Minnesota State Highway 73 (MN 73) is a 119.697-mile-long (192.634 km) 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.
 Trunk Highway 73 | ||||
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 MN 73 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 119.697 mi[1] (192.634 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  I-35 near Moose Lake | |||
 MN 210 at Cromwell US 2 at Floodwood  US 169 / MN 37 at Hibbing US 169 at Chisholm | ||||
| North end |  US 53 in Field Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Carlton, St. Louis | |||
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Route description
editHighway 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
editHighway 73 was authorized in 1933, and was originally numbered "Minnesota 63" until that U.S. route number 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
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Carlton | Moose Lake Township | 0.000 | 0.000 |  I-35 / CR 137 – Duluth, Saint Paul, Minneapolis | Interchange |
| Moose Lake | 1.136 | 1.828 |   MN 289 east – Minnesota Correctional Facility | ||
| 1.486 | 2.391 |     CSAH 61 south / Old US 61 | South end of CSAH 61 overlap | ||
| 2.289 | 3.684 |   MN 27 east / CSAH 61 north / Old US 61 – Duluth | South end of MN 27 overlap; north end of CSAH 61 overlap | ||
| Silver Township | 7.007 | 11.277 |  MN 27 west to MN 65 | North end of MN 27 overlap | |
| Cromwell | 25.225 | 40.596 | MN 210 – Duluth, Aitkin | ||
| St. Louis | Floodwood Township | 42.874 | 68.999 |  US 2 east – Duluth | South end of US 2 overlap |
| Floodwood | 43.120 | 69.395 |  US 2 west – Grand Rapids | North end of US 2 overlap | |
| Hibbing | 78.846 | 126.890 | US 169 south – Grand Rapids | South end of US 169 overlap | |
| Downtown (1st Avenue) | Interchange; former Bus. US 169 / MN 73 | ||||
| MN 37 east – Eveleth | |||||
| Howard Street | Former Bus. US 169 / MN 73 | ||||
| Chisholm | 87.153 | 140.259 |  US 169 north / CSAH 5 – Virginia, McCarthy Beach State Park | North end of US 169 overlap | |
| Linden Grove | 114.637 | 184.490 |  MN 1 – Cook, Effie | ||
| Field Township | 119.855 | 192.888 | US 53 – Virginia, International Falls | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 29, 2010.[self-published source]