Minnesota State Highway 73

Trunk Highway 73
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(94)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	119.697 mi[1] (192.634 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 near Moose Lake
	MN 210 at Cromwell U.S. 2 at Floodwood U.S. 169 , MN 37 at Hibbing U.S. 169 at Chisholm
North end:	U.S. 53 in Field Township
Location
Counties:	Carlton, St. Louis
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 72 MN 74 →

Minnesota State Highway 73 (MN 73) is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 35 in Moose Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 in Field Township near Cook and Orr.

Highway 73 is 120 miles (190 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 73 serves as a north–south route in northeast Minnesota between Moose Lake, Kettle River, Cromwell, Floodwood, Hibbing, and Chisholm.

The roadway passes through the Sturgeon River State Forest and the Superior National Forest, both north of Chisholm, in Saint Louis County.

The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 163 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[2] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 73 was authorized in 1933, and was originally numbered "Minnesota 63" until that U.S. route number (U.S. 63) was added elsewhere in Minnesota.^[3]

The route was marked as "Minnesota 73" by 1935.^[3]

In 1940, the route was mostly gravel south of Hibbing. The last segments paved in the mid-1950s were south of Hibbing.^[3]

The Highway 73 designation was extended south through Moose Lake, partially along old U.S. 61, to Interstate 35 in the mid-1970s.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Carlton	Moose Lake Township	0.000	0.000	I-35	Interchange
	Moose Lake	1.136	1.828	MN 289
		1.486	2.391	County 61	Old U.S. 61
		2.289	3.684	MN 27	East end of MN 27 overlap
	Silver Township	7.007	11.277	MN 27	West end of MN 27 overlap
	Kettle River	9.423	15.165	CR 12 (Locker Plant Road)
	Silver Township	10.870	17.494	County 6
	Kalevala Township	14.252	22.936	County 6
		18.808	30.269	County 4
	Cromwell	25.225	40.596	MN 210
St. Louis	Fine Lakes Township	32.789	52.769	CR 86
		35.030	56.375	CR 51
	Floodwood Township	42.874	68.999	US 2	South end of US 2 overlap
	Floodwood	43.120	69.395	US 2	North end of US 2 overlap
		43.481	69.976	County 8 (5th Avenue)
	Van Buren Township	44.983	72.393	CR 29
	Cedar Valley Township	54.668	87.980	CR 133 east
		55.764	89.743	CR 133 west
		63.506	102.203	CR 18
	Hibbing	70.494	113.449	County 16 west
		76.584	123.250	County 16 east, CR 60 west
		78.846	126.890	US 169	South end of US 169 overlap
				MN 37
				County 5
	Chisholm	87.153	140.259	US 169	North end of US 169 overlap
	Dark River	101.606	163.519	CR 65
	Sturgeon Township	108.675	174.895	CR 22
	Linden Grove	114.637	184.490	MN 1
	Field Township	119.855	192.888	US 53
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing