Minnesota State Highway 5

Trunk Highway 5 marker

Trunk Highway 5
Fort Road
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 76.347 mi[1] (122.869 km)
Existed: 1934 – present
Major junctions
West end: MN 19 / MN 22 at Gaylord
 
East end: MN 120 / CSAH 6 at Maplewood/Oakdale
Location
Counties: Sibley, Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 4MN 6

Minnesota State Highway 5 (MN 5) is a highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 19 and MN 22 in Gaylord and continues east and northeast to its eastern terminus at its interchange with MN 120 in Maplewood. The route passes through downtown Saint Paul.

Highway 5 is 76 miles (122 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 5 serves as a northeastsouthwest route between Gaylord, Norwood Young America, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Richfield, downtown Saint Paul, and Maplewood. The highway is officially marked as an eastwest route by its highway shields from beginning to end.

Part of Highway 5 is designed as a freeway near the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Just to the west of that segment, Highway 5 runs concurrent with I-494 for 11 miles (18 km) between its junction with I-494 near the Airport and the Minnesota River to its junction with I-494 and U.S. 212 in Eden Prairie.

Highway 5 is considered a significant transit corridor, known as the Riverview Corridor, to downtown Saint Paul from the airport and points farther south and west. There has been discussion of creating a bus rapid transit or light rail line along the highway, much like the METRO Blue Line currently runs rails into downtown Minneapolis along State Highway 55.

Highway 5 is also known as Fort Road and West 7th Street in the city of St. Paul.

45 miles (72 km) of Highway 5 is officially designated the Augie Mueller Memorial Highway. This designation is signed from its intersection with State Highway 101 in Chanhassen southwesterly to its intersection with State Highway 19 in Gaylord.

Legally, State Highway 5 is defined as legislative routes 45, 52, 102, 109, 111, and 121 in the Minnesota Statutes. The route is not marked with those numbers.

History

State Highway 5 was authorized in 1934.

The route was completely paved by 1953.

When Highway 5 was slated for expansion in 1956, the construction threatened to demolish the remains of Historic Fort Snelling, near the confluence of the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. As a result of public outcry, the highway was built in a short tunnel underneath the Fort Snelling site, sparing the fort from destruction. This effort led to archaeological research into the remains of Fort Snelling and its eventual rebuilding as a state park.[2]

From 1934 to 1982, the eastern section of the highway between Saint Paul and Stillwater was originally marked as Minnesota 212, as it once reached old U.S. 212 in Saint Paul, but that segment was re-numbered as an extension of Highway 5 circa 1983.[3] This segment is still marked with the mileposts from 212,[1] which were a continuation of those from U.S. 212.

In the concurrency with I-494, the MN 5 shield is placed at most, but not all, interchanges. In 2007, new gore signs placed on France Avenue in Bloomington at its interchange with I-494 do not mention the Highway 5 concurrency, whereas the older signs they replaced did. The more recent interchange with Lyndale Ave (2009) displays the names of both highways.

In June 2015, it was announced that Highway 5 will be shortened by 8.3 miles by the state of Minnesota, giving the portion from Minnesota 120 to its eastern conterminous at Minnesota 36 to Washington County. The road is known as 34th St. between Jamaca Ave and Highway 120 and Stillwater Blvd. between Jamaca Ave. and Highway 36. The road is an extension of Washington County Roads 14 and 15. This road is designated from the county line to Manning Ave. as County Road 14 and from Manning Ave. to Highway 36 as County Road 15. This piece of the highway that will be returned to the county was originally marked as Minnesota 212. This portion of highway is now marked with county highway signs as well as Old Highway 5 signs.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
SibleyGaylord0.0000.000 MN 19 south
MN 22 north
West end of MN 19 concurrency
West end of MN 22 concurrency
0.1410.227 MN 22East end of MN 22 concurrency
1.3502.173 MN 19East end of MN 19 concurrency
Green Isle14.40023.175 MN 25South end of MN 25 concurrency
CarverYoung America Township21.05533.885 US 212West end of US 212 concurrency
Norwood Young America23.61037.997 US 212East end of US 212 concurrency
Young America Township26.24242.232 MN 25North end of MN 25 concurrency
Waconia32.16751.768 MN 284
Chanhassen42.42268.272 MN 41
45.48673.203 CR 101
46.13274.242 MN 101
HennepinEden Prairie48.95478.784 US 212West end of US 212 concurrency
50.77981.721 I-494East end of US 212 concurrency
West end of I-494 concurrency, exits 12B-C
Fort Snelling61.184–
61.930
98.466–
99.667
I-494East end of I-494 concurrency, exit 1A
Minneapolis-St. Paul International AirportInterchange
64.053103.083 MN 55
Mississippi River64.243–
64.469
103.389–
103.753
Fort Road Bridge
RamseySt. Paul64.530103.851Shepard Road
66.353106.785 MN 51 (Montreal Avenue)
66.686107.321 I-35EI-35E exit 103B
69.054111.132 MN 149 (Smith Avenue)
70.886114.080 I-94I-94 exit 242C
70.905114.111 US 52 (Lafayette Freeway)
71.349114.825 US 61 (Mounds Boulevard)West end of US 61 concurrency
71.939115.775 US 61 (Arcade Street)East end of US 61 concurrency
Maplewood76.347122.869 MN 120 (Century Avenue) / CSAH 6 east (Stillwater Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 3 Staff (February 2, 2012). "Statewide Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
  2. "Old Fort Snelling". From Site to Story. Institute for Minnesota Archaeology. June 29, 1999. Retrieved March 26, 2006.
  3. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 19, 2010.
  4. "MnDOT handing over stretch of Minnesota 5 to Washington County". TwinCities.com.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google


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