKnight Road
TH 120 (Century Avenue)
Hadley Avenue
I-694 Northbound/westbound and southbound exits (Cloverleaf)
Hilton Trail

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Riner, Steve. Details of Routes 26-50. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
  2. ^ (June 21, 2002). Highway 36/State Highway 64 - New St. Croix River Crossing - Fact Sheet. Minnesota Department of Transportation. Accessed August 28, 2004.
  3. ^ Hwy 36 closes next year for reconstruction through North St. Paul. Minnesota Department of Transportation (2006). Retrieved on 2006-06-02.

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