Minnesota State Highway 36
Trunk Highway 36 | ||||
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 MN 36 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 21.718 mi[2] (34.952 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  I-35W at Roseville | |||
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| East end |  WIS 64 at Oak Park Heights | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Ramsey, Washington | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 36 (MN 36) is a 21.718-mile-long (34.952 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 35W (I-35W) in Roseville and continues east to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (near Stillwater), where it becomes Wisconsin Highway 64 (WIS 64) upon crossing the St. Croix River at the St. Croix Crossing bridge. A portion of MN 36 is a major freeway in suburban Minneapolis–Saint Paul.
Route description[edit]
MN 36 serves as an east–west highway between the cities of Roseville, Little Canada, Maplewood, North St. Paul, Oakdale, Oak Park Heights, and Stillwater.
Highway 36 is a limited-access freeway from its interchange with I-35W in Roseville eastward to I-35E in Little Canada, and about five miles (8.0 km) beyond. The freeway section ends at its signal-controlled intersection with MN 120 in North St. Paul. MN 36 becomes an at-grade expressway at this point. For about four miles (6.4 km) outside of the I-494/I-694 loop, the expressway section of MN 36 has a speed limit of 65 miles per hour (105 km/h).[citation needed]
MN 36 crosses the St. Croix River via the St. Croix Crossing bridge and becomes WIS 64 upon crossing the state line into Wisconsin.[3]
History[edit]
MN 36 was authorized in 1933.[citation needed] The route was paved by 1940.[citation needed]
From 1934 to 1982, MN 36 used to be significantly longer. The route had turned southward along I-35W, Washington Avenue, and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis; and connected to what is now MN 77 (Cedar Avenue Freeway). In Eagan, old MN 36 had intersected the Chicago and North Western Railway at-grade, at the Nicols Station Crossing.[4] The section of old MN 36 that ran along Washington and Cedar Avenues in Minneapolis was returned to county maintenance in 1982, and it is currently a section of County Road 152.
MN 36 did not originally reach the Wisconsin state line at the St. Croix River. Part of old MN 212 in Oak Park Heights and Stillwater was renumbered as MN 36 in 1983.[citation needed] This section of present-day MN 36 still carries the old MN 212 mile markers.[citation needed]
The section of MN 36 in North St. Paul was closed in 2007 from April to September. The highway was rebuilt to freeway standards during this time between White Bear Avenue in Maplewood and MN 120 (Century Avenue) in North St. Paul.The changes included grade-separated intersections with no interchanges or access within North St. Paul. The full closure in 2007 allowed the project to be completed more quickly and at a lower cost compared with a staged reconstruction. It also increased safety for construction workers. The MN 36 reconstruction project in North St. Paul was completed in 2008. The budget of the project was $24 million.[5]
An interchange was constructed in 2014 at MN 36 and Hilton Trail in Pine Springs. The project also included two roundabouts on Hilton Trail on either side of the highway, one at 60th Street North and another at an extension of Viking Drive.[6]
The Minnesota Legislature passed a bill in 2014 designating MN 36 in North St. Paul as the Officer Richard Crittenden Sr. Memorial Highway, honoring a North St. Paul officer killed in the line of duty in 2009.[7]
Prior to August 2017, upon reaching the St. Croix River, Mn 36 merged with, and ran concurrently with MN 95 north into downtown Stillwater. At Chestnut St., MN 36 turned east and crossed the St. Croix River on the historic Stillwater Lift Bridge. On August 2, 2017, the new St. Croix Crossing bridge opened and MN 36 now uses this bridge to cross into Wisconsin, eliminating its concurrency with MN 95.[8]
Major intersections[edit]
All exits are unnumbered.
| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey | Roseville | 0.000 | 0.000 |  I-35W south | Western terminus; west end of freeway; I-35W exit 22B |
| 0.163– 0.427 | 0.262– 0.687 | Cleveland Avenue south (CR 46) | Parclo interchange | ||
| 0.480 | 0.772 |  I-35W north | Westbound exit and eastbound entrance; I-35W exit 22B | ||
| 0.785– 0.825 | 1.263– 1.328 | Fairview Avenue (CR 48) | |||
| 1.295 | 2.084 |  MN 51 (Snelling Avenue) | |||
| 1.770 | 2.849 | Hamline Avenue (CR 50) | Right-in/right-out interchange | ||
| 2.272 | 3.656 | Lexington Avenue (CR 51) | |||
| 3.265 | 5.255 | Dale Street (CR 53) | |||
| Little Canada | 4.275 | 6.880 |  CR 49 (Rice Street) | Offset single-point urban interchange; former MN 49 | |
| 5.121 | 8.241 |    I-35E / US 10 east – St. Paul | Cloverleaf interchange; I-35E exit 111 | ||
| 5.769 | 9.284 | Edgerton Street (CR 58) | |||
| Maplewood | 6.844 | 11.014 |  US 61 | Cloverleaf interchange; westbound entrance includes bus entryway from Keller Parkway | |
| 7.321 | 11.782 | English Street | |||
| 8.445– 8.479 | 13.591– 13.646 | White Bear Avenue (CR 65) | |||
| North St. Paul | 9.296 | 14.960 | McKnight Road (CR 68) | ||
| 9.979 | 16.060 | Margaret Street | Westbound exit only | ||
| Ramsey–Washington county line | North St. Paul–Oakdale line | 10.465 | 16.842 |  MN 120 (Century Avenue) | At-grade intersection; eastern end of freeway |
| Washington | Oakdale | 11.271 | 18.139 |  CSAH 13 (Hadley Avenue) | Dumbbell interchange |
| Oakdale–Pine Springs line | 11.776– 11.793 | 18.952– 18.979 |  I-694 | Cloverleaf interchange; I-694 exit 52 | |
| Pine Springs | 12.303 | 19.800 |  CSAH 29 (Hilton Trail) | Interchange | |
| Grant | 16.775 | 26.997 |  CSAH 15 north (Manning Avenue) | Western end of CSAH 15 overlap; interchange | |
| Oak Park Heights | 17.577 | 28.287 |  CSAH 5 north / CSAH 15 south (Stillwater Boulevard) | Eastern end of CSAH 15 overlap; formerly MN 5; interchange | |
| 20.490 | 32.975 |  MN 95 – Stillwater, Bayport | Western end of freeway | ||
| St. Croix River | St. Croix Crossing; Minnesota–Wisconsin line | ||||
| WIS 64 east | Freeway continues into Wisconsin | ||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References[edit]
- ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26–50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.[self-published source]
- ^ a b Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved August 4, 2017.
- ^ "Minnesota Highway 36 / Wisconsin Highway 64 - New St. Croix River Crossing - Project Status". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 4, 2009.
- ^ Chicago and North Western Railway Company, Appellant, v. Lillian R. Strand, as Trustee for the Heirs of Roy B. Strand, Decedent, Appellee, 300 F.2d 521 (8th Cir. March 7, 1962), archived from the original on May 22, 2011.
- ^ "Highway 36 closes in 2007 for reconstruction through North St. Paul". Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original on June 17, 2006. Retrieved June 2, 2006.
- ^ "Highway 36 at Hilton Trail" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 19, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ Harlow, Tim. "Segment of Hwy. 36 to be named for slain North St. Paul officer Richard Crittenden". Star Tribune. Minneapolis. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "St. Croix Crossing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 2, 2017. Retrieved August 3, 2017.
- Froehlig, Adam (January 6, 2004). "State Highway 36 (photos)". Minnesota State Highway Endings. Retrieved August 28, 2004.