Historic US highway endpoint in Minneapolis, MN
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1927-1980
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The photo below is looking north on 3rd Avenue at Washington Avenue:
Castleman, 2004
The tower in the foreground is the Milwaukee Road Depot; the bend in the distance is where the road goes over the Mississippi River. This downtown intersection has marked the endpoints of several US routes over the years:
c. 1927, Rand McNally
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US 12 was formerly routed along Washington. Originally US 55 came in from the south (like the red truck) and ended at this intersection (it is turning west onto historic US 12). Then in 1934 the US 55 designation was eliminated, but US 65 (which until then had been routed into St. Paul instead of Minneapolis) was changed such that it followed the former route of US 55 and ended at this same intersection:
c. 1940, Rand McNally
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Meanwhile, the US 8 designation had been extended south to this point as well; it came in from the north on 3rd:
c. 1956, Gousha
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This photo is looking at the same intersection from the opposite direction (the skywalk from which the photo above was taken is visible):
Morrison, May 2007
That is the former end of US 8, and straight ahead was historically the beginning of both US 55 and US 65.
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Research and/or photo credits: Monte Castleman; Jeff Morrison; Dale Sanderson
Page originally created 2004;
last updated June 16, 2016.
last updated June 16, 2016.
