Dakota County's Trunk Highways
Interstate Highway 35E - Dakota County
In Dakota County: 1965 - Present County Endpoints (as completed): Legal Authorization: LR 390 NHS: Entire Length Other Designations: |
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Route Development Timeline:
1965: The first section of I-35E is completed in Dakota County as far south as Highway 13 at Lilydale. This section includes a bridge from St. Paul over the Mississippi River.
1966: I-35E is extended south to State Highway 110 in Mendota Heights.
1981: The section from the I-35/I-35W split in Burnsville to the Cedar Ave. Freeway (State Highway 77) in Eagan is completed.
1984: The section from State Highway 110 in Mendota Heights to Lone Oak Road in Eagan is completed. Construction includes the interchange with I-494.
1985: The final segment between Highway 77 and Lone Oak Road in Eagan is completed.
2004: The bridge over the Mississippi RIver at Lilydale is replaced.
Junctions and Duplexes:

State Highway 13:
1965-Present: Junction and interchange at Lilydale.
Southern terminus from 1965 to 1966.
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Interstate Highway 35:
1981-Present: Junction and southern terminus, at Burnsville.*
*MNDOT counts I-35 as being concurrent with I-35E until it merges again with
35W north of the Twin Cities.
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Interstate Highway 35W:
1981-Present: Junction and southern terminus, at Burnsville.

State Highway 55:
1984-Present: Underpass, in Eagan (no interchange constructed).

State Highway 77:
1981-Present: Junction, at interchange in Eagan.
Northern terminus from 1981 until 1985.

State Highway 110:
1966-Present: Junction, at interchange in Mendota Heights.
Southern terminus from 1966 until 1984.
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Interstate Highway 494:
1984-Present: Junction, at interchange in Mendota Heights/Eagan.
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