2000 Minnesota Statutes

CHAPTER 161. Trunk highway system

  161.01 Definitions.  

    For the purposes of this chapter the terms defined in 
 section 160.02 shall have the same meaning.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 1 

  161.02 MS 1957 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.02 MS 1974 Repealed, 1976 c 166 s 119 

    161.03 MS 1957 Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1959 c 
 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 2.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 6.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 7.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 8.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 9.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 10.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 11.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 12.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 13.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 14.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 15.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 16.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 17.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 18.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 19.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 20.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 21.  Renumbered 161.47 subdivision 1 

    Subd. 22.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 23.  Renumbered 161.47 subd 2 

    Subd. 24.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 25.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 26.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 27.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 28.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 29.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 30.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 31.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 32.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 33.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 34.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 35.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

    Subd. 36.  Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.03 MS 1974 Repealed, 1976 c 166 s 119 

  161.031-161.035 MS 1957 Repealed, Ex1959 c 42 s 1 

  161.04 Trunk highway fund. 

    Subdivision 1.    Composition.  The trunk highway fund 
 shall consist of 62 percent of the net highway user tax 
 distribution fund as provided in article 14 of the Constitution; 
 the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized by article 14 
 of the constitution; money received from the federal government 
 as aid in the construction and maintenance of trunk highways; 
 and any other money otherwise allotted, appropriated, or 
 legislated therefor. 

    Subd. 2.    Investment of fund.  Upon the request of 
 the commissioner, moneys in the trunk highway fund shall be 
 invested by the state board of investment in those securities 
 authorized for such purpose in section 11A.21.  All interest and 
 profits from such investments shall be credited to the trunk 
 highway fund.  The state treasurer shall be the custodian of all 
 securities purchased under the provisions of this section. 

    Subd. 3.    Trunk highway revolving loan account.  A 
 trunk highway revolving loan account is created in the 
 transportation revolving loan fund under section 446A.085.  The 
 commissioner may transfer money from the trunk highway fund to 
 the trunk highway revolving loan account.  Money in the account 
 may be used to make loans.  Funds in the trunk highway revolving 
 loan account may not be used for any toll facilities project or 
 congestion-pricing project and may be used only for trunk 
 highway purposes and repayments and interest from loans of those 
 funds must be credited to the trunk highway revolving loan 
 account in the transportation revolving loan fund.  Money in the 
 trunk highway revolving loan account is annually appropriated to 
 the commissioner and does not lapse.  Interest earned from 
 investment of money in this account must be deposited in the 
 trunk highway revolving loan account. 

    Subd. 4.    Loan for trunk highway project; appropriation. 
  Loans from the transportation revolving loan fund to the 
 commissioner for trunk highway projects must be deposited in the 
 trunk highway fund.  Loan proceeds are appropriated annually to 
 the commissioner and do not lapse.  Principal and interest 
 payments on the loan proceeds must be paid from the debt service 
 account and are considered a long-term obligation of the trunk 
 highway fund. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 4; 1963 c 567 s 4; 1965 c 113 s 1; 
 1967 c 404 s 5; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1980 c 607 art 14 s 46; 1997 c 
 141 s 1; 1999 c 230 s 5,6 

  161.041 Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1 

  161.05 Temporary loans.  

    Subdivision 1.    Loans from other public funds.  For 
 the purpose of providing sufficient money in the trunk highway 
 fund to meet the state's share of highway projects financed in 
 part by federal funds, the state treasurer may borrow from other 
 public funds a sum not exceeding in the aggregate the amount of 
 federal aid allotted to the construction of trunk highways under 
 project appropriation by the federal government.  No fund shall 
 be so impaired thereby that all proper demands thereon cannot be 
 met.  

    Subd. 2.    Interest.  All such loans shall bear 
 interest at the average rate that the state treasurer has 
 realized from the investment of surplus cash.  

    Subd. 3.    Certificate.  Before the state treasurer 
 shall make any such loan, the commissioner shall file with the 
 commissioner of finance and the state treasurer a certificate 
 showing the amount of disbursements from the trunk highway fund 
 which are to be repaid to the state by the federal government.  

    Subd. 4.    Federal aid paid to state treasurer.  All 
 funds received from federal aid allotted to the construction, 
 reconstruction, or maintenance of trunk highways shall be paid 
 to the state treasurer and credited to the trunk highway fund.  

    Subd. 5.    Repayment of money borrowed.  When there is 
 sufficient money in the trunk highway fund, the state treasurer 
 shall transfer therefrom to such other public fund the amount of 
 the loan together with interest thereon.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 5; 1973 c 492 s 14 

  161.06 Contingent fund. 

    Subdivision 1.    Amount.  The commissioner of finance 
 and the state treasurer are authorized and directed to make 
 available to the department of transportation out of money in 
 the state treasury appropriated for trunk highway purposes the 
 sum of $5,000, or such lesser amount as the commissioner may 
 request, to be used by said department as a contingent fund, 
 subject to such rules for its use as may be prescribed by the 
 commissioner of administration. 

    Subd. 2.    Use.  The commissioner may use the money in 
 the contingent fund for trunk highway purposes in facilitating 
 and expediting the business of the department of transportation, 
 particularly in the handling of garnishments, emergency labor 
 payrolls, expense accounts of employees and in departmental 
 litigation, and all acts of the commissioner heretofore 
 performed in the use of the fund are in all things recognized 
 and confirmed. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 6; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1985 c 248 s 70 

  161.061 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.07 Manner of payments. 

    Subdivision 1.    Abstract for payment.  In all cases 
 of payments to be made as herein authorized by the commissioner 
 out of the trunk highway fund, the same shall be made in the 
 following manner.  The commissioner shall furnish verified 
 abstracts of the same, prepared in triplicate, one of which 
 shall be delivered to the commissioner of finance, one to the 
 state treasurer, and one to be retained by the commissioner of 
 transportation.  The abstract shall contain the name, residence, 
 and the amount due each claimant and designate the contract or 
 purpose for which the payment is made. 

    Subd. 2.    Payment.  The copy of the abstracts 
 delivered to the commissioner of finance shall be accompanied by 
 the original voucher or vouchers, together with the proof of 
 claim for each item included in such abstracts.  If there be 
 sufficient money in the proper fund, the commissioner of finance 
 shall issue a warrant upon the state treasurer for the gross 
 amount shown by such abstract.  The state treasurer shall 
 deliver checks to the several persons entitled thereto as shown 
 by such abstracts, and shall preserve in the treasurer's office 
 a record of each check and remittance showing the date of each 
 issue, the name of the payee and any other facts tending to 
 evidence its payment. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 7; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1986 c 444 

  161.08 Books of account. 

    (a) The commissioner shall keep accurate and complete books 
 of account as may be prescribed by the commissioner of finance, 
 the same to show in detail itemized receipts and disbursements 
 of the trunk highway fund.  The books of account shall show the 
 following facts, among others: 

    (1) the expenses of maintaining the transportation 
 department, including the salaries and expenses of the 
 individual members thereof; 

    (2) the amounts of money expended in each county of the 
 state for the construction of trunk highways, and when, where, 
 and upon what job or portion of road expended so that the cost 
 per mile of such construction can be easily ascertained; 

    (3) any other money expended by the state in connection 
 with any roads other than trunk highways and when, where, and 
 upon what portion of road so expended; and 

    (4) the amount of road equipment and materials purchased, 
 and when, where, and from whom purchased, and the price paid for 
 each item.  

    (b) The original invoices shall form a part of the 
 permanent files and records in the department of transportation 
 and be open to public inspection. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 8; 1963 c 333 s 1; 1973 c 492 s 14; 
 1976 c 166 s 7; 1999 c 99 s 13 

     161.081 Highway user tax, distribution, investment. 

    Subdivision 1.    Distribution of five percent.  (a) 
 Pursuant to article 14, section 5, of the constitution, five 
 percent of the net highway user tax distribution fund is set 
 aside, and apportioned to the county state-aid highway fund.  

    (b) That apportionment is further distributed as follows: 

    (1) 30.5 percent to the town road account created in 
 section 162.081; 

    (2) 16 percent to the town bridge account, which is created 
 in the state treasury; and 

    (3) 53.5 percent to the flexible highway account created in 
 subdivision 3. 

    Subd. 2.    Investment.  Upon the request of the 
 commissioner, money in the highway user tax distribution fund 
 shall be invested by the state board of investment in those 
 securities authorized for that purpose in section 11A.21.  All 
 interest and profits from the investments must be credited to 
 the highway user tax distribution fund.  The state treasurer 
 shall be the custodian of all securities purchased under this 
 section. 

    Subd. 3.    Flexible highway account; turnback accounts. 
  (a) The flexible highway account is created in the state 
 treasury.  Money in the account may be used either for the 
 restoration of former trunk highways that have reverted to 
 counties or to statutory or home rule charter cities or for 
 regular trunk highway purposes. 

    (b) For purposes of this subdivision, "restoration" means 
 the level of effort required to improve the route that will be 
 turned back to an acceptable condition as determined by 
 agreement made between the commissioner and the county or city 
 before the route is turned back. 

    (c) The commissioner shall review the need for funds to 
 restore highways that have been or will be turned back and the 
 need for funds for the trunk highway system.  The commissioner 
 shall determine, on a biennial basis, the percentage of this 
 flexible account to be used for county turnbacks, for municipal 
 turnbacks, and for regular trunk highway projects.  The 
 commissioner shall make this determination only after meeting 
 and holding discussions with committees selected by the 
 statewide associations of both county commissioners and 
 municipal officials. 

    (d) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk 
 highways that have reverted or that will revert to cities must 
 be deposited in the municipal turnback account, which is created 
 in the state treasury.  

    (e) Money that will be used for the restoration of trunk 
 highways that have reverted or that will revert to counties must 
 be deposited in the county turnback account, which is created in 
 the state treasury. 

    (f) As part of each biennial budget submission to the 
 legislature, the commissioner shall describe how the money in 
 the flexible highway account will be apportioned among the 
 county turnback account, the municipal turnback account, and the 
 trunk highway fund.  

    (g) Money apportioned from the flexible highway account to 
 the trunk highway fund must be used for state road construction 
 and engineering costs. 

    HIST: 1965 c 672 s 1; 1975 c 203 s 22; 1983 c 17 s 1; 1989 c 
 268 s 1; 1993 c 266 s 15; 1998 c 372 art 2 s 1,2 

     161.082 County turnback account, expenditures. 

    Subdivision 1.    Rules.  Except as provided in this 
 section and in section 161.081, all money accruing to the county 
 turnback account shall be expended in accordance with rules of 
 the commissioner of transportation in paying a county for the 
 restoration of former trunk highways, or portions thereof, that 
 have reverted to the county in accordance with law, and have 
 become a part of the county state-aid highway system. 

    Subd. 2.    Turnback exceptions.  By reason of 
 insufficient funds in the county turnback account to adequately 
 repair and restore the former trunk highways or portions thereof 
 that have already reverted to counties, the commissioner of 
 transportation, after May 26, 1971, shall not revert to the 
 counties any additional trunk highways or portions thereof until 
 there are adequate funds in such account to repair and restore 
 such reverted highways to reasonable standards, unless such 
 reversion is necessary due to the constitutional limitations on 
 the mileage of the trunk highway system. 

    Subd. 2a.    Town bridges and culverts; town road account. 
  (a) Money in the town bridge account must be expended on town 
 road bridge structures that are ten feet or more in length and 
 on town road culverts that replace existing town road bridges.  
 In addition, if the present bridge structure is less than ten 
 feet in length but a hydrological survey indicates that the 
 replacement bridge structure or culvert must be ten feet or more 
 in length, then the bridge or culvert is eligible for 
 replacement funds. 

    (b) In addition, if a culvert that replaces a deficient 
 bridge is in a county comprehensive water plan approved by the 
 board of water and soil resources and the department of natural 
 resources, the costs of the culvert and roadway grading other 
 than surfacing are eligible for replacement funds up to the cost 
 of constructing a replacement bridge. 

    (c) The expenditures on a bridge structure or culvert may 
 be paid from the county turnback account and may be for 100 
 percent of the cost of the replacement structure or culvert or 
 for 100 percent of the cost of rehabilitating the existing 
 structure. 

    (d) The town bridge account may be used to pay the costs to 
 abandon an existing bridge that is deficient and in need of 
 replacement, but where no replacement will be made.  It may also 
 be used to pay the costs to construct a road or street to 
 facilitate the abandonment of an existing bridge determined by 
 the commissioner to be deficient, if the commissioner determines 
 that construction of the road or street is more cost efficient 
 than replacing the existing bridge. 

    (e) When bridge approach construction work exceeds $10,000 
 in costs, or when the county engineer determines that the cost 
 of the replacement culverts alone will not exceed $20,000, the 
 town shall be eligible for financial assistance from the town 
 bridge account.  Financial assistance shall be requested by 
 resolution of the county board and shall be limited to: 

    (1) 100 percent of the cost of the bridge approach work 
 that is in excess of $10,000; or 

    (2) 100 percent of the cost of the replacement culverts 
 when the cost does not exceed $20,000 and the town board agrees 
 to be responsible for all the other costs, which may include 
 costs for structural removal, installation, and permitting.  The 
 replacement structure design and costs shall be approved and 
 certified by the county engineer, but need not be subsequently 
 approved by the department of transportation. 

    (f) Money in the town road account must be distributed as 
 provided in section 162.081. 

