Dakota County's Trunk Highways
The following articles focus on the trunk highway network in Dakota County,
which lies at the southeastern corner of the Twin Cities Metro Area. Because
of its placement, many of the most important routes connecting southeast Minnesota
with the Twin Cities have passed through Dakota County over the years. Dakota
County has also undergone tremendous change as the northern portions of the
county have been suburbanized. There are still large regions of rural character
only miles from the edge of some of the fastest growing suburbs in the Twin
Cities. Several interstates and US routes, along with smaller, more rural
routes make Dakota County a good microcosm of the highway system in Minnesota
as a whole.
A Short History of Dakota County's Trunk Highways
For those who prefer things chronologically.
Route Profiles
Detailed information on each trunk highway in Dakota County, past and
present, including a route development timeline and highway junctions.
Routes with a grey background are retired.
(Note: All route information is for sections within
Dakota County ONLY).
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Lost Highways
Articles on old alignments and roads no longer part of the trunk highway
system in Dakota County. Articles are organized by the primary route
on the old highway.
State Highway 13
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 State
Highway 50
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US Highway 52
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State Highway 55
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Modern Route Photos
Photos from the highways still marked in Dakota County.
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Project Updates
January 20, 2008: Added a new lost highway article!: Courthouse
Blvd Court.
January 17, 2008: Added a new lost highway article!: 105th
St and RIch Valley Blvd.
August 12, 2007: Big update! New lost highway articles for
US 52: County Road 81,
and Clayton Ave, Coates.
New modern route photos: US
52, Part 2 - MN 50 to MN 55. Detail updates to Route Profiles:
US Highway 52 and State
Highway 56.
July 29, 2007: Lots of various updates to all of the articles
relating to Highway 13! (New format diagrams,
new and enlarged photos, etc.).
July 17, 2007: New modern route photos: US
52, Part 1
July 15 2007: New lost highway article: Service
Drive at Fischer Ave
July 14, 2007: New lost highway articles: Rochester
Blvd (Co Rd 86) and Fischer Ave
and 280th St
July 4, 2007: New modern route photos: Highway
50, Part 1.
June 29, 2007: New lost highway article:
Old Alignments of Hwy 50 at Hampton
June 24, 2007: New modern route photos: Highway
19, Part 1 and Highway 19, part 2.
June 21, 2007: New Modern Route Photos: Highway
20 - Goodhue Co. Line to MN 50
June 19, 2007: New lost highway article: Highway
13 - Old Alignment at Lilydale.
New Modern Highway Photos: Highway 13 - Part
2, MN 55 to MN 149.
June 16, 2007: New lost highway article: Highway
13 - Old Alignments at Mendota
June 11, 2007: New modern highway photos: State Highway
13 - Part 1: Scott County Line at Burnsville
to Jct. with State Highway 55 in Mendota Heights
June 10, 2007: New lost highway article: Sibley
Memorial Highway - Mendota Heights
June 3, 2007:
New lost highway article:Valley
Lounge Parking Lot and Private Drive, Eagan
June 2, 2007:
New lost highway article: Old
Alignments of Highway 13 near Cedar Avenue, Eagan
May 28, 2007:
Modern Highway Photos have been added for State
Highway 3 (Rice County to CSAH 50 in Farmington).
May 23, 2007:
Williams Drive / Old County Road
34 Place. has been added to the lost highways section.
May 20, 2007:
NHS (National Highway System) and highway name designations have been added
to the route data sections.
May 19, 2007:
All route profiles are now up! I have also added navigation bars to all pages
to make navigation within each section a bit easier. The main project page
has also been updated to a new format. Lost highway articles and modern highway
photos will be added in the coming months, so keep checking back!
