U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

U.S. Highway 10
US 10 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length:	275.473 mi[1] (443.331 km)
Existed:	November 11, 1926[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 10 at Fargo, ND
	US 75 at Moorhead US 59 at Detroit Lakes US 71 at Wadena US 169 / MN 101 at Elk River US 169 / MN 47 at Anoka I-35W at Mounds View I-694 at Arden Hills I-35E at Little Canada I-94 / US 61 at St. Paul
East end:	US 10 at Prescott, WI
Location
Counties:	Clay, Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, Todd, Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington
Highway system
United States Numbered Highways List Bannered Divided Replaced Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 9 MN 11 →

U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The route runs through the central portion of the state, following generally the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway (now BNSF) and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little Falls, St. Cloud, Anoka, Saint Paul, and Cottage Grove. US 10 within Minnesota is 275 miles (443 km) in length.

Route description

US 10 enters the state from North Dakota and heads through Moorhead parallel to Interstate 94 (I-94) until it exits the city. US 10 then takes a more northerly route than I-94 to St. Cloud, by heading through Detroit Lakes, Wadena, and Little Falls. From St. Cloud to Mounds View, US 10 is a busy route through the suburbs of St. Cloud and Minneapolis.

Concurrency of US 10 and MN 47 in Coon Rapids

East of Mounds View, US 10 is marked mostly along Interstate Highways until Saint Paul, where the route runs concurrently with US 61 to Cottage Grove. US 10 then heads east to the Wisconsin state line and exits the state.

US 10 is a divided highway along most of its length through the state, with posted 65 mph (105 km/h) speed limits along much of the way, except for two-lane or undivided four-lane stretches through Wadena and Motley. There are some 60 mph (97 km/h) posted speed limits in the four-lane section between Elk River and Anoka and the two-lane section between Bluffton and Wadena.

Legally, the Minnesota section of US 10 is defined as unmarked Constitutional / Legislative Routes 2, 37, 27, 3, 62, and 94 in the Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(25).^[3][4] US 10 is not marked with these legislative numbers along the actual highway.

History

US 10 was established on November 11, 1926.^[2] Originally, the route split between Moorhead and St. Cloud into US 10N and US 10S. In 1934, US 10S was replaced by US 52, and US 10N became simply US 10.^[5]

US 10 in Minnesota was paved between St. Cloud and the Twin Cities as early as 1929. The remainder of the route was paved by 1950.^[5]

The four-lane divided highway section between the cities of Elk River and Anoka was constructed by 1942.^[5]

The freeway section of US 10 between the city of Anoka and University Avenue (at the Coon Rapids–Blaine boundary line) was completed in the early 1970s. The new freeway section of US 10 between University Avenue and I-35W in Mounds View was completed in 1999.^[5]

From 1934 to 1999, US 10 was located on a different alignment between Coon Rapids, Spring Lake Park, and Mounds View. This is now known as County Road 10.^[6]

When I-694 and I-35E were completed in the late 1960s, US 10 was then signed concurrently with these highways east of Mounds View to the city of Saint Paul.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Fargo, North Dakota				US 10 west	Continuation into North Dakota
Red River of the North		0.000	0.000	North Dakota–Minnesota state line
Clay	Moorhead	0.428	0.689	US 75 south (8th Street)	Western end of US 75 concurrency
		1.450	2.334	US 75 north – Crookston	Eastern end of US 75 concurrency
	Glyndon Township	5.954	9.582	MN 336 south
	Riverton Township	12.786	20.577	MN 9 – Barnesville, Ada
	Eglon Township	24.438	39.329	MN 32 – Barnesville, Ulen
Becker	Detroit Lakes	44.337– 44.357	71.353– 71.386	MN 34 / US 59 – Fergus Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids
	Burlington Township	54.517	87.737	MN 87 east – Menahga
Otter Tail	Gorman Township	59.826	96.281	MN 228 west – Vergas
	Perham Township	66.511	107.039	MN 78 south – Ottertail
	Newton Township	80.261	129.168	MN 106 south – Deer Creek
Wadena	Wadena	89.992	144.828	US 71 – Long Prairie, Menahga, Park Rapids
Todd	Staples	107.656– 107.663	173.256– 173.267	MN 210 west – Hewitt, Fergus Falls	Western end of MN 210 concurrency
Morrison	Motley	114.798	184.749	MN 210 east – Brainerd	Eastern end of MN 210 concurrency
	Randall	135.668	218.336	MN 115 east
	Green Prairie Township	143.277– 143.467	230.582– 230.888	Mississippi River
	Little Falls	144.710– 144.731	232.888– 232.922	MN 371 north – Brainerd
		145.917	234.831	MN 27 – Little Falls, Pierz
Benton	Sartell	173.083– 173.289	278.550– 278.882	MN 15 south – St. Cloud
	St. Cloud	178.015	286.487	MN 23 (3rd Street) – St. Cloud, Foley, Milaca
Sherburne		180.158	289.936	MN 301 west (Minnesota Boulevard)
	Clear Lake	188.794	303.834	MN 24 south – Clearwater
	Becker	194.209	312.549	MN 25 north – Foley	Western end of MN 25 concurrency
	Big Lake	203.712	327.843	MN 25 south – Monticello	Eastern end of MN 25 concurrency
	Elk River	214.325	344.923	MN 101 south / US 169 north – Rogers, Elk River	Western end of US 169 concurrency
Anoka	Anoka	224.807	361.792	MN 47 north / US 169 south
	Coon Rapids	227.218– 227.563	365.672– 366.227	CSAH 14	Former MN 242
		232.415	374.036	MN 47 south (University Avenue)	Eastern end of MN 47 concurrency
	Blaine	233.088– 233.268	375.119– 375.408	MN 610 west
		234.352	377.153	MN 65 (Central Avenue)	From 1990–99 the segment from here to I-35W was MN 118
Ramsey	Mounds View	237.035	381.471	I-35W north – Duluth	Northern end of I-35W concurrency, exit 30
	Arden Hills	238.393	383.656	I-35W south – Minneapolis CR 10 (old US 10)	Southern end of I-35W concurrency, exit 28B
		240.433	386.939	I-694 west	Western end of I-694 concurrency, exit 42B
	Little Canada	275.460	443.310	I-694 east / I-35E north – Duluth	Eastern end of I-694 concurrency, exit 46; northern end of I-35E concurrency, north exit 113
	St. Paul	281.377	452.832	I-35E south / I-94 west – Minneapolis	Southern end of I-35E concurrency, exit 107B; western end of I-94 concurrency, exit 242B
		283.321	455.961	US 61 north (Mounds Boulevard) / I-94 east – Madison	Eastern end of I-94 concurrency, exit 244; northern end of US 61 concurrency
Washington	Denmark Township	299.761	482.419	US 61 south – Hastings	Southern end of US 61 concurrency
St. Croix River		302.802	487.313	Prescott Drawbridge; Minnesota–Wisconsin state line
Prescott, Wisconsin				US 10 east	Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also

• Minnesota portal
• U.S. Roads portal

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
2. Weingroff, Richard F. (January 9, 2009). "From Names to Numbers: The Origins of the U.S. Numbered Highway System". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
3. 161.114, Minnesota Statutes 2006
4. 161.115, Minnesota Statutes 2006
5. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 25, 2010.
6. Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1934). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. OCLC 5673160 and 80405240. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1934)