    Subd. 3.    Transfers to turnback account.  (a) Whenever 
 a county submits plans for a project to be funded from the 
 county turnback account and the commissioner determines that the 
 project would be approved for funding except for insufficient 
 money in the county turnback account, the commissioner may 
 transfer from the unencumbered balance of the construction 
 account in the county state-aid highway fund an amount 
 sufficient to pay the costs of the project. 

    (b) The commissioner may make a transfer under paragraph (a)
 only if the commissioner determines that the transfer would not 
 reduce the unencumbered balance of the construction account in 
 the county state-aid highway fund to less than $50,000,000. 

    (c) Not later than ten years after any transfer under 
 paragraph (a), the commissioner shall transfer from the county 
 turnback account to the construction account in the county 
 state-aid highway fund an amount sufficient to repay the amount 
 transferred under paragraph (a). 

    HIST: 1965 c 672 s 2; 1967 c 187 s 1; 1971 c 528 s 1; 1975 c 
 203 s 23; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 686 s 2; 1983 c 17 s 2; 1984 c 
 412 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70; 1989 c 268 s 2; 1991 c 351 s 1; 1993 c 
 128 s 2; 1994 c 553 s 2; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 6; 1998 c 372 art 2 
 s 3,4 

     161.083 Municipal turnback account, expenditure. 

    Except as hereinafter provided, all money accruing to the 
 municipal turnback account shall be expended in accordance with 
 rules of the commissioner of transportation in paying a 
 municipality having a population of 5,000 or more for the 
 reconstruction and improvement of former trunk highways, or 
 portions thereof, that have reverted to such municipality in 
 accordance with law, and have become a part of the municipal 
 state-aid street system. 

    HIST: 1965 c 672 s 3; 1967 c 187 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1985 c 
 248 s 70 

     161.084 Surplus funds in turnback accounts.  

    On determining at any time that there are surplus funds in 
 either the county or municipal turnback account that are not 
 needed for the purposes specified herein, the commissioner shall 
 notify the commissioner of finance in writing of such 
 determination, and such surplus funds, in the amount specified 
 by the commissioner, shall be transferred to the county 
 state-aid highway fund, or the municipal state-aid street fund, 
 as the case may be, and apportioned as provided by law.  

    HIST: 1965 c 672 s 4; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444 

     161.085 Appropriation from turnback accounts. 

    Moneys in the county turnback account and the municipal 
 turnback account are hereby appropriated annually to the 
 commissioner of transportation for the purposes of carrying out 
 the terms of sections 161.081 to 161.084. 

    HIST: 1965 c 672 s 5; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 4 

  161.086 Repealed, 1996 c 310 s 1; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 34 

  161.09 Department orders, files and records. 

    Subdivision 1.    Custodian.  The official acts and 
 determinations of the commissioner shall be denominated orders.  
 The commissioner shall be the custodian of and shall preserve 
 such orders and the records and files of the transportation 
 department and its predecessor departments.  Subject to 
 reasonable rules, the orders, records, and files shall be open 
 to public inspection. 

    Subd. 2.    Copies as evidence.  Copies of the orders, 
 records, and files, certified by the commissioner as true 
 copies, shall be received in evidence in any court in this state 
 with the same force and effect as the originals. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 9; 1978 c 674 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70 

     161.095 Travel expense for job applicants. 

    Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state of 
 Minnesota, department of transportation, may pay the necessary 
 moving and travel expenses including the necessary travel 
 expenses to and from interviews arranged by the department of 
 transportation, incurred by job applicants for technical 
 positions recruited by the department of transportation. 

    HIST: 1959 c 379 s 1,2; 1976 c 166 s 7 

  161.10 Investigations, recommendations, reports. 

    When practicable the commissioner shall investigate and 
 determine the location of road material in the state, ascertain 
 the most approved methods of construction and improvement of 
 roads, investigate the most approved laws in relation to roads 
 in other states and hold public meetings throughout the state 
 when deemed advisable.  On or before November 15 on each 
 even-numbered year the commissioner shall make a printed report 
 to the governor stating the condition, management, and financial 
 transactions of the transportation department, including a 
 statement of the expense incurred in maintaining such 
 department; the number of miles of roads built or improved 
 during the preceding two fiscal years and their cost; the 
 general character and location of material suitable for road 
 construction; the general character and needs of the roads of 
 the state; the name, location, size, and description of each 
 state trail, state water access site, and state rest area 
 established by the commissioner since the last report; and 
 recommend such legislation as the commissioner deems advisable.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 10; 1969 c 540 s 8; 1975 c 353 s 40; 
 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 23 

  161.11 Compensation insurance. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner may purchase.  The 
 commissioner may procure on the open market a policy of 
 insurance covering the payment of benefits accruing under the 
 Workers' Compensation Act to employees of the department of 
 transportation engaged in work on highways other than trunk 
 highways pursuant to any agreements made for such work by the 
 commissioner with any political subdivision or agency of the 
 state. 

    Subd. 2.    Payment of premium and reimbursement.  The 
 commissioner may pay the premiums for any said policy of 
 insurance out of the trunk highway fund.  The political 
 subdivision or agency of the state for whom work is performed by 
 employees of the department of transportation pursuant to any 
 agreement therefor made with the commissioner shall pay to the 
 trunk highway fund that portion of the premium for said policy 
 of insurance directly attributable to the work performed for it. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 11; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.114 Constitutional trunk highways.  

    Subdivision 1.    Designation.  The trunk highway 
 routes, numbered 1 through 70, as described in the 
 constitutional amendment adopted November 2, 1920, are 
 designated as the constitutional routes of the trunk highway 
 system.  

    Subd. 2.    Descriptions.  The constitutional routes are 
 described as follows: 

    Route No. 1.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southeasterly at 
 Albert Lea and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to 
 a point in Albert Lea and thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point and on the southerly limits of the city of 
 St. Paul and then beginning at a point on the northerly limits 
 of the city of St. Paul and thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on the westerly limits of the city of 
 Duluth and then beginning at a point on the northerly limits of 
 the city of Duluth and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point on the boundary line between the state of 
 Minnesota and the province of Ontario, affording Albert Lea, 
 Owatonna, Faribault, Northfield, Farmington, St. Paul, White 
 Bear, Forest Lake, Wyoming, Rush City, Pine City, Hinckley, 
 Sandstone, Moose Lake, Carlton, Duluth, Two Harbors, Grand 
 Marais and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state. 

    Route No. 2.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 on the 
 westerly limits of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction along said Route No. 1 to a point on 
 said route at Carlton and thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the east bank of the Red River of the 
 North at Moorhead, affording Duluth, Carlton, McGregor, Aitkin, 
 Brainerd, Motley, Staples, Wadena, Detroit, Moorhead and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 3.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin, westerly of La 
 Crosse, Wisconsin, and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction to a point on the easterly limits of the city of St. 
 Paul and then beginning at a point on the westerly limits of the 
 city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction to a point on the east bank of the Red River of the 
 North at Breckenridge, affording La Crescent, Winona, Kellogg, 
 Wabasha, Lake City, Red Wing, Hastings, St. Paul, Minneapolis, 
 Osseo, Champlin, Anoka, Elk River, Big Lake, St. Cloud, Albany, 
 Sauk Centre, Alexandria, Elbow Lake, Fergus Falls, Breckenridge 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 4.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southwesterly of 
 Jackson and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 3, southeasterly of Sauk Centre and thence 
 extending in a northwesterly direction along said Route No. 3 to 
 a point on said route at Sauk Centre and thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point at International Falls, affording 
 Jackson, Windom, Sanborn, Redwood Falls, Morton, Olivia, 
 Willmar, Paynesville, Sauk Centre, Long Prairie, Wadena, Park 
 Rapids, Itasca State Park, Bemidji, International Falls and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 5.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southerly of Blue 
 Earth and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 point on the southerly limits of the city of Minneapolis and 
 then beginning at a point on the northerly limits of the city of 
 Minneapolis and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point in Swan River on Route No. 8, hereinafter described, 
 affording Blue Earth, Winnebago, Mankato, St. Peter, Le Sueur, 
 Jordan, Shakopee, Minneapolis, Cambridge, Mora, McGregor, Swan 
 River and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 6.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa, southerly of Ash 
 Creek, and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the 
 province of Manitoba, near St. Vincent, affording Luverne, 
 Pipestone, Lake Benton, Ivanhoe, Canby, Madison, Bellingham, 
 Odessa, Ortonville, Graceville, Dumont, Wheaton, Breckenridge, 
 Moorhead, Kragnes, Georgetown, Perley, Hendrum, Ada, Crookston, 
 Warren, Donaldson, Hallock and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 7.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Winona 
 and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point on the 
 boundary line between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota, 
 westerly of Lake Benton, affording Winona, St. Charles, 
 Rochester, Kasson, Dodge Center, Claremont, Owatonna, Waseca, 
 Mankato, St. Peter, New Ulm, Springfield, Tracy, Lake Benton and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 8.  Beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
 of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6 near Crookston and thence 
 extending in a westerly and northerly direction along said Route 
 No. 6 to a point on said route northerly of Crookston and thence 
 extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on the east 
 bank of the Red River of the North at East Grand Forks, 
 affording Duluth, Floodwood, Swan River, Grand Rapids, Cass 
 Lake, Bemidji, Bagley, Erskine, Crookston, East Grand Forks and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 9.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at La 
 Crescent and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
 on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and South 
 Dakota southwesterly of Beaver Creek, affording La Crescent, 
 Hokah, Houston, Rushford, Lanesboro, Preston, Fountain, Spring 
 Valley, Austin, Albert Lea, Blue Earth, Fairmont, Jackson, 
 Worthington, Luverne and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 places within the state.  

    Route No. 10.  Beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
 of the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 6 at or near 
 Wheaton, affording Minneapolis, Montrose, Cokato, Litchfield, 
 Willmar, Benson, Morris, Herman, Wheaton and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 11.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at the 
 westerly limits of the city of Duluth and thence extending in a 
 northwesterly and northerly direction to a point on Route No. 4 
 at International Falls and thence extending in a southwesterly 
 direction along said Route No. 4 to a point on said route 
 southwesterly of International Falls and thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Donaldson, 
 affording Duluth, Eveleth, Virginia, Cook, Orr, Cussons, 
 International Falls, Baudette, Warroad, Roseau, Greenbush, 
 Donaldson and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 12.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
 St. Croix River near Hudson, Wisconsin and thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on the easterly limits of the city 
 of St. Paul and then beginning at a point on the westerly limits 
 of the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Madison, affording St. 
 Paul, Minneapolis, Hopkins, Norwood, Glencoe, Olivia, Granite 
 Falls, Montevideo, Dawson, Madison and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 13.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at 
 Albert Lea and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 5 at Jordan affording Albert Lea, Waseca, 
 Waterville, Montgomery, New Prague, Jordan and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 14.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 6 at 
 Ivanhoe and thence extending in an easterly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 4 at Redwood Falls and thence extending in an 
 easterly direction along said Route No. 4 to a point on said 
 route at Morton and thence extending in an easterly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 22, hereinafter described, at Gaylord 
 affording Ivanhoe, Marshall, Redwood Falls, Morton, Winthrop, 
 Gaylord and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 15.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of Fairmont 
 and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 14 at Winthrop, affording Fairmont, Madelia, New Ulm, 
 Winthrop and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 16.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 
 southwesterly of Mankato and thence extending westerly to a 
 point on Route No. 15 at Madelia and thence extending in a 
 southerly direction along said Route No. 15 to a point on said 
 route southerly of Madelia and thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 4 northerly of Windom and 
 thence extending in a southerly direction along said Route No. 4 
 to a point on said route at Windom and thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point at Fulda and thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 9 at Worthington, 
 affording Mankato, Madelia, St. James, Windom, Fulda, 
 Worthington and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 places within the state.  

    Route No. 17.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 16 at 
 Fulda and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 12 at Granite Falls, affording Fulda, Slayton, 
 Garvin, Marshall, Granite Falls and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 18.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Elk 
 River and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 2 easterly of Brainerd, affording Elk River, 
 Princeton, Milaca, Onamia and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 19.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 at 
 Brainerd and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 8 at Cass Lake, affording Brainerd, Pine 
 River, Walker, Cass Lake and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 20.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa near Canton and thence 
 extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 9 
 at or near Preston and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction along said Route No. 9 to a point on said route at 
 Fountain and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 3 in the town of Douglas, Dakota county (T. 
 113, R. 17 W.) affording Canton, Harmony, Preston, Fountain, 
 Chatfield, Oronoco, Pine Island, Zumbrota, Cannon Falls and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Route No. 21.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
 Zumbrota and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 5 at St. Peter, affording Zumbrota, Kenyon, 
 Faribault, Le Sueur Center, Cleveland, St. Peter and intervening 
 and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 each with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 22.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at St.  
 Peter and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 4 at Paynesville, affording St. Peter, 
 Gaylord, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Litchfield, Paynesville and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 23.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 4 at 
 Paynesville and thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 through the village of Richmond, Coldspring, Rockville and Waite 
 Park to a point on Route No. 3 westerly of St. Cloud, and thence 
 extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 5 
 southerly of Mora, and thence extending in a northerly direction 
 along said Route No. 5 to a point on said route at Mora, and 
 thence extending in an easterly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 1 southerly of Hinckley, affording Paynesville, St. Cloud, 
 Foley, Milaca, Ogilvie, Mora and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 24.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 10 at 
 Litchfield and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 3 at St. Cloud, affording Litchfield, St. 
 Cloud and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 25.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at or 
 near Belle Plaine and thence extending in a northerly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 3 at Big Lake, affording Belle Plaine, 
 Norwood, Watertown, Montrose, Buffalo, Monticello, Big Lake and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 26.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 10 at 
 Benson and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 6 near Ortonville, affording Benson, Ortonville and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 27.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at St.  
 Cloud and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 2 at Brainerd, affording St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids, 
 Royalton, Little Falls, Brainerd and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 28.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 27 at 
 Little Falls and thence extending in a southwesterly direction 
 to a point on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota 
 and South Dakota at Browns Valley, affording Little Falls, Sauk 
 Centre, Glenwood, Starbuck, Morris, Graceville, Browns Valley 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 29.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 28 at 
 Glenwood and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 2 westerly of Wadena affording Glenwood, 
 Alexandria, Parkers Prairie, Deer Creek and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 30.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
 Fergus Falls, and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 8 at Erskine, affording Fergus Falls, Pelican 
 Rapids, Detroit, Mahnomen, Erskine and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 31.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 6 at Ada, 
 and thence extending in an easterly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 30 near Mahnomen, affording Ada, Mahnomen and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 32.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 easterly 
 of Crookston and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 11 at Greenbush, affording Red Lake Falls, 
 Thief River Falls, Middle River, Greenbush and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 33.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 32 at 
 Thief River Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Warren, affording Thief 
 River Falls, Warren and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 places within the state.  

