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U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota

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U.S. Highway 52 marker
U.S. Highway 52
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length377 mi (607 km)
243 miles along I-94
Existed1934–present
Major junctions
South end US 52 at Prosper
Major intersections I-90 near Rochester

US 14 / US 63 at Rochester
I-494 in Inver Grove Heights

I-35E / I-94 / US 10 in St. Paul
North end I-94 / US 52 at Fargo, ND
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
MN 51 US 53

U.S. Highway 52 (US 52 or Highway 52) enters the state of Minnesota at the unincorporated community of Prosper, north of the town of Burr Oak, Iowa. The route is marked north–south in Minnesota along its independent segment from the Iowa state line to downtown St. Paul. Highway 52 is not signed along the length of its concurrency with Interstate 94 (I-94) from downtown St. Paul to the North Dakota state line at Moorhead and Fargo.

Route description

U.S. Highway 52 in Rochester. The independent segment of Highway 52 is the only non-Interstate Highway in Minnesota to carry numbered exits.

U.S. Highway 52 enters Fillmore County and heads through the same Driftless Area it ran through in Iowa. The route heads through Preston and proceeds north to Chatfield. Highway 52 leaves the river bluffs near Chatfield and enters terrain typical of southern Minnesota. This area is mostly farmland for the rest of the length until the route enters the city of Rochester. Interstate 90 intersects Highway 52 south of Rochester, and is a major junction. Highway 52 expands to a four-lane freeway north of the junction. The roadway expands further to six-lanes around Rochester, from the junction with U.S. Highway 63 to County Road 14, which is at the northern tip city. U.S. Highway 14 is a major route, and connects Owatonna to Rochester. North of Rochester, Highway 52 becomes a four-lane expressway through the farmland of Olmsted and Goodhue counties. Zumbrota is bypassed by the highway and the route heads to Dakota County. In Cannon Falls, Highway 52 has two traffic lights in the southern part of town. Mn/DOT plans to remove these and put in an interchange. [1] North of Coates, Highway 52 enters the edge of the Twin Cities area. The route enters Inver Grove Heights where it becomes the Lafayette Freeway north of Concord Boulevard. Highway 52 splits with State Highway 55 north of there. Highway 55 heads to Minneapolis, while Highway 52 heads to St. Paul. Interstate 494 intersects 52 in the northern part of Inver Grove Heights. The St. Paul Downtown Airport is right off of Highway 52 in St. Paul. After Highway 52 crosses the Mississippi River in downtown St. Paul, the route intersects Interstate Highway 94 and follows that route all the way to the North Dakota state line. U.S. Highway 52 is not signed along the length of its concurrency with Interstate 94 between downtown St. Paul and the North Dakota state line.

History

Preston Overlook, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, on U.S. Highway 52 in Fillmore County.

U.S. Highway 52 was extended into the state of Minnesota in 1934. The road replaced the former routing of old U.S. Highway 55 from the Iowa state line to the Twin Cities, and the former route of old U.S. Highway 10S from Minneapolis west to North Dakota. Interstate 94 replaced most of the routing of Highway 52 west of St. Cloud, and the routing from St. Cloud to Minneapolis was replaced by U.S. Highway 10, U.S. Highway 169, and Hennepin County Road 81. Highway 52 was routed along University Avenue through Minneapolis and St. Paul until about 1995 (In 1986, Highway 52 on University Avenue between I-35W and the St. Paul border was turned over to Hennepin County maintenance and renumbered County 36 / 37, creating a gap in Highway 52 until the 1995 route change).

52 was routed along Robert Street through St. Paul, West St. Paul, and into Inver Grove Heights until 1995; when 52 was moved onto the nearby Lafayette Freeway. The Lafayette Bridge which takes the highway across the Mississippi River near downtown St. Paul was built in 1968 and is a "fracture critical" structure which is in need of replacement. Construction of the new bridge is planned to begin in 2011.[2]

U.S. Highway 52 was built as an expressway from Rochester to St. Paul in the 1960s. The "ROC52" project expanded the section of Highway 52 in Rochester to a 6-lane freeway in 2005–2006.[3] Between Rochester and the Twin Cities, several at-grade intersections have been converted to interchanges since the 1990s.

