U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota
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U.S. Highway 52 |
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Length: | 377 mi (607 km) 243 miles along I-94 |
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Formed: | 1934 | ||||||||||||||||
South end: | U.S. 52 at Prosper, Minnesota | ||||||||||||||||
Major junctions: |
I-90 near Rochester U.S. 63/U.S. 14 at Rochester I-94/I-35E/U.S. 10 in St. Paul I-35W in Minneapolis I-394/U.S. 12 in Minneapolis U.S. 169 in Brooklyn Park U.S. 75 in Moorhead |
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North end: | I-94/U.S. 52 at Fargo, ND | ||||||||||||||||
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U.S. Route 52 enters the state of Minnesota at Prosper, Minnesota, north of the town of Burr Oak, Iowa. The road is marked north-south in Minnesota along its independent segment. Highway 52 is not signed along Interstate Highway 94 from downtown St. Paul to the North Dakota border in Moorhead.
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[edit] Route Description
U.S. Highway 52 enters Fillmore County and heads through the same Driftless Area it ran through in Iowa. The road heads through Preston and proceeds north to Chatfield. Highway 52 leaves the river bluffs near Chatfield and enters terrain typical of southern Minnesota. This area is mostly farmland for the rest of the length until the road enters Rochester. Interstate 90 intersects Highway 52 south of Rochester, and is a major junction. Highway 52 expands to a 4-lane freeway north of the junction. The road expands further to 6-lanes around Rochester, from the junction with U.S. Route 63 to north of the city. U.S. Route 14 is a major route, and connects Owatonna to Rochester. North of Rochester, Highway 52 becomes a 4-lane expressway through the farmland of Olmsted and Goodhue Counties. Zumbrota is bypassed by the highway and the road heads to Dakota County. In Cannon Falls, Highway 52 has two traffic lights in the southern part of town. North of Coates, the road enters the edge of the Twin Cities area. The road enters Inver Grove Heights where it becomes the Lafayette Freeway north of Concord Blvd. Highway 52 splits with Minnesota State Highway 55 north of there. Highway 55 heads to Minneapolis, while Highway 52 heads to St. Paul. I-494 intersects 52 in the northern part of Inver Grove Heights. The St. Paul Downtown Airport is right off of Highway 52 in Saint Paul. After Highway 52 crosses the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul, the road intersects Interstate Highway 94 and follows that road all the way to the North Dakota border. U.S. Highway 52 is not signed along the length of its concurrency with I-94 between downtown St. Paul and the North Dakota border.
[edit] History
U.S. Highway 52 was extended into the state of Minnesota in 1934. The road replaced the former routing of U.S. Route 55 from the Iowa border to the Twin Cities, and the former route of U.S. Highway 10S from Minneapolis west to North Dakota. Interstate 94 replaced most of the routing of Highway 52 west of St. Cloud, and the routing from St. Cloud to Minneapolis was replaced by U.S. Highway 10, U.S. Highway 169, and Hennepin County 81.. Highway 52 was routed along University Avenue through Minneapolis and St. Paul until about 1995. The highway was routed along Robert Street through St. Paul and into Inver Grove Heights until 1995, when Highway 52 was moved onto the Lafayette Freeway. U.S. Highway 52 was built as an expressway from Rochester to St. Paul in the 1960s. The road was expanded to a 6-lane freeway through Rochester in 2005.
[edit] Miscellanea
Highway 52's freeway portion in the Rochester area is the only non-Interstate Highway in Minnesota to carry numbered exits.
