Minnesota State Highway 95
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| Trunk Highway 95 |
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| Length: | 76 mi[1] (122 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1933[1] | ||||||||
| Northwest end: |  MN-23 in St. Cloud |
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| Major junctions: |
.svg/20px-US_169_(MN).svg.png){kind=small} U.S. Route 169 Minnesota 65 Interstate 35 U.S. Route 8 Minnesota 36 Interstate 94 |
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| Southeast end: |   US 61, US 10 in Cottage Grove |
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| Major cities: | Princeton, Cambridge, North Branch, Stillwater | ||||||||
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Minnesota State Highway 95 (sometimes referred to as Trunk Highway 95, often called Highway 95 or TH 95), is a state highway in Minnesota. It is 76 miles in length.
Highway 95 has a somewhat unusual routing, starting with a west-to-east segment between St. Cloud and Taylors Falls, then finishing with a north-south segment between Taylors Falls and Cottage Grove. In fact, the Minnesota Legislature originally authorized the north-south and the east-west routes as two separate highways. The Minnesota Highway Department decided to give them both the same route number.
This highway runs through mostly rural areas north and east of the Twin Cities, although increasing development in the eastern suburbs of St. Paul may bring increased traffic to the highway. Primarily a two-lane facility, there are short concurrencies with Minnesota State Highway 36 going into downtown Stillwater, and with Interstate 94 between Woodbury and the Wisconsin border, that make up the only divided highway segments.
[edit] Notes
The 14 mile section of Highway 95 from Cambridge to North Branch is officially designated the State Trooper Timothy J. Bowe Memorial Highway.
Highway 95, on its north-south segment, parallels the St. Croix River and is adjacent to, or close to, several state parks:
[edit] References
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. Details of Routes 76-100. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved on 2006-04-05.