    Route No. 34.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 at 
 Detroit and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 8 westerly of Grand Rapids, affording 
 Detroit, Park Rapids, Walker, Remer, Grand Rapids and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 35.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 18 near 
 Mille Lacs Lake and thence extending in a northerly direction to 
 a point at Grand Rapids and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point at Ely, affording Aitkin, Grand Rapids, 
 Hibbing, Chisholm, Buhl, Mountain Iron, Virginia, Gilbert, 
 McKinley, Biwabik, Aurora, Tower, and Ely and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 36.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
 Fergus Falls and thence extending in an easterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 29 easterly of Henning, affording Fergus 
 Falls, Henning and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 places within the state.  

    Route No. 37.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 27 at 
 Little Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 2 at Motley, affording Little Falls, 
 Motley and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 38.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 at 
 Montevideo and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 28 at Starbuck, affording Montevideo, Benson, 
 Starbuck and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 39.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 at 
 Mankato and thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 9 westerly of Albert Lea, affording Mankato, 
 Mapleton, Minnesota Lake, Wells and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 40.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa at Lyle and thence 
 extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 7 
 at Owatonna, affording Lyle, Austin, Blooming Prairie, Owatonna 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 41.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 40 at or 
 near Blooming Prairie and thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 56, hereinafter described, 
 near Hayfield, affording Blooming Prairie, Hayfield and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 42.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 easterly 
 of Rochester and thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 3 at Kellogg, affording Rochester, 
 Elgin, Plainview, Kellogg and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 43.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at 
 Rushford and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 3 at Winona, affording Rushford, Winona and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 44.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 at Hokah 
 and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 20 near Canton, affording Hokah, Caledonia, Canton and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 45.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
 St. Croix River at Stillwater and thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on the easterly limits of the 
 city of St. Paul, affording Stillwater, Lake Elmo, St. Paul and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 46.  Beginning at a point on the west bank of the 
 St. Croix River at Taylors Falls and thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 1 near Wyoming, 
 affording Taylors Falls, Center City, Wyoming and intervening 
 and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 each with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 47.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 17 at 
 Slayton and thence extending in a westerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 6 at Pipestone, affording Slayton, Pipestone and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 48.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 17 
 westerly of Granite Falls and thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6 at Canby, affording Granite 
 Falls, Clarkfield, Canby and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 49.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 
 easterly of Montevideo and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 4 southerly of Willmar, 
 affording Montevideo, Clara City, Willmar and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 50.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
 Cannon Falls and thence extending in a northwesterly direction 
 to a point on the southerly limits of the city of Minneapolis, 
 affording Cannon Falls, Farmington, Minneapolis and intervening 
 and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 each with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 51.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 at 
 Shakopee and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 12 northerly of Shakopee, affording a 
 connection between said Route No. 5 and said Route No. 12.  

    Route No. 52.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 5 south of 
 the city of Minneapolis and thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point on the westerly limits of the United States 
 Military reservation at Fort Snelling, affording St. Paul and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable communication with said Route 
 No. 5.  

    Route No. 53.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at 
 Hastings and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on the southerly limits of the city of South St. Paul, 
 affording Hastings, South St. Paul and intervening and adjacent 
 communities a reasonable means of communication, each with the 
 other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 54.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Elbow 
 Lake and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 10 at Herman, affording Elbow Lake, Herman 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 55.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 2 
 northwesterly of Carlton and thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point in Cloquet, affording Carlton, Cloquet and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 56.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 9 easterly 
 of Austin and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 21 at or near Kenyon, affording Brownsdale, 
 Hayfield, Dodge Center, West Concord, Kenyon and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 57.  Beginning at a point in Mantorville and 
 extending in a southerly direction to a point on Route No. 7 
 southerly of Mantorville, affording Mantorville a reasonable 
 means of communication with said Route No. 7.  

    Route No. 58.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 20 at 
 Zumbrota and thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 3 at Red Wing, affording Zumbrota, Red Wing 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 59.  Beginning at a point on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of Spring 
 Valley and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on No. 3 at Lake City, affording Spring Valley, Stewartville, 
 Rochester, Zumbrota Falls, Lake City and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 60.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 at 
 Faribault and thence extending in a southwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 7 at or near Madison Lake, affording 
 Faribault, Morristown, Waterville, Madison Lake and intervening 
 and adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, 
 each with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 61.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at Deer 
 River and thence extending in a northerly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 4 at or near Big Falls, affording Deer River, Big 
 Falls and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 62.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 3 at Anoka 
 and thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a point on 
 the northerly limits of the city of St. Paul, affording Anoka, 
 St. Paul and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 63.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 1 
 southerly of Forest Lake and thence extending in a southwesterly 
 direction to a point on the northerly and easterly limits of the 
 city of Minneapolis, affording a reasonable means of 
 communication between Route No. 1 and Minneapolis.  

    Route No. 64.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 30 
 northerly of Fergus Falls and thence extending in a northerly 
 and westerly direction to a point on Route No. 6 southerly of 
 Moorhead, affording Fergus Falls, Rothsay, Barnesville, Moorhead 
 and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 65.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 8 at 
 Bagley, and thence extending in a northerly and westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 32 southerly of Red Lake 
 Falls, affording Bagley, Clearbrook, Gonvick, Gully, Brooks, 
 Terrebonne and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 66.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 12 at 
 Montevideo and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 26 northerly of Appleton affording 
 Montevideo, Appleton and intervening and adjacent communities a 
 reasonable means of communication, each with the other and other 
 places within the state.  

    Route No. 67.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 14 
 southerly of Echo and thence extending in a northerly and 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 17 at or near Granite 
 Falls, affording Echo, Granite Falls and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    Route No. 68.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 14 at 
 Marshall and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 6 near Canby, affording Marshall, Minneota, 
 Canby and intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable 
 means of communication, each with the other and other places 
 within the state.  

    Route No. 69.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 25 at 
 Buffalo and thence extending in a northwesterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 22 southeasterly of Paynesville, affording 
 Buffalo, Maple Lake, Annandale, Eden Valley, Paynesville and 
 intervening and adjacent communities a reasonable means of 
 communication, each with the other and other places within the 
 state.  

    Route No. 70.  Beginning at a point on Route No. 7 westerly 
 of New Ulm and thence extending in a northerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 12 at or near the village of Hector, 
 affording Fort Ridgely, Fairfax, Hector and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication, each 
 with the other and other places within the state.  

    HIST: 1969 c 11 s 1,2 

     161.115 Additional trunk highways. 

    Subdivision 1.    Legislative routes confirmed.  The 
 following routes hereby and heretofore added to the trunk 
 highway system by the legislature under the provisions of 
 Article 14, of the Constitution adopted November 2, 1920, and as 
 the same are herein amended, are hereby confirmed. 

    Subd. 2.    Route No. 71.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 27 in Little Falls, thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 1, at or near Moose Lake; 
 affording Little Falls, Onamia, Isle, McGrath, and Moose Lake a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 3.    Route No. 72.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 4, southerly of Bemidji and thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 11, easterly of Baudette; 
 affording Bemidji, Waskish, Baudette, and intervening and 
 adjacent communities a reasonable means of communication each 
 with the other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 4.    Route No. 73.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 20, at or near Zumbrota, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 3; affording Zumbrota, 
 Mazeppa, Zumbro Falls, and Wabasha a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 5.    Route No. 74.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 3, at or near Weaver, thence extending in a southwesterly 
 direction to a point at or near Chatfield; affording Weaver, St. 
 Charles, and Chatfield, a reasonable means of communication each 
 with the other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 6.    Route No. 75.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 3 in Winona, thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota and 
 Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 7.    Route No. 76.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 43, at or near Wilson, thence extending in a southeasterly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and Iowa; affording Wilson, Houston, and Caledonia a reasonable 
 means of communication each with the other and other places 
 within the state. 

    Subd. 8.    Route No. 77.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 43 at or near Rushford, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 56 at or near Hayfield; 
 affording Rushford, Chatfield, Stewartville, and Hayfield a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 9.    Route No. 78.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 9 at or near Rushford, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 44 at or near Mabel. 

    Subd. 10.    Route No. 79.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 20 at or near Harmony, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to the line between the states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 11.    Route No. 80.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 southerly of Wykoff, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 20 at or near Preston. 

    Subd. 12.    Route No. 81.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 easterly of Austin, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 59 easterly of 
 LeRoy. 

    Subd. 13.    Route No. 82.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 40 at or near Blooming Prairie, thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 15; affording 
 Blooming Prairie, Ellendale, Mapleton, and St. James a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 14.    Route No. 83.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 westerly of Mankato, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 15 southerly of 
 New Ulm. 

    Subd. 15.    Route No. 84.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 7 at or near Sleepy Eye, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and Iowa; affording Sleepy Eye, St.  James, and Sherburne a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 16.    Route No. 85.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 16 at or near Windom, thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and Iowa at or near Bigelow; affording 
 Windom, Worthington, and Bigelow a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 17.    Route No. 86.  Beginning at a point on the 
 line between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of 
 Lakefield, thence extending northerly through Lakefield to a 
 point on Route No. 85 as herein established westerly of Windom. 

    Subd. 18.    Route No. 87.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 southerly of Wells, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction through Kiester to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 19.    Route No. 88.  Beginning at a point on the 
 line between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota, and on 
 Route No. 9, thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 12 at or near Montevideo; affording Jasper, 
 Pipestone, Marshall, and Montevideo a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 20.    Route No. 89.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Pipestone, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 21.    Route No. 90.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Ivanhoe, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 22.    Route No. 91.  Beginning at a point on the 
 line between the states of Minnesota and Iowa southerly of 
 Adrian, thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 88 as herein established at or near Russell; affording 
 Adrian, Lake Wilson, and Russell a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 23.    Route No. 92.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 17 westerly of Currie, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 84; affording Currie and 
 Jeffers a reasonable means of communication each with the other 
 and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 24.    Route No. 93.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 at or near Redwood Falls, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 70 at or near 
 Sleepy Eye. 

    Subd. 25.    Route No. 94.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3, northerly of Hastings, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 26.    Route No. 95.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 94 as herein established at or near Point Douglas, 
 thence extending in a northerly direction through Bayport and 
 Stillwater to a point on Route No. 46 at or near Taylors Falls. 

    Subd. 27.    Route No. 96.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 95 as herein established at or near Stillwater, thence 
 extending in a westerly direction to a point on Route No. 63 at 
 or near New Brighton. 

    Subd. 28.    Route No. 97.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Forest Lake, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 95 as herein 
 established. 

    Subd. 29.    Route No. 98.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 390 westerly of Forest Lake, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 1 at or near the 
 junction of Route No. 1 and Route No. 98, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 46. 

    Subd. 30.    Route No. 99.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 21 east of Le Center, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 21 near General Shields Lake. 

    Subd. 31.    Route No. 100.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 22 at or near Gaylord, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 3 westerly of Red Wing; 
 affording Gaylord, Henderson, New Prague, Northfield, Cannon 
 Falls and Red Wing a reasonable means of communication each with 
 the other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 32.    Route No. 101.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Faribault, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 50. 

    Subd. 33.    Route No. 102.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 1 on the southerly limits of the city of St. Paul, 
 thence extending in a northerly direction through the city of 
 St.  Paul to the point of beginning of Route No. 1 on the 
 northerly limits of the city of St.  Paul. 

    Subd. 34.    Route No. 103.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 1 on the westerly limits of the city of Duluth, 
 thence extending in a northeasterly direction to the point of 
 beginning of Route No. 1 on the northerly limits of the city of 
 Duluth. 

    Subd. 35.    Route No. 104.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 3 on the easterly limits of the city of St. Paul, 
 thence extending in a northwesterly direction through the cities 
 of St. Paul and Minneapolis to the point of beginning of Route 
 No. 3 on the westerly limits of the city of Minneapolis. 

