Minnesota State Highway 3
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| Trunk Highway 3 |
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| Legislative Routes 1, 115, and 334, maintained by Mn/DOT | |||||||||
| Length: | 43.749 mi[1] (70.407 km) | ||||||||
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| South end: |  TH 21 in Faribault |
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| Major junctions: |
 TH 19 in Northfield TH 50 in Farmington CR 42 in Rosemount |
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| North end: |  TH 110 in Inver Grove Heights(continues to St. Paul as US 952A) |
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Minnesota State Highway 3 or Trunk Highway 3 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It follows a roadway from Faribault to the State Capital in Saint Paul and once carried the Jefferson Highway. It is still part of Constitutional Route 1.
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Today's route has had several different designations. Early on, the roadway was part of U.S. Highway 65. It later became U.S. Highway 218, which was eventually redesignated Minnesota State Highway 218. The route became known as Highway 3 in 1963.
The highway was used for the Lafayette Freeway as that road (from downtown St. Paul south past I-494) was built in the 1970s and U.S. Highway 52 was routed onto a stretch of road in the mid-1990's (formerly used by MN-3). Later, once the freeway was finished, U.S. 52 was rerouted along that road and Highway 3 was shortened to its current terminus.
The highway used to end in downtown Saint Paul. In West Saint Paul and Saint Paul, signs are still near the roadway "advertising" it as Highway 3. This section is still under state maintenance as unmarked Minnesota Highway 952.
[edit] Communities along the route
[edit] Major intersections
| County | Location | Mile[1] | Road(s) | Notes |
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| Rice | Faribault | 0.000 | TH 21 (Lyndale Avenue) |
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| 1.018 | 2nd Avenue Northwest | Former alignment of TH 3 | ||
| Dundas | 10.687 |  CR 1 (City Road) |
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| Northfield | 12.318 |  TH 246 east (Woodley Street) |
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| 12.784 | TH 19 west (5th Street) |
South end of TH 19 overlap | ||
| 13.049 | TH 19 east (2nd Street) |
North end of TH 19 overlap | ||
| Dakota | Farmington | 25.335 | TH 50 east (Ash Street) |
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| 26.002 |  CR 50 west (Elm Street) |
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| Rosemount | 32.530-32.545 | CR 42 (150th Street) |
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| Eagan | 36.750 |  CR 32 (Cliff Road) |
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| Inver Grove Heights | 38.312 |  TH 149 north (Jefferson Trail) |
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| 40.660-40.712 |  TH 55 (Courthouse Boulevard) |
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| Inver Grove Heights and Sunfish Lake | 43.404-43.504 |  I-494 west |
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| 43.749 126.869 |
I-494 west / TH 110 |
Interchange; north end of TH 3; south end of US 952A | ||
| West St. Paul | 129.293 |  CR 4 (Butler Avenue) |
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| Ramsey | Saint Paul | 130.541 | George Street | Interchange |
| 130.619 | Concord Street | Former TH 56 | ||
| 131.260-131.549 | Robert Street Bridge over the Mississippi River | |||
| 131.714-131.724 | Kellogg Boulevard | Former TH 5 | ||
| 132.054 |  TH 5 (8th Street) |
Former TH 212 | ||
| 132.287 |   I-35E / I-94 (US 12, US 52) |
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[edit] References
- ^ a b Minnesota Department of Transportation, Trunk Highway Log Point files, updated July 2006
- Adam Froehlig (January 2, 2003). Minnesota Highway 3. MN Highway Endings. Accessed August 27, 2004.
- Steve Riner (July 26, 2003). Details of Routes 1-25. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed August 27, 2004.
- Interview with Minnesota Department of Transportation Reference Librarian, conducted by Jake Zappa on April 24, 2006.
