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Minnesota State Highway 1

Trunk Highway 1
MN 1 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	345.954 mi[2] (556.759 km)
Existed	1933[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	ND 54 at the Red RiverinOslo
Major intersections	US 75atWarren US 59 / MN 32atThief River Falls MN 219 near Goodridge MN 89atRed Lake US 71 / MN 46atNorthome MN 38atEffie MN 65atTogo US 53atCook MN 169atEly
East end	MN 61atIllgen City
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Marshall, Pennington, Clearwater, Beltrami, Koochiching, Itasca, St. Louis, Lake
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Legislative Scenic
← I-694 → US 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 RiverinOslo) and continues east to its eastern terminus at MN 61 at the unincorporated community of Illgen CityinBeaver Bay Township on the North ShoreofLake Superior. At 346 miles (557 km) in length, MN 1 is the longest state route in Minnesota.^[1]

Route description[edit]

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 ForestinLake County
• Superior National ForestinLake and Saint Louis counties
• Bear Island State ForestinLake and Saint Louis counties
• Kabetogama State ForestinSaint Louis County
• George Washington State ForestinItasca County
• Koochiching State ForestinKoochiching County

The route runs concurrently with MN 169 for 26 miles (42 km) from Vermilion Lake Township (west of Tower) to Ely.

MN 1 also runs concurrently with MN 89 for 28 miles (45 km) on the southwest side of Red Lake. This is the longest concurrency with another state highway within Minnesota.^{[citation needed]}

History[edit]

Most of MN 1 was authorized in 1933,^[3] 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.^[1]

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.^[1]

When it was marked in 1934, it was only paved from US 75 to MN 32 and from MN 169 to Ely.^[4]

As recently as 1963, significant portions of MN 1 were unpaved.^{[citation needed]}

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.^[1]

Major intersections[edit]

County	Location	mi[2][5]	km	Destinations	Notes
Red River of the North		0.000	0.000	ND 54 west – I-29	Continuation in North Dakota
Marshall	Oak Park Township	1.554	2.501	MN 220 north / CSAH 3 – MN 11	Western end of MN 220 concurrency
	Alvarado	6.555	10.549	MN 220 south (Boundary Street) / CSAH 10 – East Grand Forks	Eastern end of MN 220 concurrency
	Warren	17.050	27.439	US 75 (S Main Street) – Crookston, Hallock
Pennington	Thief River Falls	44.457	71.547	US 59 north / CSAH 16 – Karlstad	Western end of US 59 concurrency
		45.771	73.661	MN 32 south (Main Avenue) / US 59 south (3rd Street East) – Red Lake Falls	Southern end of MN 32 concurrency; eastern end of US 59 concurrency
		46.118	74.220	MN 32 north (Main Avenue) – Greenbush	Northern end of MN 32 concurrency
	Goodridge Township	63.367	101.979	MN 219 north / CSAH 24 – Goodridge	Southern terminus of MN 219
Beltrami	Red Lake Indian Reservation	89.331	143.764	MN 89 north – Grygla, Roseau	Northern end of MN 89 concurrency
Clearwater	No major junctions
Beltrami	Red Lake Indian Reservation	116.960	188.229	MN 89 south – Bemidji	Southern end of MN 89 concurrency
	Cormant Township	141.331	227.450	MN 72 south / CSAH 36 – Blackduck, Bemidji	Western end of MN 72 concurrency
	Shooks	146.400	235.608	MN 72 north – Kelliher, Baudette	Eastern end of MN 72 concurrency
Koochiching	Unorganized Territory of Northome	151.288	243.474	US 71 south – Blackduck, Bemidji	Southern end of US 71 concurrency
	Northome	154.276	248.283	US 71 north / CSAH 15 – International Falls	Northern end of US 71 concurrency
		154.564	248.747	MN 46 south / CSAH 40 – Deer River
	Unorganized Territory of Northome	178.128	286.669	MN 6 north – Big Falls	Northern end of MN 6 concurrency
Itasca	Unorganized Territory of Effie	180.452	290.409	MN 6 south – Deer River	Southern end of MN 6 concurrency
	Effie	186.656	300.394	MN 38 south – Bigfork
	Carpenter Township	211.369	340.165	MN 65 south – Nashwauk	Western end of MN 65 concurrency
		215.424	346.691	MN 65 north – Littlefork	Eastern end of MN 65 concurrency
St. Louis	Linden Grove	229.223	368.899	MN 73 – Chisholm, US 53
	Field Township	236.245	380.199	US 53 north / CSAH 115 – International Falls	Northern end of US 53 concurrency
	Sherman Corner	244.377	393.287	US 53 south / CSAH 22 – Virginia	Southern end of US 53 concurrency
	Peyla	258.848	416.575	MN 169 south – Virginia	Western end of MN 169 concurrency
	Tower	263.159	423.513	MN 135 south – Embarrass, Babbitt, Aurora
	Ely	286.208	460.607	MN 169 north – Winton	Eastern end of MN 169 concurrency
Lake	Illgen City	347.340	558.990	MN 61 / LSCT – Two Harbors, Grand Marais
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

See also[edit]

• U.S. Roads portal

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Minnesota State Highway 1.

• Minnesota Highway 1, MN Highway Endings.