Welcome!
This page is dedicated to rediscovering Minnesota's forgotten trunk highways and highway history, including both routes and the infrastructure left behind. The information on this site serves as a documentation of my personal research and travels in search of Minnesota Highway history. I am in no way affiliated with the Minnesota Department of Transportation, or any other organization.
If this is your first time here, I suggest taking a look at the site information for some background, the methods and sources I use to do my research, and my reasons for undertaking this project. For some basic information on Minnesota's Trunk Highway System, check out the Minnesota Highway Primer.
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Featured Articles
March 29, 2008 - Old Highway 1 and Bridge 5742, Dundas
Photos and a history of short stretch of old Highway 1 in and south of the city of Dundas, just south of Northfield in Rice County, Minnesota.
News and Updates
November 18, 2008
Site updates continue! I've posted new versions of the site information and Minnesota Highway Primer.
November 16, 2008
So, you may have noticed that the front page of the site has been totally redesigned! This is the first step in a site-wide update that I hope will make things easier to navigate. The new layout is designed with monitors set to 1024 x 768 in mind, so you should be able to see the entire page if you have your browser window maximized. The site updates will continue gradually in the coming weeks (the rest of the site still uses the old design for now).
In other more exciting news, this site is mentioned in the sources and internet resources in Cathy Wurzer's new book "Tales of the Road: Highway 61"! I got to meet Cathy at a book signing a couple of weeks back, and I'd just like to say thanks for the mention and for being such a gracious host! If you get a chance, she still has a few more appearances lined up in the coming weeks / months. Also, check out her site for the book and upcoming documentary here.
Till next time, happy reading!
September 6, 2008
I just posted a huge update to the lost highway article on U.S. 61's old alignments on St. Paul's east side, with tons of new maps and photos! This marks a long awaited event for me - I finally have the entire U.S. 61 project updated to the "new standard", with a unified navigation system, old crappy maps eliminated, etc. I still have a bunch of old photos of modern U.S. 61 in St. Paul and down by Minneiska to post in the next week or so. Also, be on the lookout for new lost U.S. 61 photos soon! I went on an expedition between Weaver and Wabasha a couple of weeks back, and grabbed a ton of shots of the old concrete highways down there.
May 30, 2008
New photos for the U.S. 61 project are on the way! I was able to make a quick visit to a few old alignments north of Winona on the way back from my sister's college graduation a few weeks back. The photos for the old alignments at Minnesota City are now up. I have photos for two more old alignments on the way, so keep checking back over the next couple of weeks (Update, June 1, 2008 - These are now up, here and here)! Work on improvements to the U.S. 61 project are continuing, so some old links may seem broken. All the pages should still be up, so let me know if you find anything out of the ordinary.
April 10, 2008
Big updates at the U.S. 61 Project!! I've updated the format and organization, plus I've added Google Map functionality! Check it out! (link goes to an example).
April 5, 2008
New site design is up! Most of the changes are cosmetic. The light text on a dark background design choice I made a few years ago was starting to bug me.