U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

U.S. Highway 10
U.S. Highway 10
	US 10 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	275.473 mi (443.331 km)
Existed	November 11, 1926–present
Major junctions
West end	US 10 at Fargo, ND
	US 75 at Moorhead; US 59 / MN 34 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 52 / 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 Highway System; List; Special; Divided; Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative routes;

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) and U.S. Highway 52 (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.

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, (now I-94) 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]

As of 2017, US 10 in the Twin Cities Metro Area has been fully upgraded to a freeway from Anoka to Hastings (save for three signalized intersections at Burns Avenue, Warner Road, and Lower Afton Road).

Major intersections[]

All exits are unnumbered.

County	Location	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Red River of the North		0.000	0.000	US 10 / I-94 BL west (Main Avenue) – Fargo	Continuation into North Dakota
Red River of the North		0.000	0.000	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	Western end of US 75 concurrency; eastern end of I-94 Bus. concurrency
	Moorhead	1.450	2.334	US 75 north – Crookston	Eastern end of US 75 concurrency
	Glyndon Township	5.954	9.582	MN 336 south / CSAH 11 north (70th Street) – I-94	Interchange
	Riverton Township	12.786	20.577	MN 9 – Barnesville, Ada, Crookston
	Eglon Township	24.438	39.329	MN 32 (260th Street) – Twin Valley, Rollag	Interchange
Becker	Detroit Lakes	44.337– 44.357	71.353– 71.386	MN 34 / US 59 – Fergus Falls, Mahnomen, Park Rapids
Becker	Burlington Township	54.517	87.737	MN 87 east / CSAH 29 – Frazee, Vergas	Interchange
Otter Tail	Perham Township	59.826	96.281	CSAH 80 east (Main Street) – Perham	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Perham	66.511	107.039	MN 78 south (Otter Trail Scenic Byway) / CSAH 8 north (3rd Avenue SE) – Perham, Battle Lake	Interchange
	New York Mills			CSAH 67 (Broadway Avenue) – New York Mills	Interchange
	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 – Camp Ripley
	Green Prairie Township			CSAH 52 – Little Falls	Interchange; former US 10 east
				Western end of freeway
				CSAH 13	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		143.277– 143.467	230.582– 230.888	Mississippi River
	Little Falls			CSAH 76 – Little Falls	Interchange; former MN 371
		144.710– 144.731	232.888– 232.922	MN 371 north – Brainerd	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance
		145.917	234.831	MN 27 – Pierz, Little Falls	Interchange
	Gregory			CSAH 76 – Little Falls	Interchange; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; former US 10 west
	Gregory			Eastern end of freeway
Benton	Rice			CSAH 2 – Rice	Interchange
				CSAH 33 – Sartell	Interchange
	Sartell	173.083– 173.289	278.550– 278.882	MN 15 south – St. Cloud	Interchange; eastbound exit and westbound entrance
	Sauk Rapids			CSAH 29 (35th Street NE) – Sartell	Interchange
	Sauk Rapids	174.844– 175.177	281.384– 281.920	CSAH 3 (Golden Spike Road) – Sauk Rapids	Interchange; former MN 152
	Sauk Rapids–St. Cloud line			Benton Drive – Sauk Rapids	Interchange; signed as "Benton Drive" eastbound and "Sauk Rapids" westbound
	St. Cloud	178.015	286.487	MN 23 (3rd Street SE) – St. Cloud, Foley	Cloverleaf interchange
Sherburne	St. Cloud	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
				CSAH 14 south / CSAH 15 north	Interchange
	Elk River	214.325	344.923	MN 101 south / US 169 north – Rogers, Elk River	Interchange; western end of US 169 concurrency
Anoka	Ramsey			CSAH 83 (Armstrong Boulevard NW)	Interchange
				Western end of freeway
	Anoka			Main Street / Greenhaven Road	Former US 10 east
		224.807	361.792	US 169 south / MN 47 north (Ferry Street)	Eastern end of US 169 concurrency; western end of MN 47 concurrency
		224.807	361.792	CSAH 7 (7th Avenue)
	Coon Rapids			CSAH 9 (Round Lake Boulevard)
		227.218– 227.563	365.672– 366.227	CSAH 14 (Main Street)	Former MN 242
				CSAH 78 (Hanson Boulevard)	Single-point urban interchange
				CSAH 11 (Foley Boulevard)	Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south
		232.415	374.036	MN 47 south	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; eastern end of MN 47 concurrency
		233.088– 233.268	375.119– 375.408	MN 610 west – Minneapolis	Eastbound exit splits from MN 47 south
	Coon Rapids–Blaine line			CSAH 51 (University Avenue)	westbound exit and eastbound entrance; westbound exit splits from MN 610 west
	Blaine	234.352	377.153	MN 65 (Central Avenue)	From 1990–99 the segment from here to I-35W was MN 118
	Blaine			County J / 85th Avenue Northeast / Airport Road
Ramsey	Mounds View	237.035	381.471	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			County I	Signed as exit 29
				CR 10 / County H	Signed as exit 28C eastbound
		238.393	383.656	I-35W south – Minneapolis	Eastern end of I-35W concurrency; eastbound left exit and westbound left entrance; US 10 east follows exit 28B
				Eastern end of freeway
				Western end of freeway
	Arden Hills			CSAH 96	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
				MN 51 south (Snelling Avenue)	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		240.433	386.939	I-694 west	Western end of I-694 concurrency; westbound exit and eastbound entrance; US 10 west follows exit 42A
	See I-694
	Little Canada	275.460	443.310	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
	See I-35E
	St. Paul	281.377	452.832	I-35E south / I-94 west (US 12 west / US 52 north)	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
				Wacouta Street / 10th Street	Eastbound exit and westbound entrance
		See I-94
		283.321	455.961	I-94 east (US 12 east)	Eastern end of I-94/US 12 concurrency; US 10 east follows exit 244; western end of Alternate I-94
				East 3rd Street	Westbound exit and eastbound entrance
				Eastern end of freeway
See US 61
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 line
St. Croix River		302.802	487.313	US 10 east / east – Prescott	Continuation into Wisconsin
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus Incomplete access

References[]

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^ ^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
^ 161.115, Minnesota Statutes 2006
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. 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)

U.S. Route 10
Previous state: North Dakota	Minnesota	Next state: Wisconsin

[statelpt-1] "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 22, 2011.

[USH-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

[riner-5] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 25, 2010.^{[self-published source]}

[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, 80405240. Retrieved March 21, 2016 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1934)

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U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

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Route description[]

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