Minnesota State Highway 1
{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox road
|state= MN
|type= MN
|route= 1
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|from=Minnesota State Highway 1.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=MN 1 highlighted in red
|length_mi= 345.954
|direction_a= West
|terminus_a= {{jct|state=ND|ND|54}} at the Red River in Oslo
|junction=
- {{jct|state=MN|US|75}} at Warren
- {{Jct|state=MN|US|59|MN|32}} at Thief River Falls
- {{jct|state=MN|MN|219}} near Goodridge
- {{jct|state=MN|MN|89}} at Red Lake
- {{jct|state=MN|US|71|MN|46}} at Northome
- {{jct|state=MN|MN|38}} at Effie
- {{jct|state=MN|MN|65}} at Togo
- {{jct|state=MN|US|53}} at Cook
- {{jct|state=MN|MN|169}} at Ely
|direction_b=East
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MN|MN|61}} at Illgen City
|counties=Marshall, Pennington, Clearwater, Beltrami, Koochiching, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake
|previous_type=I
|previous_route=694
|next_type=US
|next_route=2
}}
Minnesota State Highway 1 (MN 1) is a state highway across northern Minnesota, United States, which runs from North Dakota Highway 54 (ND 54) at the North Dakota state line (at the Red River in Oslo) and continues east to its eastern terminus at MN 61 at the unincorporated community of Illgen City in Beaver Bay Township on the North Shore of Lake Superior. At {{convert|346|mi|km}} in length, MN 1 is the longest state route in Minnesota.
Route description
MN 1 serves as an east–west route between Oslo, Warren, Thief River Falls, Red Lake, Northome, Cook, Tower, Ely, and Beaver Bay Township.
The roadway passes through the following forests:
- Finland State Forest in Lake County
- Superior National Forest in Lake and Saint Louis counties
- Bear Island State Forest in Lake and Saint Louis counties
- Kabetogama State Forest in Saint Louis County
- George Washington State Forest in Itasca County
- Koochiching State Forest in Koochiching County
The route runs concurrently with MN 169 for {{convert|26|mi|km}} from Vermilion Lake Township (west of Tower) to Ely.
MN 1 also runs concurrently with MN 89 for {{convert|28|mi|km}} on the southwest side of Red Lake. This is the longest concurrency with another state highway within Minnesota.{{cn|date=March 2019}}
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History
Most of MN 1 was authorized in 1933,{{cite book |chapter = Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000 |title = Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933 |publisher = Mike Holm, Secretary of State |pages = 881–897 }} except for a section between U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) and MN 32 at Thief River Falls, which was part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 33 authorized in 1920.
The route was given the MN 1 designation because it was one of the longest trunk highways, and would allow re-use of the MN 1 markers removed from along US 61 and US 65 in 1934.
When it was marked in 1934, it was only paved from US 75 to MN 32 and from MN 169 to Ely.{{cite MnDOT map |year = 1934 |access-date = November 16, 2010 }}
As recently as 1963, significant portions of MN 1 were unpaved.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
MN 1 still had an unpaved segment in 1996, between US 53 and MN 169 in northern Saint Louis County. At that point it was swapped with paved County Road 22.
