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 Railway) 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.
 U.S. Highway 10 | ||||
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 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 / I-94 BL at Fargo, ND | |||
| East end | US 10 at Prescott, WI | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Clay, Becker, Otter Tail, Wadena, Todd, Morrison, Benton, Sherburne, Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | |||
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Route description
editUS 10 enters the state from North Dakota and heads through Moorhead parallel to Interstate 94 (I-94) and US 52 until it exits the city. US 10 then takes a more northerly route than I-94/US 52 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.
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-mile-per-hour (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-mile-per-hour (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.
Transit
editIntercity bus service is provided by Jefferson Lines along the northwestern portion of the US 10 corridor from the North Dakota state line to Staples.[5]
History
editUS 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 (now I-94) and US 10N became simply US 10.[6]
US 10 in Minnesota was paved between St. Cloud and Minneapolis–Saint Paul as early as 1929. The remainder of the route was paved by 1950.[6]
The four-lane divided highway section between the cities of Elk River and Anoka was constructed by 1942.[6]
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.[6]
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.[7]
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.[6]
As of 2017, US 10 in Minneapolis–Saint Paul has been built to a freeway standard from Anoka to Hastings (save for three signalized intersections at Burns Avenue, Warner Road, and Lower Afton Road).
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Exit | Destinations | Notes |
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| Red River of the North | 0.000 | 0.000 |   US 10 west / I-94 BL west (Main Avenue) – Fargo | Continuation into North Dakota | ||
| Veterans Memorial Bridge, North Dakota–Minnesota line | ||||||
| Clay | Moorhead | 0.428 | 0.689 |    US 75 south (8th Street) / I-94 BL east (Main Avenue) – Breckenridge | At-grade intersection; western end of US 75 concurrency; eastern end of I-94 Bus. concurrency | |
| 1.450 | 2.334 |  US 75 north – Crookston | At-grade intersection; eastern end of US 75 concurrency | |||
| Glyndon Township | 5.954 | 9.582 | – |      MN 336 south / CSAH 11 north (70th Street) to I-94 | Interchange | |
| Riverton Township | 12.786 | 20.577 |  MN 9 – Barnesville, Ada, Crookston | At-grade intersection | ||
| Eglon Township | 24.438 | 39.329 | – |  MN 32 (260th Street) – Twin Valley, Rollag | ||
| Becker | Detroit Lakes | 44.337– 44.357 | 71.353– 71.386 |   MN 34 / US 59 – Fergus Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids | At-grade intersection | |
| Burlington Township | 54.526– 54.905 | 87.751– 88.361 | – |    MN 87 east / CSAH 29 – Frazee, Vergas | ||
| Otter Tail | Gorman Township | 60.020 | 96.593 |  CSAH 60 west – Vergas | At-grade intersection; former MN 228 | |
| Perham Township | 62.721– 63.029 | 100.940– 101.435 | – |   CSAH 80 east (Main Street) – Perham | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| Perham | 66.469– 66.953 | 106.971– 107.750 | – |   MN 78 south (Otter Trail Scenic Byway) / CSAH 8 north (3rd Avenue SE) – Perham, Battle Lake | ||
| New York Mills | 77.497– 77.916 | 124.719– 125.394 | – |  CSAH 67 (Broadway Avenue) – New York Mills | ||
| Newton Township | 80.863 | 130.136 |  MN 106 south – Deer Creek | At-grade intersection | ||
| Wadena | Wadena | 90.631 | 145.856 |    US 71 to MN 29 – Long Prairie, Menahga, Park Rapids | At-grade intersection; access to Wadena Clinic | |
| Todd | Staples | 108.340– 108.347 | 174.356– 174.368 |   MN 210 west – Hewitt, Fergus Falls | At-grade intersection; western end of MN 210 concurrency | |
| Morrison | Motley | 115.343– 115.424 | 185.627– 185.757 | MN 210 east – Brainerd | At-grade intersection; eastern end of MN 210 concurrency | |
| Randall | 136.958 | 220.413 |  MN 115 east – Camp Ripley | At-grade intersection | ||
| Green Prairie Township | 143.822– 144.266 | 231.459– 232.174 | – |  CSAH 52 – Little Falls | Former US 10 east; west end of freeway | |
