Minnesota State Highway 73

Minnesota State Highway 73 (MN 73) is a 119.697-mile-long (192.634 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 35 in Moose Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 in Field Township near Cook and Orr.

Trunk Highway 73 marker

Trunk Highway 73

MN 73 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length119.697 mi[1] (192.634 km)
Existed1933–present
Major junctions
South end I-35 near Moose Lake
Major intersections MN 210 at Cromwell
US 2 at Floodwood
US 169 / MN 37 at Hibbing
US 169 at Chisholm
North end US 53 in Field Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesCarlton, St. Louis
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
← MN 72→ MN 74

Route description

Highway 73 serves as a north–south route in northeast Minnesota between Moose Lake, Kettle River, Cromwell, Floodwood, Hibbing, and Chisholm.

The roadway passes through the Sturgeon River State Forest and the Superior National Forest, both north of Chisholm, in Saint Louis County.

The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 163 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 73 was authorized in 1933, and was originally numbered "Minnesota 63" until that U.S. route number was added elsewhere in Minnesota.[3]

The route was marked as "Minnesota 73" by 1935.[3]

In 1940, the route was mostly gravel south of Hibbing. The last segments paved in the mid-1950s were south of Hibbing.[3]

The Highway 73 designation was extended south through Moose Lake, partially along old U.S. 61, to Interstate 35 in the mid-1970s.[3]

Major intersections
CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
CarltonMoose Lake Township0.0000.000 I-35 / CR 137 – Duluth, Saint Paul, MinneapolisInterchange
Moose Lake1.1361.828
 MN 289 east – Minnesota Correctional Facility
1.4862.391

 CSAH 61 south / Old US 61		South end of CSAH 61 overlap
2.2893.684


 MN 27 east / CSAH 61 north / Old US 61 – Duluth		South end of MN 27 overlap; north end of CSAH 61 overlap
Silver Township7.00711.277
 MN 27 west to MN 65		North end of MN 27 overlap
Cromwell25.22540.596 MN 210 – Duluth, Aitkin
St. LouisFloodwood Township42.87468.999
 US 2 east – Duluth		South end of US 2 overlap
Floodwood43.12069.395
 US 2 west – Grand Rapids		North end of US 2 overlap
Hibbing78.846126.890
 US 169 south – Grand Rapids		South end of US 169 overlap
Downtown (1st Avenue)Interchange; former Bus. US 169 / MN 73

 MN 37 east – Eveleth
Howard StreetFormer Bus. US 169 / MN 73
Chisholm87.153140.259
 US 169 north / CSAH 5 – Virginia, McCarthy Beach State Park		North end of US 169 overlap
Linden Grove114.637184.490 MN 1 – Cook, Effie
Field Township119.855192.888 US 53 – Virginia, International Falls
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References
Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 73
KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
  2. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  3. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 29, 2010.
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