Major intersections
{{Jcttop|length_ref={{cite web |url = http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d1.pdf |title = Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1 |publisher = Minnesota Department of Transportation |date = September 4, 2009 |accessdate = August 21, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174552/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d1.pdf |archive-date = December 4, 2008 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |title = Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2 |publisher = Minnesota Department of Transportation |date = September 4, 2009 |access-date = August 21, 2010 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174621/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |archive-date = December 4, 2008 }}}}
{{jctint
|river=Red River of the North
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=ND|ND|54|dir1=west|location1=I-29}}
|notes=Continuation in North Dakota
}}
{{MNint
|county=Marshall
|cspan=3
|location=Oak Park Township
|mile=1.554
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|220|dir1=north|CSAH|3|county2=Marshall|location1=MN 11}}
|notes=Western end of MN 220 concurrency}}
{{MNint
|location=Alvarado
|mile=6.555
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|220|dir1=south|name1=Boundary Street|CSAH|10|county2=Marshall|city1=East Grand Forks}}
|type=concur
|notes=Eastern end of MN 220 concurrency}}
{{MNint
|location=Warren
|mile=17.050
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|75|name1=S Main Street|city1=Crookston|city2=Hallock}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Pennington
|cspan=4
|location=Thief River Falls
|lspan=3
|mile=44.457
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|59|dir1=north|CSAH|16|county2=Pennington|city1=Karlstad}}
|notes=Western end of US 59 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|mile=45.771
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|32|dir1=south|name1=Main Avenue|US|59|dir2=south|name2=3rd Street East|city1=Red Lake Falls}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 32 concurrency; eastern end of US 59 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|mile=46.118
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|32|dir1=north|name1=Main Avenue|city1=Greenbush}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 32 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Goodridge Township
|mile=63.367
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|219|dir1=north|CSAH|24|county2=Pennington|city1=Goodridge}}
|notes=Southern terminus of MN 219}}
{{Jctint
|state=MN
|county=Beltrami
|location_special=Red Lake Indian Reservation
|mile=89.331
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|89|dir1=north|city1=Grygla|city2=Roseau}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 89 concurrency
}}
{{jctco|state=MN|county=Clearwater}}
{{Jctint
|state=MN
|mile=116.960
|county=Beltrami
|cspan=3
|location_special=Red Lake Indian Reservation
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|89|dir1=south|city1=Bemidji}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 89 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Cormant Township
|mile=141.331
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|72|dir1=south|CSAH|36|county2=Beltrami|city1=Blackduck|city2=Bemidji}}
|notes=Western end of MN 72 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Shooks
|mile=146.400
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|72|dir1=north|city1=Kelliher|city2=Baudette}}
|notes=Eastern end of MN 72 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|county=Koochiching
|cspan=4
|location=Northome
|area=unorganized territory
|mile=151.288
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|71|dir1=south|city1=Blackduck|city2=Bemidji}}
|notes=Southern end of US 71 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Northome
|lspan=2
|mile=154.276
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|71|dir1=north|CSAH|15|county2=Koochiching|city1=International Falls}}
|notes=Northern end of US 71 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|mile=154.564
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|46|dir1=south|CSAH|40|county2=Koochiching|city1=Deer River}}}}
{{MNint
|location=Northome
|area=unorganized territory
|mile=178.128
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|6|dir1=north|city1=Big Falls}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 6 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|county=Itasca
|cspan=4
|location=Effie
|area=unorganized territory
|mile=180.452
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|6|dir1=south|city1=Deer River}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 6 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Effie
|mile=186.656
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|38|dir1=south|city1=Bigfork}}
}}
{{MNint
|township=Carpenter
|ctdab=Itasca
|lspan=2
|mile=211.369
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|65|dir1=south|county2=Itasca|city1=Nashwauk}}
|notes=Western end of MN 65 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|mile=215.424
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|65|dir1=north|city1=Littlefork}}
|notes=Eastern end of MN 65 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|county=St. Louis
|cspan=6
|location=Linden Grove
|mile=229.223
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|73|city1=Chisholm|location2=US 53}}
}}
{{MNint
|township=Field
|ctdab=St. Louis
|mile=236.245
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|53|dir1=north|CSAH|115|county2=St. Louis|city1=International Falls}}
|notes=Northern end of US 53 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Sherman Corner
|mile=244.377
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|53|dir1=south|CSAH|22|county2=St. Louis|city1=Virginia}}
|notes=Southern end of US 53 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Peyla
|mile=258.848
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|169|dir1=south|city1=Virginia}}
|notes=Western end of MN 169 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|location=Tower
|mile=263.159
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|135|dir1=south|city1=Embarrass|city2=Babbitt|city3=Aurora}}
}}
{{MNint
|location=Ely
|mile=286.208
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|169|dir1=north|city1=Winton}}
|notes=Eastern end of MN 169 concurrency
}}
{{MNint
|county=Lake
|location=Illgen City
|mile=347.340
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|61|Tour|LSCT|city1=Two Harbors|city2=Grand Marais}}
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
See also
- {{portal-inline|U.S. Roads}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Minnesota State Highway 1}}
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- [http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/mn-ends/mn001.htm Minnesota Highway 1], MN Highway Endings.
Category:Transportation in Lake County, Minnesota
Category:Transportation in St. Louis County, Minnesota
Category:Transportation in Itasca County, Minnesota
Category:Transportation in Koochiching County, Minnesota
Category:Transportation in Beltrami County, Minnesota
Category:Transportation in Pennington County, Minnesota