| 145.151– 145.169 | 233.598– 233.627 | – |  CSAH 13 | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| Little Falls | 146.183– 146.284 | 235.259– 235.421 | – |  CSAH 76 – Little Falls | Former MN 371 | |
| 146.990– 147.011 | 236.557– 236.591 | – |   MN 371 north – Brainerd | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||
| 147.864– 148.361 | 237.964– 238.764 | – |  MN 27 – Pierz, Little Falls | Access to St. Gabriel's Hospital and Charles A. Lindbergh State Park | ||
| Gregory | 151.357 | 243.585 | – | CSAH 76 – Little Falls | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 10 west; eastern end of freeway; access to St. Gabriel's Hospital and Charles A. Lindbergh State Park | |
| Benton | Rice | 164.908 | 265.394 | – |  CSAH 31 | Former US 10; eastbound RIRO only |
| 165.685 | 266.644 | – |  CSAH 2 – Rice | Interchange | ||
| 166.581 | 268.086 | CSAH 31 | Former US 10; eastbound entrance only | |||
| Sauk Rapids | 172.992– 173.432 | 278.404– 279.112 | – |  CSAH 33 – Sartell | ||
| Sartell | 175.491– 175.697 | 282.425– 282.757 | – |  MN 15 south – St. Cloud | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; access to St. Cloud VA Health Care System | |
| Sauk Rapids | 176.068– 176.361 | 283.354– 283.826 | – |   CSAH 29 (35th Street NE) / I-94 Alt. west to MN 15 – Sartell | ||
| 177.354– 177.864 | 285.424– 286.244 | – |  CSAH 3 (Golden Spike Road) – Sauk Rapids | Former MN 152 | ||
| Sauk Rapids–St. Cloud line | 178.753– 179.378 | 287.675– 288.681 | – | Benton Drive – Sauk Rapids | Signed as "Benton Drive" eastbound and "Sauk Rapids" westbound | |
| St. Cloud | 179.754– 180.127 | 289.286– 289.886 | – |  MN 23 (3rd Street SE) – St. Cloud, Foley | Cloverleaf interchange; access to St. Cloud Hospital | |
| Sherburne | 182.093 | 293.050 |  MN 301 west (Minnesota Boulevard) | At-grade intersection | ||
| Clear Lake | 190.738 | 306.963 |   MN 24 south / CSAH 6 to I-94 – Clearwater | At-grade intersection | ||
| Becker | 196.139 | 315.655 |  MN 25 north / CR 52 – Foley | At-grade intersection; western end of MN 25 concurrency | ||
| Becker Township | 201.516 | 324.309 | CSAH 11 / I-94 Alt. east – Monticello, Santiago | At-grade intersection; access to Monticello Hospital | ||
| Big Lake | 205.652– 205.661 | 330.965– 330.979 | MN 25 south – Monticello | At-grade intersection; eastern end of MN 25 concurrency; access to Monticello Hospital | ||
| Big Lake Township | 209.855– 210.239 | 337.729– 338.347 | – |   CSAH 14 south / CSAH 15 north | ||
| Elk River | 216.029– 216.524 | 347.665– 348.462 | – |   MN 101 south / US 169 north / I-94 Alt. east – Rogers, Elk River | Western end of US 169 concurrency | |
| Anoka | Ramsey | 222.194 | 357.587 | 220 |   CSAH 83 (Armstrong Boulevard NW) | Access to Ramsey station (Northstar Line) |
| 221 |  CSAH 56 (Ramsey Boulevard NW) | Future interchange to begin construction in 2024-2025 to replace traffic signal | ||||
| 222 |  CSAH 57 (Sunfish Lake Boulevard NW) | Future interchange to begin construction in 2024-2025 to replace traffic signal | ||||
| Anoka | 223 | Cutters Grove Avenue / Thurston Avenue | ||||
| 226.067– 226.361 | 363.820– 364.293 | 224A | Main Street / Greenhaven Road | Former US 10 east; former western end of freeway | ||
| 226.590– 226.841 | 364.661– 365.065 | 224B |  US 169 south / MN 47 north (Ferry Street) | Eastern end of US 169 concurrency; western end of MN 47 concurrency; access to Anoka station (Northstar Line) | ||
| 227.158– 227.448 | 365.575– 366.042 | 225 |  CSAH 7 (7th Avenue) | Access to Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center | ||
| Coon Rapids | 227.218– 227.533 | 365.672– 366.179 | – |  CSAH 9 (Round Lake Boulevard) | ||
| 229.135– 229.480 | 368.757– 369.312 | – |  CSAH 14 (Main Street) | Former MN 242; access to Coon Rapids–Riverdale station (Northstar Line) | ||
| 230.692– 231.364 | 371.263– 372.344 | – |  CSAH 78 (Hanson Boulevard) | Single-point urban interchange | ||
| 233.545– 234.159 | 375.854– 376.842 | – |  CSAH 11 (Foley Boulevard) | Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | ||
| 233.278– 234.328 | 375.425– 377.114 | – | MN 47 south | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of MN 47 concurrency | ||
| 234.502– 235.181 | 377.394– 378.487 | – |  MN 610 west – Minneapolis | Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south | ||
| Coon Rapids–Blaine line | 234.869 | 377.985 | – |  CSAH 51 (University Avenue) | westbound exit and eastbound entrance; westbound exit splits from MN 610 west | |
