U.S. Route 65 in Minnesota#Highway 165

US 65 enters Minnesota just south of the community of Gordonsville. Parallel to a Union Pacific rail line through farmland, the route travels northwest and passes east of Gordonsville and west of downtown Glenville towards its first interchange with I-35.{{cite map|url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/township/freeborn/shell-rock.pdf|title=Township of Shell Rock|author=Minnesota Department of Transportation|year=2020|accessdate=January 31, 2022}}{{cite map|url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/city/Under5000/freeborn/glenville.pdf|title=Municipality of Glenville|author=Minnesota Department of Transportation|year=2020|accessdate=January 31, 2022}}{{cite map|url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/county/freeborn.pdf|title=General Highway Map: Freeborn County, Minnesota|author=Minnesota Department of Transportation|year=2021|accessdate=January 31, 2022}} At the interchange, the road enters the city of Albert Lea, expands to a four-lane divided highway and a business loop of I-35 begins, a route co-signed along US 65. The route curves to a true north–south direction north of 7th street in Albert Lea and narrows to a two-lane urban street known as Broadway Avenue. At a junction with MN 13, the route turns onto a four-lane divided highway known as Main Street and begins traveling east towards I-35. Near the end of the route, it splits from Main Street at a partial interchange with CSAH 46, which continues east and provides access to southbound I-35 via a diamond interchange. US 65 then travels northeast and merges onto northbound I-35 at a partial interchange, where it and business loop 35 end.{{cite map|url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/city/Over5000/general_maps/albertlea.pdf|title=Municipality of Albert Lea|author=Minnesota Department of Transportation|year=2021|accessdate=January 31, 2022}}

The entirety of US 65 in Minnesota is defined as part of Route 1 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.114(2).[https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/161.114 2018 Minnesota Statutes] The route was marked with this number until 1934.{{cite web|url=https://grmservices.grmims.com/vsearch/portal/public/na4/aashto/default|title=Correspondence involving various proposed US highway designations|author=American Association of State Highway Officials & State of Minnesota Department of Highways|accessdate=January 31, 2022 }}

US 65 was an original US Highway commissioned in 1926. The original routing corresponded to Minnesota's southernmost portion of the Jefferson Highway and Legislative Route 1 from the Iowa state line to Saint Paul.{{cite web|url=https://www.dot.state.mn.us/library/jefferson-hwy.html|title=Jefferson Highway|publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation|accessdate=January 30, 2021}} In 1935, this routing was changed to follow US 55's former route from Farmington to Minneapolis.{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1933 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1935 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}} The official 1934 State Highway map showed US 65 extending further north of Minneapolis along MN 65 to McGregor, but this routing was never approved by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and this portion of the route was taken over by MN 65.{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1934 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

A portion of US 65 was re-routed to follow the first completed section of I-35 in 1958.{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1958 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}} As sections of I-35 and I-35W were completed in the 1960s and 1970s, more of the route shifted to follow the freeways. After the freeways were completed, US 65 was truncated to its current endpoint in Albert Lea in 1980.{{AASHTO minutes |year = 1979S |access-date = January 30, 2022 }}

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The original route of US 65 from the Iowa state line to Saint Paul had previously been established as a portion of the Jefferson Highway, an auto trail which ran from New Orleans to Winnipeg. The Minnesota section of the highway was authorized by the Minnesota Highway Department on September 7, 1917, and followed Legislative Route 1 from the Iowa state line to Saint Paul, before traveling northwest through the cities of Minneapolis, Anoka, Elk River, St. Cloud, Little Falls, Staples, Wadena, Park Rapids, Bemidji, Red Lake Falls, Thief River Falls, Lake Bronson, Hallock, and St. Vincent. The route continued north from the Noyes–Emerson East Border Crossing to end in Winnipeg.{{cite map|url=http://collections.mnhs.org/cms/display?irn=10583851|title=Rand McNally Official 1923 Auto Trails Map: District Number 9: Minnesota, W. Wisconsin|publisher=Rand McNally and Company|year=1923|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

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When US 65 was rerouted to end in Minneapolis in 1935, the Minnesota Legislature authorized Trunk Highway 165, which provided a direct connection from Faribault to Lakeville, bypassing the cities of Dundas, Northfield, and Farmington. Initially unpaved, the route was completely paved in 1950.{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1949 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1950 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}} In 1957, US 65 was re-routed onto the highway, and highway 165 was subsequently decommissioned.{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1956 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}{{cite MnDOT map |year= 1957 |accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

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Mileage for the highway begins at 300.

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• Minnesota State Highway 218
• Minnesota State Highway 3

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