[edit] Junction/Exit list
County | Location | Type | Mile | Destinations | Notes |
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Olmsted | Marion | Offramp, intersection on US 52 | 46 | I-90 east La Crosse | Left turn southbound |
Offramp, intersection on US 52 | 46 | I-90 west Albert Lea | Left turn southbound | ||
Exit | 47 | Image:Olmsted County Route 36.svg CR 36 (Marion Rd) | |||
Rochester | Exit | 50 | Image:Olmsted County Route 1.svg CR 1 (11th Ave SE) | ||
Exit | 51 | US 63 , Broadway, Stewartville | To I-90 West | ||
Exit | 53 | Image:Olmsted County Route 25.svg CR 25 (16th Street SW) | Apache Mall, Olmsted County Fairgrounds | ||
Half-interchange | 54 | US 14 east (12th Street SW) Winona | No access northbound | ||
Half-interchange | 54 | Image:Olmsted County Route 22.svg CR 22 (W Circle Dr) | No access northbound | ||
Half-interchange | 55 | 6th Street SW | No access southbound | ||
Exit | 55 | 2nd Street SW | Mayo Clinic, St. Marys Hospital | ||
Exit | 56 | Civic Center Dr NW | |||
Exit | 56 | US 14 west , Owatonna | |||
Exit | 56 | 19th Street NW, Elton Hills Dr NW | |||
Exit | 58 | Image:Olmsted County Route 22.svg CR 22 east (37th Street NW) | |||
Exit | 59 | Image:Olmsted County Route 22.svg CR 22 west (55th Street NW) | |||
Exit | 61 | Image:Olmsted County Route 14.svg CR 14 (75th Street NW) | |||
Oronoco | Exit | 65 | Image:Olmsted County Route 12.svg CR 12 , Oronoco | Intersections between here and mile 120 | |
Goodhue | Pine Island | Exit | 70 | Image:Goodhue County Route 11.svg CR 11 , Pine Island | |
Zumbrota | Exit | 75 | TH 60 east , Mazeppa, Zumbro Falls | ||
Exit | 77 | Image:County Route 10.svg TH 58 / CR 10 , Zumbrota, Red Wing | |||
Exit | 78 | TH 60 west , Wanamingo, Kenyon | |||
Hader | Intersection | 86 | Image:County Route 8.svg TH 57 / CR 8 , Wanamingo, Mantorville | ||
Intersection | 89 | Image:Goodhue County Route 9.svg CR 9 , Goodhue, Dennison | |||
T-intersection to south | 91 | Image:Goodhue County Route 1.svg CR 1 south | |||
T-intersection to north | 91 | Image:Goodhue County Route 1.svg CR 1 north | |||
Cannon Falls | Stoplight | 96.5 | Image:Goodhue County Route 24.svg CR 24 north (65th Avenue) | ||
Stoplight | 96.6 | Image:Goodhue County Route 24.svg CR 24 west | |||
Exit | 98 | TH 19 , Cannon Falls, Northfield | |||
Dakota | Hampton | Exit | 105 | Image:Dakota County Route 47.svg TH 50 / TH 56 / CR 47 , Farmington, Kenyon | |
Coates | Exit | 113 | CR 46 | ||
Rosemount | Exit | 115 | CR 42 , Rosemount | ||
Intersection/Exit | 117 | TH 55 east , Hastings | Intersection northbound and Exit southbound | ||
Exit | 118 | 117th St | |||
Inver Grove Heights | Exits for remainder of route in Minnesota | 120 | CR 56 (Concord Boulevard) | Intersections between here and Mile 65 | |
121 | TH 55 west , Minneapolis | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
122 | To TH 55 west / 80th Street East | ||||
123 | CR 26 (70th Street East) | ||||
124 | Upper 55th Street East | ||||
125 | I-494 / TH 110 | ||||
South St. Paul | 126 | Southview Boulevard, Mendota Road | |||
South St. Paul/West St. Paul | 127 | Wentworth Avenue, Thompson Avenue | |||
128 | Butler Avenue | ||||
Ramsey | St. Paul | 129 | TH 156 (Concord Street) | ||
130 | Eaton Street | Southbound exit and northbound entrance | |||
130 | Plato Boulevard, Fillmore Avenue | ||||
131 | I-94 east / US 10 | Northbound exit and southbound entrance | |||
131 | I-94 west / US 10 west to I-35E (US 52 north) | Northbound exit and southbound entrance |
[edit] References
- Steve Riner Details of Routes 51-75. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Accessed March 24, 2007.
- Adam Froehlig US Route 52 Exit List Twin Cities Highways. Accessed August 5, 2007.
- Matt Salek US 52 Exits: SE Minnesota Upper Midwest Freeway Exit Guides. Accessed August 5, 2007.