| Blaine | 235.986– 236.516 | 379.783– 380.636 | – |  MN 65 (Central Avenue) | From 1990–99 the segment from here to I-35W was MN 118 | |
| 237.021– 237.508 | 381.448– 382.232 | – | County J / 85th Avenue Northeast / Airport Road | |||
| Ramsey | Mounds View | 238.535– 238.948 | 383.885– 384.550 | 236 30 |  I-35W north – Duluth | Left exits both directions, left entrance eastbound; west end of I-35W concurrency; US 10 west follows exit 30 |
| Arden Hills–Mounds View line | 29 | County I | ||||
| 240.520 | 387.079 | 28C |  CR 10 / County H | |||
| 238.393 | 383.656 | 28B | I-35W south – Minneapolis | Eastern end of I-35W concurrency; eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance | ||
| Arden Hills | 241.120 | 388.045 | – |  CSAH 96 | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | |
| 242.627– 242.984 | 390.470– 391.045 | 42B |  MN 51 south (Snelling Avenue) | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance | ||
| 243.115 | 391.256 | 42A |  I-694 west | Western end of I-694 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 10 west follows exit 42A | ||
| Arden Hills–Shoreview line | 242.984 | 391.045 | 42C | Lexington Avenue | ||
| Shoreview | 43 |  CSAH 52 (Victoria Street) | ||||
| 45 |  CSAH 49 (Rice Street) | Former MN 49 | ||||
| Little Canada | 275.460 | 443.310 | 46 113 |  I-35E north / I-694 east | Eastern end of I-694 concurrency; western end of I-35E concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 46; US 10 west follows exit 113 | |
| 112 |  CSAH 21 (Little Canada Road) | |||||
| 111 |  MN 36 – Stillwater, Minneapolis | Signed as exits 111B (west) and 111A (east) | ||||
| Maplewood | 110B | Roselawn Avenue | ||||
| Saint Paul–Maplewood line | 110A |  CSAH 30 (Larpenteur Avenue) / Wheelock Parkway | ||||
| Saint Paul | 108 | Cayuga Street | ||||
| 108 | CSAH 33 (Pennsylvania Avenue) | Closed; had no westbound entrance | ||||
| 107C | University Avenue – State Capitol | Eastbound exit only; access to Regions Hospital | ||||
| 252.825 | 406.882 | 107A 242B |  I-35E south / I-94 west (US 12 / US 52 west) / US 52 south / 10th Street / Wacouta Street | Eastern end of I-35E concurrency; western end of I-94/US 52/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 107A; US 10 west follows exit 242B | ||
| 243 |  US 61 north (Mounds Boulevard) / Kellogg Boulevard | Western end of US 61 concurrency | ||||
| 255.623 | 411.385 | 244 | I-94 east (US 12 east) | Eastern end of I-94/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east and US 61 south follows exit 244; western end of Alternate I-94 | ||
| – | East 3rd Street | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance | ||||
   Warner Road / Great River Road (National Route) north | Western end of Great River Road overlap | |||||
| 130B | Maxwell Avenue / Bailey Road | |||||
| Washington | Newport | 130A |   I-494 / Great River Road (National Route) south | I-494 exits 63A&B; east end of Great River Road overlap | ||
| 129 | Glen Road | |||||
| St. Paul Park | 127 |  CSAH 22 (70th Street) / Summit Avenue | ||||
| Cottage Grove | – | Grange Boulevard / 80th Street | ||||
| – | Jamaica Avenue | |||||
| – |   CSAH 19 / CR 19A (Innovation Road) | East end of freeway | ||||
| Denmark Township |  MN 95 north (Manning Avenue) – Stillwater | |||||
| 272.297 | 438.220 | US 61 south / Great River Road (National Route) north – Hastings | Eastern end of US 61 concurrency; western end of Great River Road concurrency | |||
| 274.706 | 442.096 | CSAH 21 (St. Croix Scenic Byway) | ||||
| St. Croix River | 275.473 | 443.331 | Prescott Drawbridge; Minnesota–Wisconsin line | |||
| US 10 east / Alt. I-94 east / Great River Road south – Prescott | Continuation into Wisconsin | |||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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See also
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References
edit- ^ a b "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "161.114, Minnesota Statutes 2006". Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. Archived from the original on May 9, 2007.
- ^ "161.115, Minnesota Statutes 2006". Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007.
- ^ "Minnesota Map" (PDF). Retrieved October 22, 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved September 25, 2010.[self-published source]
- ^ 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, 80405240. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1934)