    Subd. 36.    Route No. 105.  Beginning at a point on the 
 southerly limits of the city of Minneapolis, thence extending in 
 a northeasterly direction through Minneapolis to a point at the 
 beginning of Route No. 5 on the northerly limits of the city of 
 Minneapolis. 

    Subd. 37.    Route No. 106.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 in the westerly limits of the city of Duluth, thence 
 extending in a southeasterly direction through Duluth to a point 
 at the water's edge of St. Louis Bay and there terminating. 

    Subd. 38.    Route No. 107.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 10 on the westerly limits of the city of 
 Minneapolis, thence extending in an easterly direction to a 
 point at or near Washington Avenue in the city of Minneapolis. 

    Subd. 39.    Route No. 108.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 12 of the easterly limits of the city of St. Paul; 
 thence extending in a westerly direction through the city of St. 
 Paul to a point on the easterly limits of Hennepin county. 

    Subd. 40.    Route No. 109.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 45 on the easterly limits of the city of St. Paul, 
 thence extending into St.  Paul in a southwesterly direction to 
 connect with Route No. 102 as herein established. 

    Subd. 41.    Route No. 110.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 50 on the southerly limits of the city of 
 Minneapolis, thence extending through Minneapolis and northerly 
 to a point on Route No. 2 at or near Aitkin; affording 
 Minneapolis, Anoka, Ogilvie, Isle, and Aitkin a reasonable means 
 of communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 42.    Route No. 111.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 52 on the westerly limits of the United States 
 Military Reservation at Fort Snelling, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction through the military reservation into 
 the city of St. Paul to connect with Route No. 102 as herein 
 established. 

    Subd. 43.    Route No. 112.  Beginning at the terminus 
 of Route No. 53 on the southerly limits of the city of South St. 
 Paul, thence extending through South St. Paul into the city of 
 St.  Paul to connect with Route No. 102 as herein established. 

    Subd. 44.    Route No. 113.  Beginning at a point on the 
 northerly limits of the city of St. Paul, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction into St. Paul to connect with Route No. 
 104 as herein established. 

    Subd. 45.    Route No. 114.  Discontinued and removed 

    Subd. 46.    Route No. 115.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 112 as herein established in St. Paul thence extending 
 in a southerly direction to a point on Route No. 1 southerly of 
 Wescott. 

    Subd. 47.    Route No. 116.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 104 as herein established in the city of Minneapolis, 
 thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 53, thence extending in a southerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 21 at or near Kenyon; affording Minneapolis, 
 Mendota, Hampton, and Kenyon a reasonable means of communication 
 each with the other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 48.    Route No. 117.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 100 as herein established easterly of New Prague, 
 thence extending in a northeasterly direction and crossing the 
 Mississippi River easterly of the city of South St. Paul, thence 
 extending in a northerly direction to a point on Route No. 1 at 
 or near White Bear. 

    Subd. 49.    Route No. 118.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 45 southwesterly of Stillwater, thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 394 in Roseville. 

    Subd. 50.    Route No. 119.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 49 at or near Clara City, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 12 at or near 
 Excelsior; affording Clara City, Hutchinson, and Excelsior a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 51.    Route No. 120.  Route No. 120 is hereby 
 discontinued and abolished. 

    Subd. 52.    Route No. 121.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 22 at or near Gaylord, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 5; affording 
 Gaylord, Norwood, and Victoria a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 53.    Route No. 122.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 in Mankato, thence extending in a northwesterly 
 direction through Nicollet to a point on Route No. 22, southerly 
 of Gaylord. 

    Subd. 54.    Route No. 123.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 at or near Le Sueur, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 21. 

    Subd. 55.    Route No. 124.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 39 at or near Wells, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 391 at or near 
 Alden. 

    Subd. 56.    Route No. 125.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 111 as herein established north of the Mississippi 
 River, thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 63. 

    Subd. 57. Repealed, 1998 c 403 s 28 

    Subd. 58.    Route No. 127.  Discontinued and removed 

    Subd. 59.    Route No. 128.  Beginning at the present 
 terminus of Route No. 57 in Mantorville, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction through Wanamingo to a point on Route No. 20.

    Subd. 60.    Route No. 129.  Discontinued and removed 

    Subd. 61.    Route No. 130.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 northwesterly of Minneapolis, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 52. 

    Subd. 62.    Route No. 131.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 37 at or near Randall, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 27. 

    Subd. 63.    Route No. 132.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 27 at or near St. Cloud, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 46 at Taylors Falls; 
 affording St. Cloud, Princeton, Cambridge, and Taylors Falls a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 64.    Route No. 133.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 northerly of Braham, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 65.    Route No. 134.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 southerly of Grasston, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 23. 

    Subd. 66.    Route No. 135.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 28 westerly of Little Falls, thence extending in a 
 westerly and southwesterly direction to point on Route No. 3 at 
 Osakis, thence extending in a general southerly direction to a 
 point on Route No. 392; affording Little Falls, Long Prairie, 
 and Osakis a reasonable means of communication each with the 
 other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 67.    Route No. 136.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 northwesterly of Bemidji, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 11 at or near 
 Roseau. 

    Subd. 68.    Route No. 137.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 18 northwesterly of Garrison, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 34 at or near Remer; 
 affording Garrison, Deerwood, Crosby, and Remer a reasonable 
 means of communication each with the other and other places 
 within the state. 

    Subd. 69.    Route No. 138.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 19 northerly of Walker, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 4. 

    Subd. 70.    Route No. 139.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 19 at or near Pine River, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 34. 

    Subd. 71.    Route No. 140.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 at or near Baudette, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to Lake of the Woods. 

    Subd. 72.    Route No. 141.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 28 at or near Sauk Centre, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 4. 

    Subd. 73.    Route No. 142.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 at or near Paynesville, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and North Dakota; affording Paynesville, 
 Glenwood, and Elbow Lake a reasonable means of communication 
 each with the other and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 74.    Route No. 143.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 10 westerly of Pennock, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point at or near Terrace; thence 
 continuing in a northerly direction to a point on Route No. 142 
 as herein established. 

    Subd. 75.    Route No. 144.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Madison, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly and northerly direction to a point on Route No. 
 142 as herein established at or near Barrett; affording Madison, 
 Appleton, Morris, and Barrett a reasonable means of 
 communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 76.    Route No. 145.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 10 at or near Willmar, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 144 as herein established. 

    Subd. 77.   Route No. 146.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 49, thence extending in a southerly direction through 
 Maynard to a point on Route No. 12. 

    Subd. 78.    Route No. 147.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 66 at or near Appleton, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 6. 

    Subd. 79.    Route No. 148.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Ortonville, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 28. 

    Subd. 80.    Route No. 149.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 148 as herein established at Ortonville, thence 
 extending in a westerly direction to a point on the line between 
 the states of Minnesota and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 81.    Route No. 150.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 12 at or near Hector, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 4 at or near Paynesville; 
 affording Hector, Grove City, and Paynesville a reasonable means 
 of communication each with the other and other places within the 
 state. 

    Subd. 82.    Route No. 151.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 24 southerly of Kimball, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 14 at or near 
 Winthrop; affording Kimball, Hutchinson, and Winthrop a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 83.    Route No. 152.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 10 at or near Herman, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 3 southerly of 
 Breckenridge. 

    Subd. 84.    Route No. 153.  Discontinued and removed 

    Subd. 85.    Route No. 154.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Canby, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 86.    Route No. 155.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 12 southerly of Madison, thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on the line between the states of 
 Minnesota and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 87.    Route No. 156.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 105 in the city of Minneapolis and extending in a 
 northerly and westerly direction to a point on Route No. 62 at 
 or near the city of Coon Rapids. 

    Subd. 88.    Route No. 157.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 35 on the north side of Mille Lacs Lake, thence 
 extending in an easterly direction to a point on Route No. 110 
 as herein established. 

    Subd. 89.    Route No. 158.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 at International Falls, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to Black Bay. 

    Subd. 90.    Route No. 159.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 at or near Swan River, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 4 at or near Little 
 Fork; affording Swan River, Nashwauk, and Little Fork a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 91.    Route No. 160.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 35 at or near Tower, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 136 as herein established 
 southerly of Red Lake. 

    Subd. 92.    Route No. 161.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 58 in Red Wing, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 93.    Route No. 162.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 34 at or near Remer, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 8. 

    Subd. 94.    Route No. 163.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Moose Lake, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 11 southerly of Orr; 
 affording Moose Lake, Cromwell, Floodwood, Hibbing, Chisholm, 
 and Orr a reasonable means of communication each with the other 
 and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 95.    Route No. 164.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1, thence extending in a northerly direction through 
 Cloquet to a point on Route No. 11. 

    Subd. 96.    Route No. 165.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 westerly of Deer River, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 4. 

    Subd. 97.    Route No. 166.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 35 at Ely, thence extending in a southeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 1. 

    Subd. 98.    Route No. 167.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 northerly of Virginia, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 160 as herein 
 established westerly of Tower. 

    Subd. 99.    Route No. 168.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 near Itasca State Park, thence in a northwesterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 31 at Mahnomen. 

    Subd. 100.    Route No. 169.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 at or near Bagley, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 168 as herein established. 

    Subd. 101.    Route No. 170.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 32 at or near Thief River Falls, thence extending in 
 an easterly direction to a point on Route No. 136 as herein 
 established. 

    Subd. 102.    Route No. 171.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 near St. Vincent, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and North Dakota. 

    Subd. 103.    Route No. 172.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Donaldson, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and North Dakota. 

    Subd. 104.    Route No. 173.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Warren, thence extending in a westerly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and North Dakota. 

    Subd. 105.    Route No. 174.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 at or near Erskine, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on the boundary line between 
 United States and Canada northerly of Lancaster. 

    Any portion of Route No. 174 northerly or westerly of 
 Lancaster heretofore established as a trunk highway shall 
 continue as a trunk highway until the commissioner of 
 transportation shall pursuant to the authority in this section 
 contained definitely locate Route No. 174 hereunder northerly of 
 Lancaster. Upon the final and definite location of Route No. 174 
 hereunder northerly of Lancaster then any portion of Route No. 
 174 northerly or westerly of Lancaster heretofore established as 
 a part of Route No. 174 and not included in any new designation 
 hereunder shall revert to the county or subdivision thereof 
 originally charged with the care thereof but where such road or 
 any portion thereof so ceasing to be a trunk highway had its 
 origin as a state trunk highway it shall become a county road 
 unless the same lies within the corporate limits of any city in 
 which event it shall become a street of such city. 

    Subd. 106.    Route No. 175.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 at or near Crookston, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 6 northerly of 
 Hendrum. 

    Subd. 107.    Route No. 176.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 175 as herein established at or near Halstad, thence 
 extending in a westerly direction to a point on the line between 
 the states of Minnesota and North Dakota. 

    Subd. 108.    Route No. 177.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 32 southerly of Red Lake Falls, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to point on Route No. 182. 

    Subd. 109.    Route No. 178.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 near Crookston, thence extending in a southeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 177 as herein established at 
 or near Fertile. 

    Subd. 110.    Route No. 179.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Ada, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 64 at or near Barnesville. 

    Subd. 111.    Route No. 180.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 392 southwest or west of Ashby, thence extending in a 
 general northerly or northeasterly direction to a point on Route 
 No.  153 as herein established at or near Ashby, thence 
 extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 
 181 as herein established at or near Ottertail. 

    Subd. 112.    Route No. 181.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 36 at or near Henning, thence extending in a 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 2 at or near 
 Perham. 

    Subd. 113.    Route No. 182.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 30 at or near Lake Lizzie, thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 64 at or near 
 Barnesville. 

    Subd. 114.    Route No. 183.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 36 east of Henning, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 2 at or near Staples. 

    Subd. 115.    Route No. 184.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 29 at or near Deer Creek, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 2. 

    Subd. 116.    Route No. 185.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at Sandstone, thence extending in a northeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 103 as herein established in 
 Duluth. 

    Subd. 117.    Route No. 186.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 110 as herein established, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 185 as herein 
 established at or near Askov; affording Isle, Finlayson, and 
 Askov, a reasonable means of communication each with the other 
 and other places within the state. 

    Subd. 118.    Route No. 187.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 18 at or near Elk River, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 117 as herein 
 established. 

    Subd. 119.    Route No. 188.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 69 at Buffalo, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 110 as herein established. 

    Subd. 120.    Route No. 189.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 southerly of Mora, thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 132 as herein established. 

    Subd. 121.    Route No. 190.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 at or near Wheaton, thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 28 at or near 
 Browns Valley. 

    Subd. 122.    Route No. 191.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 190 as herein established southwesterly of Wheaton, 
 thence extending in a westerly direction to a point on the line 
 between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 123.    Route No. 192.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Hinckley, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to the line between the states of Minnesota and 
 Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 124.    Route No. 193.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 2 at or near Motley, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 34 westerly of Walker. 

    Subd. 125.    Route No. 194.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 117 as herein established at or near Mendota, thence 
 extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 
 102 as herein established. 

    Subd. 126.    Route No. 195.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Albert Lea, thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 127.    Route No. 196.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 8 at or near Grand Rapids, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 160 as herein 
 established; affording Grand Rapids and Big Fork a reasonable 
 means of communication each with the other and other places 
 within the state. 

    Subd. 128.    Route No. 197.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 southerly of Park Rapids, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 139 as herein 
 established easterly of Backus. 

