Minnesota State Highway 41

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Trunk Highway 41
Length:	11 mi (18 km)
Formed:	1920, 1950
North end:	MN 7 at Shorewood
South end:	U.S. 169 and Scott County Road 78 at Jackson Township
Major cities:	Chaska Chanhassen
Minnesota State Highways < TH 40 TH 42 >

Minnesota State Highway 41 is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 169 in Jackson Township (immediately west of Shakopee) and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 7 in Shorewood.

[edit] Notes

Minnesota Highway 41 is 11-miles in length and serves as a north-south arterial route between the communities of Chaska and Chanhassen.

Minnesota 41 traverses Scott and Carver counties.

Highway 41 crosses the Minnesota River between Chaska and Jackson Township.

The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located immediately west of the junction of Highway 41 and Highway 5 in Chanhassen / Chaska. The Arboretum is on Highway 5.

[edit] History

The route was authorized in 1920 and in use by 1934 between U.S. Highway 212 and Minnesota Highway 7. The section of Highway 41 between U.S. Highway 212 and U.S. Highway 169 was authorized in 1950.

The original section of Highway 41 was paved by 1940. The Minnesota River bridge was constructed in the early 1950s.

[edit] References

*Steve Riner Details of Routes 26 to 50. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed January 24, 2008.