Minnesota State Highway 70
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| Trunk Highway 70 |
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| Length: | 25 mi (40 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1933 | ||||||||
| West end: |  MN 65 at Brunswick |
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| Major junctions: |
 MN 107 at Grasston I-35 at Rock Creek |
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| East end: |  WIS 70 at the St. Croix River,at the Minnesota - Wisconsin state line, near Grantsburg, WI |
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| Major cities: | Rock Creek | ||||||||
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Minnesota State Highway 70 is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Minnesota Highway 65 in Brunswick and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (west of Grantsburg, WI), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 70.
Minnesota Highway 70 is 25-miles in length and passes through the communities of:
[edit] Notes
Minnesota Highway 70 serves as an east-west arterial route between the communities of Mora, Brunswick, Rock Creek, and Grantsburg, WI.
Minnesota 70 passes through Kanabec and Pine counties.
[edit] History
The route was numbered to correspond with Wisconsin Highway 70.
Minnesota 70 was authorized east of Minnesota Highway 107 to the Wisconsin state line in 1933.
The portion of Minnesota 70 between Minnesota Highway 65 (at Brunswick) and Minnesota Highway 107 (at Grasston) was part of the original route of Highway 65 until circa 1942 when the current short-cut of Highway 65 was built.
Highway 70 was completely paved circa 1949.
[edit] References
*Steve Riner Details of Routes 51 to 75. Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed March 2, 2008.
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