    Subd. 129.    Route No. 198.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 at or near LaCrescent, thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on the line between the states of 
 Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 130.    Route No. 199.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 at or near Austin, thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on the line between the 
 states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 131.    Route No. 200.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 at or near Itasca State Park, thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 30 at or near Waubun. 

    Subd. 132.    Route No. 201.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 82, as herein established, near Waldorf, thence 
 extending in a northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 
 39 at or near Mankato. 

    Subd. 133.    Route No. 202.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 at or near Eveleth, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 35 at Gilbert. 

    Subd. 134.    Route No. 203.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 westerly of Duluth, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction through Proctor and Duluth to the 
 water's edge of St. Louis Bay, and there terminating. 

    Subd. 135.    Route No. 204.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11, westerly of Duluth, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 103, as herein 
 established in Duluth. 

    Subd. 136.    Route No. 205.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 54, easterly of Herman, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 29, at or near 
 Alexandria. 

    Subd. 137.    Route No. 206.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 30, at or near Pelican Rapids, thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 181, as herein 
 established, southerly of Perham. 

    Subd. 138.    Route No. 207.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 2, at or near Frazee, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 4 at or near Menahga. 

    Subd. 139.    Route No. 208.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 28 at or near Starbuck, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 3 at or near 
 Garfield. 

    Subd. 140.    Route No. 209.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 at or near Becker, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 18, at or near Brainerd; 
 affording Becker, Foley, Gilman, Pierz and Brainerd, a 
 reasonable means of communication each with the other and other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 141.    Route No. 210.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 10 at or near Benson, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 4 at or near New London. 

    Subd. 142.    Route No. 211.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 64 at or near Barnesville, thence extending in a 
 southwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 3 at or near 
 Breckenridge. 

    Subd. 143.    Route No. 212.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 at or near Robbinsdale, thence extending in a 
 northeasterly and easterly direction to a point on Route No. 62 
 easterly of New Brighton, affording necessary and reasonable 
 means of communication to industrial areas engaged in the 
 manufacture of essential war materials, and bringing into the 
 Trunk Highway System an important route a portion of which has 
 been heretofore improved with federal aid, and all which has 
 been approved for surveys and plans with federal funds by the 
 Public Roads Administration. 

    Subd. 144.    Route No. 213.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 185 in Duluth, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on the line between the states of Minnesota 
 and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 145.    Route No. 214.  Beginning at a point on 
 Constitutional Route No. 3, now known as Trunk Highway No. 61 in 
 the City of Wabasha, Minnesota, thence northerly to a point on 
 the line between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 146.    Route No. 215.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1, at or near Carlton; thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 185. 

    Subd. 147.    Route No. 216.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 35, at or near Hibbing; thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 11 southerly of 
 Eveleth. 

    Subd. 148.    Route No. 217.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 159, at or near Littlefork; thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 11. 

    Subd. 149.    Route No. 218.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11, westerly of Roseau; thence extending in a westerly 
 direction thence in a general northerly direction to reach the 
 international boundary near Pinecreek. 

    Subd. 150.    Route No. 219.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 170 easterly of Thief River Falls; thence extending in 
 a general northerly direction to a point on Route No. 136 
 westerly of Grygla. 

    Subd. 151.    Route No. 220.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 175 at or near Climax; thence extending in a general 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 8 at or near 
 East Grand Forks; thence continuing in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 173 westerly of Warren; thence 
 continuing in a general northerly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 172 westerly of Donaldson. 

    Subd. 152.    Route No. 221.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 166 in Ely; thence extending in a general 
 northeasterly direction to a point north of the center of 
 Section 20, Township 63 North, Range 11 West. 

    Subd. 153.    Route No. 222.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Oklee; thence extending in a general southerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 65. 

    Subd. 154.    Route No. 223.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Leonard; thence extending in a westerly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 65. 

    Subd. 155.    Route No. 224.  Beginning at a point in 
 Section 23, Township 142 North, Range 41 West; thence extending 
 in a general westerly direction to a point on Route No. 30. 

    Subd. 156.    Route No. 225.  Beginning at a point in 
 Section 5, Township 140 North, Range 37 West; thence extending 
 in a general southerly direction to a point on Route No. 34. 

    Subd. 157.    Route No. 226.  Beginning at a point in 
 Section 10, Township 140 North, Range 34 West; thence extending 
 in a general southerly direction to a point on Route No. 34. 

    Subd. 158.    Route No. 227.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Nimrod; thence extending in a westerly direction to 
 a point on Route No.  4. 

    Subd. 159.    Route No. 228.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Vergas; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 2. 

    Subd. 160.    Route No. 229.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 64 southerly of Barnesville; thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction to a point on Route No. 30, at or 
 near Pelican Rapids. 

    Subd. 161.    Route No. 230.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6, at or near Moorhead; thence extending in a general 
 westerly direction to a point on the boundary between the states 
 of Minnesota and North Dakota. 

    Subd. 162.    Route No. 231.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 163. Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24 

    Subd. 164.    Route No. 233.  Beginning at a point in 
 Section 35, Township 135 North, Range 28 West; thence extending 
 in a general southerly direction to a point on Route No. 18 at 
 or near Brainerd. 

    Subd. 165.    Route No. 234.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 138 westerly of Laporte; thence extending in a general 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 34, at or near 
 Akeley. 

    Subd. 166.    Route No. 235.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Urbank; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 29. 

    Subd. 167.    Route No. 236.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 168.    Route No. 237.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to New Munich; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 3. 

    Subd. 169.    Route No. 238.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 westerly of Albany; thence extending in a general 
 northerly direction to a point at or near Upsala; thence 
 continuing in a northerly direction to a point on Route No. 28 
 westerly of Little Falls. 

    Subd. 170.    Route No. 239.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 27, at or near Sauk Rapids; thence extending in a 
 general southwesterly direction crossing the Mississippi River; 
 thence continuing in a general southerly direction to a point on 
 Route No. 3 at or near St. Cloud. 

    Subd. 171.    Route No. 240.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 69, at or near Annandale; thence extending in a 
 general northerly direction to a point on Route No. 3.  

    Subd. 172.    Route No. 241.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to St. Michael; then extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 392.  

    Subd. 173.    Route No. 242.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 at or near Anoka, thence extending in a general 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 5. 

    Subd. 174.    Route No. 243.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 95 southerly of Route No. 46; thence extending in a 
 general southeasterly direction to a point on the boundary 
 between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

    Subd. 175.    Route No. 244.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 southerly of White Bear Lake; thence extending in a 
 general easterly and northerly direction to a point at or near 
 Mahtomedi; thence continuing in a general northerly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 96. 

    Subd. 176.    Route No. 245.  Beginning at a point at or 
 near the junction of Route No. 3 and Route No. 20; thence 
 extending in a general westerly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 50. 

    Subd. 177.    Route No. 246.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Nerstrand; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point westerly of Dennison; thence continuing in 
 a general northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 1 at 
 or near Northfield. 

    Subd. 178.    Route No. 247.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 59 southerly of Zumbro Falls; thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction to a point on Route No. 42 at or near 
 Plainview. 

    Subd. 179.    Route No. 248.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Altura; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point in or adjacent to Rollingstone; thence 
 continuing in a general easterly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 3. 

    Subd. 180.    Route No. 249.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 181.    Route No. 250.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9, at or near Lanesboro; thence extending in a general 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 77. 

    Subd. 182.    Route No. 251.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1, at or near Clarks Grove; thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction to a point on Route No. 40. 

    Subd. 183.    Route No. 252.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 9 westerly of Austin; thence extending northeasterly 
 to a point on Route No. 40 northerly of the south line of 
 Section 34, Township 103 North, Range 18 West, Mower County, 
 Minnesota; thence extending southeasterly to a point on Route 
 No. 9 in or near Austin; thence extending easterly along Route 
 No. 9 to a point in or near Austin and thence southerly and 
 westerly to a point on Route No. 40 in or near Austin. 

    Subd. 184.    Route No. 253.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Bricelyn, thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 391. 

    Subd. 185.    Route No. 254.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 391 easterly of Blue Earth, thence extending in a 
 general southerly direction to a point in or adjacent to Frost.  

    Subd. 186.    Route No. 255.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5, at or near Winnebago; thence extending in a general 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 39, at or near Wells. 

    Subd. 187.    Route No. 256.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Good Thunder; thence extending in a general 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 5 in Mankato; thence 
 continuing in a general northerly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 122, in or adjacent to North Mankato; thence continuing in a 
 general northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 5 in 
 Mankato. 

    Subd. 188.    Route No. 257.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Hanska; thence extending in an easterly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 15. 

    Subd. 189.    Route No. 258.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Comfrey; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 7. 

    Subd. 190.    Route No. 259.  Beginning at a point on 
 Statutory Route No.  100, at or near Henderson; thence extending 
 in a general southeasterly direction to a point on Statutory 
 Route No. 123, at or near Le Sueur. 

    Subd. 191.    Route No. 260.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5 southwesterly of Shakopee, thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on proposed Route No. 12, thence 
 extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 5 
 at or near Edina. 

    Subd. 192. Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24 

    Subd. 193.    Route No. 262.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Granada; thence extending in a southerly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 9 easterly of Fairmont. 

    Subd. 194.    Route No. 263.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Ceylon; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 391 westerly of Fairmont. 

    Subd. 195.    Route No. 264.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Round Lake; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 391 easterly of Worthington. 

    Subd. 196.    Route No. 265.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 85 northeasterly of Bigelow; thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on the boundary between the 
 states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    Subd. 197.    Route No. 266.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Wilmont; thence extending in a southeasterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 9, at or near Worthington. 

    Subd. 198.    Route No. 267.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Iona; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 17, at or near Slayton. 

    Subd. 199.    Route No. 268.  Beginning at a point at or 
 adjacent to Edgerton; thence extending in a general westerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6. 

    Subd. 200.    Route No. 269.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 88, at or southerly of Jasper; thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on the boundary between the states 
 of Minnesota and South Dakota. 

    Subd. 201.    Route No. 270.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Hills; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 6. 

    Subd. 202.    Route No. 271.  Beginning at a point on 
 the boundary between the states of Minnesota and South Dakota 
 near the northwest corner of Section 30, Township 113 North, 
 Range 46 West; thence extending in an easterly and southerly 
 direction to a point in or adjacent to Hendricks; thence 
 continuing in a southerly direction to a point on Route No.  90. 

    Subd. 203.    Route No. 272.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 14 northerly of Milroy; thence extending in a 
 southerly and easterly direction to a point on Route No. 4 south 
 of Redwood Falls; thence continuing in an easterly direction to 
 a point on Route No. 93, in or adjacent to Morgan. 

    Subd. 204.    Route No. 273.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Belview; thence extending in a southerly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 14. 

    Subd. 205.    Route No. 274.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Wood Lake; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 67. 

    Subd. 206.    Route No. 275.  Beginning at a point in or 
 adjacent to Boyd; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 12. 

    Subd. 207.    Route No. 276.  Beginning at a point on 
 the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and South 
 Dakota westerly of Marietta, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point in or adjacent to Marietta, thence 
 extending in a general easterly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 6. 

    Subd. 208.    Route No. 277.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 49 northerly of Maynard; thence extending in a 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 145. 

    Subd. 209.    Route No. 278.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 210.    Route No. 279.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 384 in Minneapolis, thence extending in a general 
 southerly direction across the Minnesota River to a point at 
 138th Street in Apple Valley. 

    Subd. 211.    Route No. 280.  Beginning at a point on St.
 Anthony Avenue in St. Paul; thence extending in a general 
 northerly direction to a point on Route No. 63, at or near New 
 Brighton. 

    Subd. 212.    Route No. 281.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 203 in Duluth, at or near its westerly junction with 
 Route No.  103; thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 through Duluth to a point on Route No. 103 in the northeasterly 
 portion of Duluth. 

    Subd. 213.    Route No. 282.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 5, at or near Jordan; thence extending in a general 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 117 westerly of 
 Spring Lake. 

    Subd. 214.    Route No. 283.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 30, at or near Waubun; thence extending in a general 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 177. 

    Subd. 215.    Route No. 284.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 121, at or near Waconia; thence extending in a 
 southerly direction to a point on Route No. 12. 

    Subd. 216.    Route No. 285.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 217.    Route No. 286.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 196, at or near Marcell; thence extending in a 
 westerly direction to a point on Route No. 61. 

    Subd. 218.    Route No. 287.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 28, at or near Grey Eagle; thence extending in a 
 general northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 4. 

    Subd. 219.    Route No. 288.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 242 in the city of Anoka, thence extending in a 
 general northerly direction to a point at or in the grounds of 
 the Anoka Metro Regional Treatment Center. 

    Subd. 220.    Route No. 289.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 1 at or near Moose Lake; thence extending in a general 
 southeasterly direction to a point at or in the grounds of the 
 Moose Lake Regional Treatment Center. 

    Subd. 221.    Route No. 290.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 19 south of Walker; thence extending in a general 
 southwesterly direction to a point at or in the grounds of the 
 Minnesota State Sanitarium. 

    Subd. 222.    Route No. 291.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3, at or near the intersection of Vermillion and 18th 
 Streets in the City of Hastings, thence extending in an easterly 
 direction to a point at or in the grounds of the Hastings State 
 Hospital, thence extending in a general northeasterly direction 
 to a point on present County State Aid Highway No.  54, situated 
 in the northwest one quarter of the northwest one quarter of 
 Section 35, Township 115 North, Range 17 West, in the City of 
 Hastings. 

