Minnesota State Highway 218
{{short description|Highway in Minnesota}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox road
|state=MN
|type=MN 1948
|route=218
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=330|type=line|from=Minnesota State Highway 218.map}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=MN 218 highlighted in red over a modern map
|decommissioned=1961
|length_mi=189
|direction_a=South
|direction_b=North
|terminus_a={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|65}} in Owatonna
|terminus_b={{jct|state=MN|CR|3|nolink1=yes}} in Merrifield
}}
Minnesota State Highway 218 was a highway that originally ran from U.S. Route 218 in St. Paul to U.S. Route 210 in Brainerd. In 1935, it was extended south to Owatonna along the former route of U.S. 218. Around 1949, it was extended north of Brainerd to Merrifield.
Route description
Highway 218 ran generally north-south, passing through Brainerd, Pierz, Foley, Becker, Big Lake, Elk River, Anoka, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Rosemount, Farmington, Northfield, Faribault, and Owatonna.
It ran concurrent with U.S. Routes 10, 12, and 52 at various points between St. Paul and Becker.
The route ran through the counties of Rice, Dakota, Ramsey, Hennepin, Anoka, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison, and Crow Wing.
History
State Highway 218 was authorized in 1933 from St. Paul to Brainerd. In 1935, U.S. Route 218 was truncated to end in Owatonna, and the MN-218 designation was extended along this route.
In 1949, it was extended north of Brainerd to the town of Merrifield.
The route was decommissioned in 1961. The bulk of the road south of St. Paul became State Highway 3, and most of the route north of Becker became State Highway 25.{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1201&REC=1 |title=1961 Official Road Map of Minnesota |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |year=1961 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825215050/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1201&REC=1 |archivedate=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1204&REC=2 |title=1962 Official Road Map - Minnesota |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |year=1962 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825215128/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1204&REC=2 |archivedate=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
Major intersections
{{MNint
|county=Steele
|location=Owatonna
|type=concur
|mile=0
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|14|US 1961|65}}
|notes=Southern end of US 65 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|county=Rice
|cspan=4
|location=Walcott Township
|type=concur
|mile=10
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|65}}
|notes=Northern end of US 65 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Faribault
|lspan=2
|mile=15
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|60}}
}}
{{MNint
|mile=17
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|21}}
}}
{{MNint
|location=Northfield
|mile=32
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|19}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Dakota
|cspan=5
|location=Farmington
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|mile=45
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|50}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 50 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|mile=46
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|50}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 50 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Wescott
|mile=59
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|49}}
}}
{{MNint
|location=none
|mile=62
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|52|MN 1948|55}}
|notes=Southern end of US 52 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=none
|mile=66
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|100}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Ramsey
|cspan=5
|location=St. Paul
|lspan=5
|type=concur
|mile=71
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|52|name1=Robert Street|MN 1948|56|name2=Concord Street}}
|notes=Northern end of US 52 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|5|name1=Kellogg Boulevard}}
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|212|name1=8th Street}}
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|12|US 1961|52|MN 1948|56|US 1961|10|name3=University Avenue|name4=Marion Avenue}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 12 / US 52 / MN 56 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|51|name1=Snelling Avenue}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Hennepin
|cspan=13
|location=Minneapolis
|lspan=8
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|56|name1=University Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of MN 56 overlap
}}
{{Jctbridge
|mile=
|bridge=Washington Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|36|name1=Cedar Avenue}}
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|65}} south, {{jct|state=MN|US 1961|8}} north (3rd Avenue S.)
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|12|name1=Hennepin Avenue}}
|notes=Western end of US 12 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|152|name1=Washington Avenue}}
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|169|name1=Lyndale Avenue}}
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|278|name1=Lowry Avenue}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 278 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Robbinsdale
|lspan=2
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|278|name1=36th Avenue N.}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 278 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|100}}
}}
{{MNint
|location=Brooklyn Park
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|152}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 152 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Osseo
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|152}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 152 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Champlin
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|169}}
|notes=Southern end of US 169 overlap
}}
{{jctbridge
|river=Mississippi River
|bridge=Anoka–Champlin Mississippi River Bridge
}}
{{MNint
|county=Anoka
|location=Anoka
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|10|MN 1948|56}}
|notes=Eastern end of US 10 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|county=Sherburne
|cspan=3
|location=Elk River
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|169}} north, {{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|101}} south
|notes=Northern end of US 169 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Big Lake
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|25}}
}}
{{MNint
|location=Becker
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|10|US 1961|52}}
|notes=Western end of US 10 / 52 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|county=Benton
|cspan=3
|location=Glendorado Township
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|95}}
|notes=Eastern end of MN 95 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=St. George Township
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|95}}
|notes=Western end of MN 95 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Foley
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|23}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Morrison
|cspan=2
|location=Genola
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|27}}
|notes=Southern end of MN 27 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|location=Buh Township
|type=concur
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|27}}
|notes=Northern end of MN 27 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|county=Crow Wing
|cspan=4
|location=Brainerd
|lspan=3
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN 1948|18}}
}}
{{MNint
|road={{jct|state=MN|US 1961|210}}
}}
{{Jctbridge
|mile=
|bridge=Mississippi River
}}
{{MNint
|location=Merrifield
|road={{jct|state=MN|CR|3|county1=Crow Wing}}
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}
References
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