Minnesota State Highway 89 (MN 89) is a 143.650-mile-long (231.182 km) highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 2 at Eckles Township, just north of Wilton (near Bemidji) and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canada–United States border, where it becomes Manitoba Highway 89, near Pinecreek.
 Trunk Highway 89 | ||||
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 MN 89 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 143.650 mi[1] (231.182 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 2 near Bemidji | |||
 MN 1 at Red Lake MN 219 near Grygla  MN 11 / MN 310 at Roseau | ||||
| North end |  PTH 89 near Pinecreek | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Roseau | |||
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The highway runs around the west side of Red Lake between Bemidji and Roseau. "Moose" signs can be seen along this route.
Route description
editHighway 89 serves as a north–south route between Bemidji, Red Lake, Grygla, Roseau, and the Canadian border.
The route is also known as 5th Avenue SW in the city of Roseau.
Hayes Lake State Park is located 9 miles east of the junction of Highway 89 and Roseau County Road 4. The park entrance is located on Roseau County Road 4.[2]
Highway 89 is concurrent with State Highway 1 for 28 miles (45 km) on the southwest side of Red Lake. This is the longest concurrency with another state highway within Minnesota.
A new U.S. Highway 2 interchange with State Highway 89 in Eckles Township is planned for 2012.
The route is legally defined as Legislative Routes 136 and 218 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with these numbers.
History
editHighway 89 was authorized in 1933 from U.S. 2 near Bemidji to State Highway 11 at Roseau. The route was extended in 1949 from State Highway 11 to the Canadian border.[4]
The route was mostly gravel in 1953. The last section to be paved was the west side of Red Lake, c. 1963.[4]
Adjoining Manitoba Highway 89 was numbered to correspond with Minnesota Highway 89.
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Beltrami | Eckles Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 2 – Bemidji, Bagley | |
| Red Lake Indian Reservation | 26.031 | 41.893 |  MN 1 east – Red Lake | South end of MN 1 overlap | |
| 53.975 | 86.864 |  MN 1 west – Thief River Falls | North end of MN 1 overlap | ||
| Marshall | Eckvoll Township | 86.861 | 139.789 |  MN 219 south – Goodridge | |
| Roseau | Roseau | 125.302 | 201.654 |  MN 11 east / MN 310 north – Warroad, Canada | East end of MN 11 overlap |
| Fox | 131.406 | 211.477 | MN 11 west – Greenbush | West end of MN 11 overlap | |
| Ross Township | 132.712 | 213.579 |  MN 308 south – Greenbush | ||
| Dieter Township | 143.967 | 231.692 | PTH 89 north – Piney | Continuation into Manitoba | |
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 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota DNR website for Hayes Lake State Park - Link
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 7, 2010.
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76–100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved November 7, 2010.[self-published source]