    Subd. 223.    Route No. 292.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 in Red Wing; thence extending in a general southerly 
 and easterly direction through the grounds of the Minnesota 
 State Training School for Boys to a point on Route No. 3 in Red 
 Wing. 

    Subd. 224.    Route No. 293.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 132 in Cambridge; thence extending in a general 
 southerly direction through the grounds of the Cambridge State 
 School and Hospital to a point on old Route No. 5. 

    Subd. 225.    Route No. 294.  Beginning at the 
 intersection of business route No. 71 (old trunk highway No. 71) 
 and Civic Center Road (formerly 15th Avenue N.E.) in Willmar, at 
 or near the South Line of Government Lot 1, Section 2, Township 
 119 North, Range 35 West; thence extending in a general 
 easterly, northerly, and northwesterly direction into and 
 through the grounds of the Willmar Regional Treatment Center to 
 the intersection with old trunk highway No. 71 about 400 feet 
 northerly of the South Line of Government Lot 1, Section 1, 
 Township 119 North, Range 35 West.  

    Subd. 226.    Route No. 295.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 7 in the City of St. Peter; thence extending in a 
 general southwesterly direction to a point at or in the grounds 
 of the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center. 

    Subd. 227.    Route No. 296.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 228.    Route No. 297.  Beginning at a point at or 
 near the intersection of West Fir Avenue and North Oak Street in 
 Fergus Falls; thence in a general northwesterly direction into 
 and through the grounds of the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment 
 Center; thence in a general southeasterly direction to a point 
 at or near the intersection of West Fir Avenue and North Union 
 Avenue in Fergus Falls.  

    Subd. 229.    Route No. 298.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 21 in the City of Faribault; thence extending in a 
 southerly and easterly direction through the grounds of the 
 Minnesota state academy for the blind, the Faribault regional 
 treatment center, and the Minnesota correctional facility - 
 Faribault.  

    Subd. 230.    Route No. 299.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 21 in the City of Faribault; thence extending in a 
 general northerly direction to a point at or in the grounds of 
 the Minnesota state academy for the deaf. 

    Subd. 231. Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24 

    Subd. 232.    Route No. 301.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3; thence extending in a general westerly direction to 
 the main entrance of the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men. 

    Subd. 233.    Route No. 302.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 4 in the City of Sauk Centre; thence extending in a 
 general northerly direction to a point at or in the grounds of 
 the Minnesota State Home for Girls. 

    Subd. 234.    Route No. 303.  Discontinued and removed 
 from T.H.  system.  See Laws 1973, Chapter 249. 

    Subd. 235.    Route No. 304.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 38 at or near Montevideo; thence extending in an 
 easterly direction to connect with Route No. 49 easterly of 
 Montevideo. 

    Subd. 236.    Route No. 305.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 2 in Brainerd; thence extending in a southerly and 
 easterly direction to a point on Route No. 18 easterly of 
 Brainerd. 

    Subd. 237.    Route No. 306.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 35 at or near Gilbert; thence extending in a general 
 northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 35 at or near 
 Biwabik. 

    Subd. 238.    Route No. 307.  Beginning at a point on 
 Constitutional Route No. 8 at or near East Grand Forks; thence 
 extending in a general westerly direction to a point on the 
 boundary between the states of North Dakota and Minnesota. 

    Subd. 239.    Route No. 308.  Beginning at a point on 
 Constitutional Route No. 11 westerly of Fox; thence running in a 
 general northerly direction to a point on Statutory Route No. 
 218 at or near Ross. 

    Subd. 240.    Route No. 309.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 18 at or near Brainerd, thence extending in a general 
 northwesterly direction to a point at or in the grounds of the 
 Brainerd State School and Hospital, thence extending in a 
 general southerly direction to a point on Route No. 18 at or 
 near Brainerd. 

    Subd. 241.    Route No. 310.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 at or near Roseau, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on the boundary line between the State of 
 Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba, Canada. 

    Subd. 242.    Route No. 311.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 289 at or near the entrance to the Moose Lake State 
 Hospital, thence extending in an easterly direction to a point 
 on Route No. 390. 

    Subd. 243.    Route No. 312.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 244.    Route No. 313.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 11 at or near Warroad, thence extending in a northerly 
 direction to a point on the boundary between the State of 
 Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba, Canada. 

    Subd. 245.    Route No. 314.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 110 southerly of St. Francis, thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction to a point on Route No. 5, thence 
 extending in a general easterly direction to a point on Route 
 No. 1 at or near Forest Lake, provided, however, that such route 
 shall not be established, constructed or marked until receipt by 
 the adjutant general of Minnesota of the authority from the 
 proper federal agency to proceed with the acquisition of land 
 for the construction of the proposed Bethel airport affording 
 Bethel Airport a reasonable means of communication with other 
 places within the state. 

    Subd. 246.    Route No. 315.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 158 in International Falls, thence extending in a 
 general northerly direction to the boundary line between the 
 State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario, Canada. 

    Subd. 247.    Route No. 316.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 3 at or near Hastings, thence extending in a 
 southeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 3 at or near Red 
 Wing. 

    Subd. 248.    Route No. 317.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 220 westerly of Stephen in Marshall County, thence 
 extending in a westerly direction to the boundary line between 
 the state of Minnesota and the state of North Dakota. 

    Subd. 249.    Route No. 318.  Discontinued and removed 
 from T.H.  system.  See Laws 1974, Chapter 151. 

    Subd. 250.    Route No. 319.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 in the city of Ortonville; thence in a general 
 northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 148 in 
 Ortonville. 

    Subd. 251.    Route No. 320.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 116, easterly of Nerstrand; thence extending in a 
 general westerly direction to a point on Route No. 246 in or 
 adjacent to Nerstrand. 

    Subd. 252.    Route No. 321.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 22 in Eden Valley, thence extending in a general 
 northerly direction, so as to run easterly of Horse Shoe Lake, 
 to a point on Route No. 23 in Richmond. 

    Subd. 253.    Route No. 322.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 27 in the City of Brainerd; thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction to a point on Route No. 18 in the 
 City of Brainerd. 

    Subd. 254.    Route No. 323.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 298 at or near the intersection of Route No. 298 and 
 Barron Road; thence extending westerly, southerly and 
 northeasterly to a point on Route No. 298. 

    Subd. 255.    Route 324A.  Beginning at a point on Route 
 No. 6 in Hallock; thence extending in a general westerly 
 direction following generally the location of present County 
 State-Aid Highway No. 3 to a point on the boundary line between 
 the state of Minnesota and the state of North Dakota. 

    Subd. 256.    Route No. 325.  Beginning at a point on 
 Constitutional Route No. 11 in Baudette, thence extending in a 
 northerly and northeasterly direction to the boundary line 
 between the state of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario, 
 Canada. 

    Subd. 257. Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24 

    Subd. 258.    Route No. 327.  Discontinued and 
 removed 

    Subd. 259.    Route No. 328.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 6 in Hallock; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction to a point on Route No. 174, northerly of Lake Bronson.

    Subd. 260.    Route No. 329.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 144 in or near Morris; thence extending in an easterly 
 direction into and through the grounds of the West Central 
 School and Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota and 
 terminating at the east boundary thereof. 

    Subd. 261.    Route No. 330.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 7 westerly of Lamberton; thence extending into and 
 through the grounds of the Southwest Experiment Station of the 
 University of Minnesota; thence back to a point on Route No. 7. 

    Subd. 262. Repealed, 1996 c 455 art 3 s 34 

    Subd. 263.    Route No. 332.  Beginning at a point on 
 Koochiching County State-Aid Highway No. 102 at its intersection 
 with Constitutional Route No. 4 and Constitutional Route No. 11, 
 southwesterly of International Falls, thence extending in a 
 general easterly direction generally along the present route of 
 said State-Aid Highway No. 102 to its junction with 
 Constitutional Route No. 11 southeasterly of International 
 Falls, thence extending in a general northerly direction 
 generally along the present route of County State-Aid Highway 
 No. 114, a distance of approximately 2 1/2 miles, thence 
 continuing in a general northerly direction to legislative Route 
 No. 158 east of International Falls. 

    Subd. 264.    Route No. 333.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route 392 in Hennepin county, thence extending in a generally 
 easterly direction to a point on Route 394 in Anoka or Ramsey 
 county. 

    Subd. 265.    Route No. 334.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 116 at or near Inver Grove Heights; thence extending 
 in a general northerly direction to a point on Route No. 102 at 
 or near St. Paul. 

    Subd. 266.    Route No. 335.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 7 near St. Peter; thence extending in a southerly 
 direction to a point at or in the grounds of the St. Peter 
 Regional Treatment Center. 

    Subd. 267.    Route No. 336.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 2 at or near Dilworth; thence extending in a general 
 southerly direction following generally the location of present 
 County State-Aid Highway No. 11 to a point on Route No. 392. 

    HIST: 1957 c 19 s 3; 1957 c 287 s 3; 1957 c 943 s 46; 1959 c 
 381 s 1-3; 1959 c 426 s 1; Ex1959 c 43 s 1; 1961 c 431 s 1; 1961 
 c 451 s 1; 1961 c 498 s 1; 1963 c 884 s 15; 1965 c 207 s 1,2; 
 1967 c 421 s 1; Ex1967 c 12 s 1,2; 1971 c 488 s 1; 1971 c 492 s 
 1-3; 1971 c 635 s 1; 1971 c 639 s 1; 1971 c 858 s 1,2; Ex1971 c 
 48 s 21; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 249 s 1; 1974 c 123 s 1; 
 1974 c 151 s 1; 1974 c 265 s 2; 1974 c 287 s 1; 1974 c 386 s 1; 
 1975 c 214 s 1; 1976 c 2 s 172; 1976 c 62 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1977 c 80 s 1,3; 1978 c 472 s 1,2; 1980 c 533 s 3-5; 1981 c 209 
 s 2; 1982 c 617 s 2,3; 1986 c 454 s 5 subd 3; 1987 c 384 art 1 s 
 49,55; 1988 c 565 s 2-4; 1989 c 169 s 1; 1990 c 384 s 1 subd 3; 
 1991 c 339 s 10,11; 1992 c 396 s 1; 1993 c 289 s 2 subd 3; 1994 
 c 408 s 1; 1998 c 403 s 10,11; 1999 c 230 s 7 

     161.117 Trunk highways; additional routes. 

    Subdivision 1.    New routes added.  There may be added 
 by order of the commissioner of transportation to the trunk 
 highway system new routes described as follows: 

    Subd. 2.    Route No. 380.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 390 at its intersection with Shepard Road in the city 
 of St. Paul; thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 generally following along the course of Shepard Road to a point 
 on Route No. 112; thence extending in a northeasterly direction 
 to a point on Route No. 392 easterly of the downtown area of St. 
 Paul; providing a connector route between Route No. 390 and 
 Route Nos. 112 and 392; 

    Subd. 3.    Route No. 382.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 390 at its junction with Route No. 111, thence 
 extending in a general northerly direction, within the corridor 
 of the right-of-way already acquired on May 31, 1975, for Route 
 No. 390, to a point on Short Line Road; thence extending in a 
 northeasterly direction within said corridor of right-of-way to 
 the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and Kellogg Boulevard in the 
 city of St. Paul. 

    Subd. 4.    Route No. 383.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 393 in the city of Bloomington and continuing in a 
 northerly direction above the present alignment of Hennepin 
 county state-aid highway No. 18 to its intersection with Route 
 No. 3 in or near the city of Brooklyn Park.  

    Subd. 5.    Route No. 384.  Beginning at a point on 
 Route No. 393 in the city of Eden Prairie and continuing in an 
 easterly direction along the present alignment of Hennepin 
 county state-aid highway No. 62 to its intersection with Route 
 No. 116. 

    Subd. 6. Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24 

    HIST: 1975 c 203 s 19; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 740 s 1; 1986 c 
 452 s 29 

  161.12 Additional routes added; federal aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Interstate 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. 

    Subd. 2.    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. 

    Subd. 3.    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. 

    Subd. 4.    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. 

    Subd. 5.    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. 

    Subd. 6.    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. 

    Subd. 7.    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. 

    Subd. 8.    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.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 12; 1961 c 473 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 
 s 7; 1975 c 203 s 18; 1978 c 740 s 2; 1982 c 628 s 1; 1984 c 477 
 s 1 

  161.121 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

     161.122 Restrictions on marked trunk highway No. 51. 

    The location, designation, marking and numbering of 
 Legislative Route No. 125, marked trunk highway No. 51, as that 
 route is established, located, designated, marked and traveled 
 southerly of University Avenue within the city of St. Paul, 
 shall not be changed by the commissioner of transportation.  

    Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the 
 study of options under consideration regarding the completion of 
 Interstate 35E.  

    HIST: 1981 c 345 s 1 

  161.123 Repealed, 1995 c 265 art 1 s 3 

     161.1231 Parking facilities for I-394. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authority to construct.  
 Notwithstanding any other law, the commissioner may acquire land 
 by purchase, gift, or eminent domain for parking facilities 
 described in this section and may construct, operate, repair, 
 and maintain parking facilities primarily to serve vehicles 
 traveling the route in the interstate highway system described 
 generally as legislative routes Nos. 10 and 107 between I-494 
 and the Hawthorne interchange in the city of Minneapolis, also 
 known as I-394.  Other vehicles may use the parking facilities 
 when space is available. 

