Minnesota Session Laws - 1984, Regular Session

  

                         Laws of Minnesota 1984 

                        CHAPTER 477-S.F.No. 2076
           An act relating to transportation; authorizing 
          extension of I-35 in Duluth; amending Minnesota 
          Statutes 1982, sections 161.12; and 161.1245, by 
          adding a subdivision. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
    Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 161.12, is 
amended to read: 
     161.12 [ADDITIONAL ROUTES ADDED TO TRUNK HIGHWAY SYSTEM.] 
    To take advantage of federal aid made available by the 
United States to the state of Minnesota for highway purposes, 
the following trunk highway routes are added to the trunk 
highway system which routes form a part of the national system 
of interstate and defense highways and may be referred to as the 
interstate system: 
    Route No. 390.  Beginning at a point on the boundary 
between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southerly of Albert 
Lea; thence extending in a general northeasterly direction to a 
point in Duluth on the boundary between the states of Minnesota 
and Wisconsin.  Route No. 390 shall not include any portion of 
trunk highway marked No. 3 from trunk highway marked No. 110 in 
Dakota county to East Seventh Street in the city of St. Paul. 
    Route No. 391.  Beginning at a point on the boundary 
between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota, westerly of 
Luverne; thence extending in a general easterly direction to a 
point on the boundary between the states of Minnesota and 
Wisconsin, near La Crescent. 
    Route No. 392.  Beginning at a point on the boundary 
between the states of Minnesota and North Dakota in or near 
Moorhead; thence extending in a general southeasterly direction 
through the city of Minneapolis; thence in a general easterly 
direction through the city of St. Paul to a point on the 
boundary between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin in or 
near Lakeland. 
    Route No. 393.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 392, 
easterly of the city of St. Paul; thence in a general southerly 
and westerly direction through the city of South St. Paul; 
thence in a general westerly direction to a point in Eden 
Prairie Township, Hennepin County; thence in a general northerly 
direction to a point in the city of Maple Grove, Hennepin 
County; thence in a general easterly direction to a point on 
Route 390; thence in a general easterly, southeasterly and 
southerly direction to the point of beginning on Route No. 392, 
easterly of St. Paul. 
    Route No. 394.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 390, 
southerly of the Minnesota River; thence extending in a general 
northerly and northeasterly direction through the city of 
Minneapolis; thence continuing in a northeasterly direction to a 
point on Route No. 390, near Forest Lake and there terminating. 
    Route No. 395.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 390 at or 
near the intersection of Superior Street and Nineteenth Avenue 
West in the city of Duluth, thence extending in a northeasterly 
direction to a point on Route No. 103 at or near the 
intersection of Superior Street and Tenth Avenue East in the 
city of Duluth. 
    Route No. 396.  Beginning at a point approximately on the 
intersection of Legislative Route No. 103, also known as Trunk 
Highway 61 and London Road, and 10th Avenue East in Duluth; 
thence extending in a general northeasterly direction and 
approximately parallel to Legislative Route No. 103 to a point 
approximately on the intersection of Legislative Route No. 103 
and 26th Avenue East in Duluth.  
    Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1982, section 161.1245, is 
amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
    Subd. 4.  Nothwithstanding section 161.17 or other state 
law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall 
extend, without undue delay, the interstate route commonly known 
as I-35 by construction of Route No. 396 described in section 
161.12 in accordance with federal regulations for receiving 
federal aid made available by the United States to the state of 
Minnesota for highway purposes. 
    Approved April 25, 1984