However, many at-grade intersections remain along this segment of highway. An experimental installation of Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems–Stop Sign Assist (CICAS–SSA) was installed at the intersection with Goodhue County Road 9, making use of dynamic message signs to show when it is safe to cross or turn onto the highway. It uses a diagram that looks like a divided highway sign A full-scale field test began in January 2010, though a previous version had also been tried at the intersection a few years earlier. The study will run through 2012.[4][5]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[6] Destinations Notes
Fillmore Prosper 0.000 US 52 Continuation into Iowa
1.048
MN 44 east
Harmony 9.257
MN 139 south
Preston 17.035
MN 16 east
South end of MN 16 concurrency
20.648
MN 16 west
North end of MN 16 concurrency
Fountain 24.815
MN 80 west
Chatfield 34.312

MN 30 east / MN 74 north
South end of MN 30 concurrency
Olmsted 34.811
MN 30 west
North end of MN 30 concurrency
Marion 46.505
I-90 east – La Crosse
47.625 CR 36 (Marion Rd)
Rochester 50.400 CR 1 (11th Ave SE)
51.904 US 63 (Broadway) – Stewartville 6-lane freeway begins
53.948 CR 25 (16th Street SW)
54.297
US 14 east (12th Street SW) – Winona
No access northbound, south end of US 14 concurrency
55.399 2nd Street SW access to Mayo Clinic, Saint Marys Hospital
56.077
US 14 west – Owatonna, Civic Center Drive NW
Partial cloverleaf, north end of US 14 concurrency
56.956 19th Street NW, Elton Hills Dr NW Single point urban interchange
58.320
CR 22 east (37th Street NW)
59.663 55th Street NW
61.670 CR 14 (75th Street NW) 6-lane freeways ends, remains a 4-lane freeway
Partial cloverleaf
Oronoco 64.244 CR 12 / CR 112 – Oronoco
Goodhue Pine Island 71.261 CR 11 – Pine Island
Zumbrota 75.853
MN 60 east – Mazeppa, Zumbro Falls
South end of MN 60 concurrency
77.231 MN 58 / CR 10 – Zumbrota, Red Wing
78.280
MN 60 west
North end of MN 60 concurrency
Hader 86.213 MN 57 / CR 8 – Wanamingo, Mantorville
Wastedo 89.420 CR 9 – Goodhue, Dennison
91.247
CR 1 south
91.472
CR 1 north
Cannon Falls 96.489
CR 24 north (65th Avenue)
96.897
CR 24 west
98.060 MN 19 – Cannon Falls, Northfield
Dakota Hampton 105.686 MN 50 / MN 56 / CR 47 – Farmington, Kenyon
Coates 113.435 CR 46
Rosemount 115.573 CR 42 – Rosemount
117.501
MN 55 east – Hastings
Intersection northbound and Exit southbound
118.174 117th St
Inver Grove Heights 120.837 CR 56 (Concord Boulevard)
121.679
MN 55 west – Minneapolis
Northbound exit and southbound entrance
122.677

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123.505 CR 26 (70th Street East)
124.735 Upper 55th Street East
125.379 I-494 / MN 110
South St. Paul 126.116 Southview Boulevard, Mendota Road
South St. Paul/West St. Paul 127.295 Wentworth Avenue, Thompson Avenue
128.048 Butler Avenue
Ramsey St. Paul 129.155 MN 156 (Concord Street)
129.469 Eaton Street Southbound exit and northbound entrance
130.253 Plato Boulevard, Fillmore Avenue
130.858
I-94 east / US 10
Northbound exit
130.937


I-94 west / US 10 west / US 52 north to I-35E
Southbound entrance
US 52 continues unsigned, overlapping Interstate 94.

References

  1. ^ http://www.dot.state.mn.us/d6/projects/hwy52cannonfalls/index.html
  2. ^ "Lafayette Bridge - Hwy 52 Mississippi River Crossing". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  3. ^ "Design-build on Hwy 52 in Rochester". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 2010-02-19.
  4. ^ "Electronic signs at Highway 52/County Road 9 go live on Jan. 20". Minnesota Department of Transportation. January 18, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  5. ^ "Rural Unsignalized Intersections". University of Minnesota ITS Institute. Retrieved 2010-08-03.
  6. ^ "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved April 2, 2013.
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