    Subd. 2.    Rules and procedures.  The commissioner 
 shall adopt rules and establish procedures for the operation and 
 use of the parking facilities.  The rules are exempt from the 
 requirements of chapter 14.  A copy of the rules that regulate 
 use of the facilities by drivers must be posted in each parking 
 facility.  The rules must: 

    (1) establish incentives, which must include preferential 
 parking locations, to encourage drivers of vehicles that travel 
 I-394 and that are occupied by two or more persons to use the 
 facilities; 

    (2) define peak travel hours and provide that during peak 
 travel hours single-occupant vehicles be charged a surcharge to 
 bring the parking fee for those vehicles to approximately the 
 same level as parking fees charged in the private parking ramps 
 located in Minneapolis; 

    (3) provide preferential parking locations for vehicles 
 licensed and operated under section 168.021; 

    (4) establish application, permit, and use requirements; 
 and 

    (5) provide for removal and impoundment of vehicles and 
 assessment of a service fee on vehicles parked in violation of 
 this section and the rules adopted under it. 

    Subd. 3.    Federal aid.  The commissioner may cooperate 
 with the federal government or any agency of the federal 
 government and may comply with the law of the United States and 
 regulations adopted under those laws so that federal money 
 available for construction of parking ramps described in the 
 Surface Transportation Assistance Act of 1982, section 127, may 
 be obtained. 

    Subd. 4.    Agreements; leases.  (a) The commissioner 
 may make agreements with or may lease the parking facilities to 
 the city of Minneapolis or to a private party.  The agreement or 
 lease may allow the city of Minneapolis or private party to 
 operate the facilities according to the commissioner's rules and 
 procedures and to collect the fees established by the 
 commissioner.  The commissioner shall require a private operator 
 to obtain liability insurance in an amount prescribed by the 
 commissioner to insure the operator and the state against all 
 claims occurring because of the existence of the agreement or 
 lease.  The agreement may provide for reasonable compensation. 

    (b) The commissioner may negotiate the agreement or lease 
 without requiring competitive bids.  The terms of an agreement 
 or lease must be approved by the federal agency that grants 
 money for the construction of the facilities. 

    Subd. 5.    Fees.  The commissioner shall establish and 
 collect fees for use of the parking facilities.  The fees must 
 be established and adjusted in compliance with United States 
 Code, title 23, section 137, and are not subject to chapter 14, 
 including section 14.386, or 16A.1285. 

    Subd. 6.    Enforcement.  This section must be enforced 
 in the same manner as parking ordinances or laws are enforced in 
 Minneapolis.  The commissioner may revoke the permit or refuse 
 to issue a permit to a person who repeatedly violates 
 subdivision 7 or the rules of the commissioner. 

    Subd. 7.    Prohibition.  A person may not park a motor 
 vehicle in a parking facility described in subdivision 1 except 
 in compliance with subdivision 5 and the rules of the 
 commissioner adopted under subdivision 2.  Violation of this 
 subdivision is a misdemeanor. 

    Subd. 8.    Special account.  Fees collected by the 
 commissioner under this section must be deposited in the state 
 treasury and credited to a special account.  Money in the 
 account is appropriated to the commissioner to operate, repair, 
 and maintain the parking facilities and the high occupancy 
 vehicle lanes on I-394. 

    Subd. 9.    Loan by Minneapolis.  Notwithstanding the 
 provisions of any statute or home rule charter to the contrary, 
 the city of Minneapolis may incur indebtedness and may issue and 
 sell bonds and other obligations pledging the full faith and 
 credit of the city to its payment for the purpose of loaning and 
 may loan money to the commissioner for deposit in the state 
 treasury to the credit of the trunk highway fund in an amount 
 sufficient for the construction of parking facilities described 
 in subdivision 1 without submitting the question of the issuance 
 of the bonds to the electors.  Except as provided in this 
 subdivision, the bonds shall be issued and sold according to the 
 provisions of chapter 475.  When funds are received by the state 
 from federal aid allotted to the construction of the parking 
 facilities described in subdivision 1, the commissioner must pay 
 those funds to the city from the trunk highway fund together 
 with any interest or inflation adjustment thereon which is 
 included in the federal aid. 

    Subd. 10.    Local approval.  Subdivisions 1 to 8 are 
 effective June 6, 1985.  Subdivision 9 is effective the day 
 after compliance with section 645.021, subdivision 3, by the 
 governing body of the city of Minneapolis. 

    HIST: 1985 c 299 s 41; 1995 c 265 art 1 s 1; 1996 c 305 art 3 
 s 23; 1997 c 187 art 5 s 22 

  161.124 Repealed, 1995 c 265 art 1 s 3 

     161.1245 Highway construction; authorizations and 
  restrictions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Routes No. 382 and No. 392.  The 
 commissioner of transportation is authorized to construct a 
 four-lane parkway with limited access along the right-of-way of 
 Route No. 382 in the city of St. Paul.  The commissioner shall 
 not construct any highway on Route No. 382 or connection to 
 Route No. 392 other than that described in this subdivision. 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1982 c 628 s 3 

    Subd. 3.    Route No. 3.  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall not authorize the construction of any 
 traffic lanes on trunk highway marked No. 3 from trunk highway 
 marked No. 110 in Dakota county to East Seventh Street in the 
 city of St. Paul in addition to those in existence on January 1, 
 1978. 

    Subd. 4.    Route No. 396.  Notwithstanding 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. 

    HIST: 1978 c 740 s 4; 1982 c 628 s 2; 1984 c 477 s 2 

     161.125 Sound abatement along highways. 

    Subdivision 1.    Implementation.  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall implement a noise abatement study and noise 
 abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and 
 expressways in incorporated areas contingent on the availability 
 of funding, in accordance with section 116.07, subdivision 2a.  
 The commissioner shall report to the legislature by February 1, 
 1997, on noise abatement studies and measures undertaken during 
 the previous calendar year and planned for the next three years 
 under this subdivision.  The study must include a survey of all 
 applicable noise standards and feasible noise abatement 
 measures, and an evaluation of their ability to protect citizens.

    Subd. 2.  Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49 

    Subd. 3.    Sound abatement measures.  For the purpose 
 of this section, sound abatement measures include but are not 
 limited to the following: 

    (a) traffic management measures, including reduced speed 
 limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles; 

    (b) design and construction measures, including use of 
 sound absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and 
 planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of 
 buildings on abutting property; 

    (c) enforcement of the motor vehicle source noise limits of 
 the pollution control agency and of the federal bureau of motor 
 carrier safety; and 

    (d) other measures designed for the purpose of reducing 
 motor vehicle source noise or reducing the effects of that 
 noise.  The commissioner of public safety shall cooperate with 
 the commissioner of transportation in implementing any sound 
 abatement measures that include law enforcement activities. 

    HIST: 1975 c 203 s 20; 1976 c 164 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1977 c 
 454 s 13,14; 1978 c 791 s 18; 1981 c 357 s 49; 1983 c 326 s 1; 
 1995 c 265 art 2 s 16 

  161.13 Connecting routes.  

    Subdivision 1.    Certain routes may be added.  Routes 
 conforming to the standards and in the locations hereinafter 
 prescribed may be added to the trunk highway system by order of 
 the commissioner so as to provide an efficient, practicable and 
 economical method of meeting situations and conditions that may 
 arise during the periods between legislative sessions requiring 
 connections between trunk highways on the interstate system and 
 other trunk highways.  

    Subd. 2.    Location.  The commissioner may establish 
 and thereafter construct, reconstruct, and maintain routes 
 connecting a trunk highway on the interstate system with another 
 trunk highway in the vicinity of Geneva, Medford, White Bear, 
 Rush City, Pine City and Wyoming.  If after any such connecting 
 route has been constructed, the trunk highway or portion thereof 
 that is one terminus of such route is removed from the trunk 
 highway system but remains a public road, the connecting route 
 shall remain a trunk highway.  

    Subd. 3.    Definite and specific locations and numbering 
 left to commissioner.  The definite and specific locations of 
 such routes and the numbering thereof shall be fixed and 
 determined by order of the commissioner.  

    Subd. 4.    Not to exceed certain lengths.  No such 
 route shall exceed five miles in length, and the total length of 
 all such routes shall not exceed 25 miles.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 13 

  161.131 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.132 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.133 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.134 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

  161.135 Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13 

     161.139 Highway designation costs. 

    The commissioner shall not adopt a design or erect a sign 
 to mark or memorialize a highway or bridge, pursuant to 
 designation by the legislature on or after January 1, 1996, 
 unless the commissioner is assured of the availability of funds 
 from nonstate sources sufficient to pay all costs related to 
 designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs. 

    HIST: 1996 c 455 art 3 s 5 

  161.14 Names and designations of certain highways. 

    Subdivision 1.    Capitol Highway.  The following route 
 between the city of St. Paul and the south boundary of the state 
 of Minnesota is hereby named and designated "The Capitol 
 Highway:" 

    Beginning at the intersection of University Avenue and 
 highway No. 62 in Anoka County, thence southerly along 
 University Avenue through Minneapolis, and thence southerly 
 along University Avenue and Robert Street through St. Paul, 
 thence southerly along South Robert Street through West St. 
 Paul, to a point at or near the northeast quarter-corner of 
 section 19, township 27, range 22, thence southeasterly and 
 southerly to a point at or near the southeast corner of section 
 35, township 113, range 19, thence southerly traversing in part 
 the line between Rice and Goodhue counties, to trunk highway 
 No.  21, thence southeasterly on such highway to trunk highway 
 No. 56, thence southerly on trunk highway No. 56 through Dodge 
 Center to Constitutional Route No.  9, now marked trunk highway 
 No. 16, thence east on Constitutional Route No. 9, now marked 
 trunk highway No. 16, to the northeast corner of section 2, 
 township 102, range 17, thence in a southerly direction along 
 county state-aid highway No. 19 to the junction of statutory 
 route No. 81, now marked trunk highway No. 56, thence 
 southeasterly along statutory route No. 81, now marked trunk 
 highway No. 56, to the junction of county state-aid highway No. 
 12, thence southerly along county state-aid highway No. 12 to a 
 point on the Iowa state line near the south quarter line of 
 section 34, township 101, range 14. 

    Subd. 2.    Colvill Memorial Highway.  The following 
 described highway shall be known as "The Colvill Memorial 
 Highway:" 

    Beginning at Gaylord and running thence in an easterly 
 direction through Lonsdale, Northfield and Cannon Falls, 
 terminating at the city of Red Wing. 

    Subd. 3.    Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway.  The 
 following described highway shall be known as the "Floyd B. 
 Olson Memorial Highway:" 

    Route No. 55, when permanently established, shall 
 thereafter be known as the "Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway" in 
 addition to its statutory number. 

    Subd. 4.    Theodore Christianson Drive.  The following 
 route in the vicinity of Dawson is named and designated "The 
 Theodore Christianson Memorial Drive" in memory of the late 
 Governor Theodore Christianson of Dawson, Minnesota, to-wit: 

    Beginning at a point on Constitutional Route No. 26, now 
 marked trunk highway No. 12, at its intersection with 
 Constitutional Route No. 66, now marked trunk highway No. 119, 
 northerly of Appleton; thence extending in a southerly direction 
 along Constitutional Route No.  66 to its intersection with 
 Statutory Route No. 144, now marked trunk highway No. 119, at or 
 near the south corporate limits of Appleton; thence extending 
 southwesterly and southerly along said Statutory Route No. 144 
 to a point approximately six miles east of Madison; thence 
 continuing southerly along present county state-aid highway No. 
 25 to its intersection with Constitutional Route No. 12, now 
 marked trunk highway No. 212, at or near the westerly limits of 
 Dawson; thence easterly along Constitutional Route No. 12 to its 
 intersection with present county state-aid highway No. 23 in 
 Dawson; thence continuing southerly along present county 
 state-aid highways No. 23 and No. 11 to a point on 
 Constitutional Route No. 48, now marked trunk highway No. 67. 

    Beginning at a point near the present junction of state 
 trunk highway No. 40 and county state-aid highway No. 13 in Lac 
 qui Parle County; thence extending in a general easterly 
 direction along Statutory Route No. 276, now marked trunk 
 highway No. 40 and county state-aid highway No. 20 in said 
 county to a point at or near the city of Lac qui Parle; thence 
 continuing in a general easterly and northerly direction to 
 county state-aid highway No. 33; thence continuing easterly 
 across the Minnesota River and Dam to its intersection with 
 state trunk highway No. 59; thence extending in a general 
 easterly direction along state trunk highway No. 59 to the 
 junction of state trunk highway No. 7 in the city of Montevideo; 
 thence extending in a general easterly direction on state trunk 
 highway No. 7 to a point at or near the city of Minneapolis and 
 there terminating. 

    Subd. 5.    P. H. McGarry Memorial Drive.  That portion 
 of Constitutional Route No. 19, known as trunk highway No. 371, 
 in Cass County from its south junction of Constitutional Route 
 No. 34 to Walker is hereby named and designated as the "P. H. 
 McGarry Memorial Drive." 

    Subd. 6.    Veterans' Evergreen Memorial Drive.  (a) 
 That portion of road No. 185, known as trunk highway No. 23 in 
 St. Louis, Pine and Carlton counties, is hereby named and 
 designated "Veterans' Evergreen Memorial Drive" in memory of 
 veterans of St. Louis, Pine, and Carlton counties. 

