Minnesota State Highway 210

Trunk Highway 210
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 227.916 mi[2] (366.795 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: ND 210 at the Red River
 

US 75 / MN 9 at Breckenridge
I-94 / US 59 at Fergus Falls
US 71 at Hewitt
US 10 at Staples
US 10 / MN 64 at Motley
MN 371 at Baxter
MN 6 at Crosby
US 169 at Aitkin

I-35 at Carlton
East end: MN 23 at Duluth
Location
Counties: Wilkin, Otter Tail, Todd, Cass, Crow Wing, Aitkin, Carlton, St. Louis
Highway system

Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
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Minnesota State Highway 210 (MN 210) is a state highway in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota, which runs from North Dakota Highway 210 (ND 210) at the North Dakota state line (at Breckenridge), and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with MN 23 in Duluth near the Saint Louis River.

The route runs across Minnesota from west-central to northeast; connecting Fergus Falls, Brainerd, and Duluth. At the western terminus of MN 210, upon crossing the Red River, the roadway becomes ND 210 and feeds into ND 13. MN 210 is 228 miles (367 km) in length.

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Route description

MN 210 serves as an east–west route in west-central, central, and northeast Minnesota between Breckenridge, Fergus Falls, Staples, Baxter, Brainerd, Carlton, and Duluth.

For part of its route (7 miles, 11 km), MN 210 is concurrent with US Highway 10 (US 10) between Motley and Staples in central Minnesota. The highway crosses the Washington Street Bridge at the Mississippi River in Brainerd and the Saint Louis River in Thomson.

The portion of MN 210 in Aitkin County is officially designated the "Dale Wayrynen Memorial Highway".[3] This same designation is also signed on MN 210 in Carlton County from Cromwell westbound to the county line with Aitkin County.

MN 210 passes through the Cuyuna Range in Crow Wing County and the Fond du Lac State Forest in Carlton County. Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area is located on the highway in Crow Wing County near Crosby and Ironton; northeast of Brainerd. Jay Cooke State Park is located on MN 210 in Carlton County.[4] The park is located between Carlton and Fond du Lac (Duluth).

History

MN 210 was authorized on July 1, 1949 between then-US 61 (now MN 45) in Carlton and MN 23 in Duluth,[1] acting as an eastern extension of US 210. Circa 1955, the highway was expanded on the west end of US 210, replacing former MN 3 from Staples to the North Dakota state line at Breckenridge.[5][6] The original eastern segment was subsequently renumbered as part of MN 39 in 1956.[6][7]

When US 210 was removed in 1970, the highway was redesignated MN 210. The historic original route of MN 210 between Carlton and Duluth was changed back at this time as well.[8][9]

MN 210 runs along the original mainline of the Northern Pacific Railway as built westward from Carlton to Staples. Between Henning and Breckenridge, the highway runs along a former branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway. Most of the branch line has since been abandoned.

The western section of the highway, between Breckenridge and Fergus Falls, was originally part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 3. Between Fergus Falls and Henning, the highway was part of Constitutional Route 36. The section between Carlton and Motley was part of Constitutional Route 2.[10]

US 210

U.S. Highway 210
Location: Carlton–Motley
Existed: 1926[11]–1970[8][9]

MN 210 from Carlton to Motley, the eastern portion of the present day highway, was originally part of US 210 from 1926 to 1970. During 1970, US 210 was decommissioned from Carlton to Motley and re-designated MN 210 that same year.[8][9]

US 210 was originally commissioned in 1926 by the American Association of State Highway Officials, as one of the original US Highways.[11]

Originally, US 210 from Carlton to Motley was slated to be re-numbered US Highway 208 in the 1934 numbering plan. The road was almost re-numbered because of a routing change in its parent road (US 10). Ultimately, US 10 was routed along former US 10N in Minnesota. US 208 was shown on some maps in the mid 1930s running from Carlton to Motley in Minnesota, but the number was not officially commissioned or signed, and US 210 kept its number.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Red River of the North
 0.000 North Dakota state line
Wilkin
 Connelly Township 0.219 US 75 North end of US 75 overlap
Breckenridge 0.764 US 75
MN 9		 South end of US 75 overlap; west end of MN 9 overlap
Connelly Township 2.241 MN 9 East end of MN 9 overlap
Otter Tail
 Fergus Falls 24.248 I-94 / US 59 West end of I-94 overlap
Buse Township 24.691–
25.047		 CR 1 Interchange
26.446 I-94 / US 59 East end of I-94 overlap
Clitherall Township 45.583 MN 78
Henning 60.592 MN 108 (Douglas Avenue)
Inman Township 66.412 MN 29
Todd
 Hewitt 77.512 US 71
Staples 93.558 US 10 West end of US 10 overlap
Morrison
 Motley 100.707 US 10 East end of US 10 overlap
Cass
 May Township 101.023 MN 64
Crow Wing
 Baxter 120.539 MN 371
Mississippi River 122.095–
122.215		 Washington Street Bridge
Brainerd 122.663 MN 371 Bus. Original route of MN 371
123.879 MN 25
Crosby 137.855 MN 6 West end of MN 6 overlap
Deerwood 142.248 MN 6 East end of MN 6 overlap
Aitkin
 Aitkin 152.441 US 169 (Minnesota Avenue) South end of US 169 overlap
Morrison Township 160.351 US 169 North end of US 169 overlap
McGregor 174.536 MN 65 West end of MN 65 overlap
175.734 MN 65 East end of MN 65 overlap
Carlton
 Cromwell 196.233 MN 73
Twin Lakes Township 216.107 I-35 Interchange
Carlton 218.558 MN 45 Old US 61
St. Louis
 Duluth 227.790 MN 23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ a b Minnesota Legislature. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792". Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949. Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration. pp. 1177–85. 
  2. ^ a b Staff (September 6, 2011) (PDF). Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing. Minnesota Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf. 
  3. ^ Minnesota Legislature (2010). "161.14, Names and Designations of Certain Highways". 2010 Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Subd. 39. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.14. Retrieved December 4, 2010. 
  4. ^ Official Railroad Map of Minnesota (Map). 1886.  Reprinted by the Minnesota Historical Society in 1994.
  5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section B11-F11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=15. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  6. ^ a b Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section B11-F11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=16. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  7. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1957). 1957 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H. M. Gousha Company. Section M10. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1189&REC=17. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  8. ^ a b c Minnesota Department of Highways (1970). 1970 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section B12-M11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1228&REC=10. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  9. ^ a b c Minnesota Department of Highways (1971). 1971 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section B12-M11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1231&REC=11. Retrieved December 1, 2010. 
  10. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 152-218". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r152-218.htm#210. Retrieved April 5, 2006. 
  11. ^ a b Droz, Robert V. (1998). "1927 US Numbered Highways". US Highways: From US 1 to (U.S. 830). Self-published. http://www.us-highways.com/1927us.htm. Retrieved April 7, 2006.