    (b) The commissioner shall install a bronze plaque with an 
 inscription to read, "In grateful memory of all men and women 
 from Carlton, Pine, and St. Louis Counties who served in World 
 War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, and all future conflicts." 

    Subd. 7.    Prohibition of advertisements.  No 
 advertisement or sign shall be displayed within a distance of 
 300 feet from the center of the traveled part of the Evergreen 
 Memorial Drive, but this provision shall not apply within a 
 municipality nor to any sign erected by public authority for the 
 regulation of traffic nor to any advertisement or sign upon the 
 wall of a building in which the goods advertised are offered for 
 sale or the business advertised is conducted. 

    Subd. 8.    Commissioner may remove advertisements.  The 
 commissioner shall remove or cause to be removed any 
 advertisement or sign prohibited under this section. 

    Subd. 9.    Yellowstone Trail.  The highway now marked 
 and known as Trunk Highway No. 212 from the Wisconsin state line 
 to the South Dakota state line is hereby named and designated as 
 the "Yellowstone Trail," and the commissioner of transportation 
 shall adopt a suitable marking design with which the 
 commissioner shall mark or blaze said highway to carry out the 
 purposes of this subdivision. 

    Subd. 10.    Sioux Trail.  The following route is named 
 and designated the "Sioux Trail:" 

    Beginning at a point in Mendota at or near the Mendota 
 Bridge over the Mississippi River; thence extending 
 southwesterly along Legislative Route No. 117 to its junction 
 with Legislative Route No.  187; thence extending westerly along 
 Legislative Route No. 187 to its junction with Constitutional 
 Route No. 5 in Shakopee; thence extending southwesterly along 
 Constitutional Route No. 5 to Mankato; thence extending 
 southwesterly along Constitutional Route No. 5 to its junction 
 with Legislative Route No. 83; thence extending northwesterly 
 along Legislative Route No. 83 to its junction with 
 Constitutional Route No.  15; thence extending northerly along 
 Constitutional Route No. 15 across the Minnesota River to its 
 junction with Nicollet County State-Aid Highway No. 21; thence 
 extending northwesterly along Nicollet County State-Aid Highway 
 No. 21 to Nicollet County State-Aid Highway No. 29 near Fort 
 Ridgely State Memorial Park; thence extending northwesterly 
 along Nicollet County State-Aid Highway No. 29 to Renville 
 County State-Aid Highway No. 5 at the Renville County line; 
 thence extending northwesterly along Renville County State-Aid 
 Highway No. 5 to Renville County Highway No. 51 at or near 
 Franklin; thence extending northwesterly along Renville County 
 Highway No. 51 to Constitutional Route No. 14 easterly of 
 Morton; thence extending along Constitutional Route No. 14 to 
 its junction with Constitutional Route No. 4 at Morton; thence 
 extending northwesterly along Constitutional Route No. 4 at its 
 junction with Renville County State-Aid Highway No. 15; thence 
 extending northwesterly along Renville County State-Aid Highway 
 No. 15 to its junction with Renville County State-Aid Highway 
 No. 10; thence extending northerly along Renville County 
 State-Aid Highway No. 10 to its junction with Renville County 
 Highway No. 52; thence extending along Renville County Highway 
 No. 52 to Chippewa County Highway No. 40 at the Chippewa County 
 line; thence extending northwesterly along Chippewa County 
 Highway No. 40 to its junction with Constitutional Route No. 12 
 at Granite Falls; thence extending northwesterly along 
 Constitutional Route No. 12 to its junction with Constitutional 
 Route No. 66 at Montevideo; thence extending northwesterly along 
 Constitutional Route No. 66 to its junction with Legislative 
 Route No. 147 at or near Appleton; thence extending 
 northwesterly along Legislative Route No. 147 to it junction 
 with Constitutional Route No. 6; thence extending northwesterly 
 along Constitutional Route No. 6 to Ortonville. 

    The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable 
 marking design with which the commissioner shall mark or blaze 
 the specified portions of the trunk highway routes heretofore 
 described over which the Sioux Trail is located, and the 
 counties of Nicollet, Renville, and Chippewa shall mark or blaze 
 their respective highways heretofore described with the same 
 marking design adopted by the commissioner of transportation. 

    Subd. 11.    Arthur V. Rohweder Highway.  That portion 
 of Constitutional Route No. 1, known as Trunk Highway No. 61, 
 from Lester Park in Duluth to Two Harbors, as the same is 
 relocated and to be constructed on new alignment, is hereby 
 named and designated as the "Arthur V. Rohweder Memorial 
 Highway." 

    Subd. 12.    Hiawatha Pioneer Trail.  (1) The following 
 route is named and designated the "Hiawatha Pioneer Trail": 

    Beginning at Trunk Highway No. 61 on the boundary line 
 between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin; thence 
 northwesterly on Trunk Highway No. 61 to junction with Trunk 
 Highway No. 12 in St. Paul; thence westerly and southwesterly on 
 Trunk Highways No. 12 and No. 5 to Fort Snelling; thence 
 southwesterly on Trunk Highway No. 3 to Faribault; thence 
 westerly on Trunk Highway No. 99 to St. Peter; thence southerly 
 on Trunk Highway No. 22 to Mankato; thence westerly on Trunk 
 Highway No.  68 to Sleepy Eye; thence northerly on Trunk Highway 
 No. 4 to Fairfax; thence westerly on Trunk Highway No. 19 to 
 junction with Trunk Highway No. 67; thence northerly on Trunk 
 Highway No. 67 to Granite Falls; thence southwesterly on Trunk 
 Highway No. 23 to junction with Trunk Highway No. 14; thence 
 westerly on Trunk Highway No. 14 to Lake Benton; thence 
 southerly on Trunk Highway No. 75 to Pipestone; thence easterly 
 on Trunk Highway No. 30 to Slayton; thence southerly on Trunk 
 Highway No. 59 to Worthington; thence easterly on Trunk Highway 
 No. 16 to Jackson; thence southerly on Trunk Highway No. 71 to 
 the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and Iowa. 

    (2) The route of the "Hiawatha Pioneer Trail" designated in 
 clause (1) of this subdivision is the main route of the trail.  
 The following routes are named and designated as the alternate 
 southern route and the alternate northern route of the "Hiawatha 
 Pioneer Trail." 

    The alternate southern route is described as follows: 

    Commencing at the junction of Trunk Highway No. 61, on the 
 main route, and Trunk Highway No. 14, north and west of Winona, 
 thence westerly on Trunk Highway No. 14 to Owatonna; thence 
 northerly on Trunk Highway No. 3 to Faribault, and connecting to 
 the main route. 

    The alternate northern route is described as follows: 

    Commencing at the junction of Trunk Highway No. 12, on the 
 main route, and Trunk Highway No. 10 in the city of St. Paul; 
 thence northerly on Trunk Highway No. 10 to Little Falls, to 
 junction Trunk Highway No. 371; thence northerly on Trunk 
 Highway No. 371 to Brainerd and junction with Trunk Highway No. 
 18; thence easterly on Trunk Highway No. 18 to Garrison and 
 junction with Trunk Highway No. 169; thence southerly on Trunk 
 Highway No. 169 to junction with Trunk Highway No.  65; thence 
 northerly on Trunk Highway No. 65 to Jacobsen, and junction with 
 Trunk Highway No. 34; thence easterly on Trunk Highway No. 34 to 
 junction with Trunk Highway No. 2; thence easterly and southerly 
 on Trunk Highway No. 2 to Duluth and junction with Trunk Highway 
 No. 23; thence southerly and westerly on Trunk Highway No. 23 to 
 Sandstone and junction of Trunk Highway No. 61, thence southerly 
 on Trunk Highway No.  61 to North Branch and junction with Trunk 
 Highway No. 95; thence easterly and southerly on Trunk Highway 
 No. 95 to Stillwater and junction with Trunk Highway No. 212; 
 thence southerly and westerly to Trunk Highway No. 12 on the 
 main route in the city of St. Paul. 

    (3) The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
 suitable marking design with which the commissioner shall mark 
 or blaze the highways heretofore described over which the 
 "Hiawatha Pioneer Trail" is located. 

    Subd. 12a.    Hiawatha Pioneer Trail; alternate route.  
 The following route is designated as an alternate route of the 
 "Hiawatha Pioneer Trail": 

    Commencing at the junction of Trunk Highway No. 61, on the 
 main route, and Trunk Highway No. 58, at Red Wing, thence 
 southwesterly on Trunk Highway No. 58, to its junction with 
 Trunk Highway No. 52, at Zumbrota.  The commissioner shall mark 
 the route as provided in subdivision 12. 

    Subd. 13.    Blue Star Memorial Highway.  Trunk Highway 
 Routes Numbered 390, 392, 394, and 395, as described in section 
 161.12, are hereby named and designated as the "Blue Star 
 Memorial Highway."  

    Subject to the approval of the commissioner of 
 transportation, the Blue Star Memorial marker may be placed in 
 roadside rest areas, waysides, or parking areas within the 
 right-of-way of the routes described in the first paragraph of 
 this subdivision. 

    Subd. 14.    John A. Johnson Memorial Highway.  That 
 portion of trunk highway marked No. 5 commencing in the city of 
 St.  Paul, to interstate highway marked No. 494, and that 
 portion of trunk highway marked No. 169 from the intersection of 
 interstate highway marked No. 494 to the city of St. Peter is 
 hereby named and designated as the "John A. Johnson Memorial 
 Highway." 

    Subd. 15.    Glacial Ridge Trail.  The following route 
 is named and designated the "Glacial Ridge Trail": 

    Beginning at the junction of Trunk Highway No. 71, at its 
 intersection with Trunk Highway No. 12, in Willmar; thence 
 extending north and northeasterly along Trunk Highway No. 71 to 
 its intersection with Kandiyohi County Highway No. 90; thence 
 extending east along said Highway No. 90 to its junction with 
 Kandiyohi County State Aid Highway (SAH) No. 9; thence extending 
 north and northeasterly along said Highway No. 9 to its junction 
 with Kandiyohi SAH No. 26; thence extending east along said 
 Highway No. 26 to its junction with Kandiyohi SAH No. 8; thence 
 extending north along said Highway No. 8 to its junction with 
 Kandiyohi SAH No. 10, south of Green Lake; thence northerly 
 along said Highway No. 10 to its junction with Kandiyohi SAH No. 
 30 in Spicer; thence extending northerly and easterly along said 
 Highway No. 30 to its junction with Kandiyohi County SAH No. 2; 
 thence extending northerly on said Highway No. 2 to a highway 
 easterly of Long Lake and on the north side of Irving Township; 
 thence westerly and southerly on the township road through 
 Sections 4 and 5 of Irving Township to Kandiyohi County Highway 
 No. 103 to its junction with a township road running south 
 through Sections 6, 7, and 18 of Irving Township to its junction 
 with Kandiyohi SAH No. 40; thence west on said Highway No. 40, 
 across Trunk Highway No. 23 to the junction of SAH No. 40 and 
 SAH No. 9 in the City of New London; thence via city streets to 
 Trunk Highway No. 9 in New London; thence extending westerly on 
 said Highway No. 9, to its junction with Trunk Highway No. 71; 
 thence southerly on said Highway No. 71 to Kandiyohi County SAH 
 No. 48; thence westerly through Sibley State Park and northerly, 
 across Trunk Highway No. 9, to Colfax Township road running 
 westerly through Sections 27, 22, 21, 20, and 19, of said 
 township, and Section 24 of Norway Lake Township to Kandiyohi 
 County Road No. 1, thence north to the township road on the 
 south side of Sections 13 and 14 of Norway Lake Township to 
 Kandiyohi County Road No. 115 to its junction with Kandiyohi 
 County SAH No. 36 and west on said Highway No. 36 to a Norway 
 Lake Township Road running northerly through Section No. 5 to 
 the Pope County line and there joining a township road in 
 Section 32 of Lake Johanna Township; thence northerly and 
 westerly through Sections 32 and 31 to Trunk Highway No. 104; 
 thence northerly on said Highway No. 104 to a township road; 
 running westerly through Sections 24 and 23 of Gilchrist 
 Township to Pope County Highway No. 84; thence westerly on said 
 Highway No. 84 to the west side of Section No. 15; thence 
 northerly and westerly on a township road through Sections 16 
 and 17 to Pope County SAH No. 8; thence north on said Highway 
 No. 8, in Section No. 8, to a township road; thence in a general 
 northwesterly direction on township roads to Trunk Highway No. 
 104. 

    And beginning in the Community of Terrace, in Section No. 
 33 of Chippewa Falls Township, Pope County, Minnesota; thence 
 northwesterly on Pope County SAH No. 21 to a township road; 
 thence westerly on said township road to Trunk Highway No. 104; 
 thence along said Highway No. 104 in a westerly and northerly 
 direction to Pope County SAH No. 18; thence westerly on said 
 Highway No. 18 to Pope County SAH No. 17; thence northerly on 
 said Highway No. 17 to its junction with Trunk Highway No.  104; 
 thence northerly to Trunk Highway No. 28 in Glenwood; thence 
 easterly on said Highway No. 28 to its junction with Pope County 
 SAH No. 25; thence northerly and easterly to the City of 
 Villard; thence to Trunk Highway No. 28 and easterly to its 
 junction with Trunk Highway No. 71; thence northerly on said 
 Highway No. 71 to the city of Sauk Centre. 

    And beginning in the City of Villard on Pope County SAH 
 No.  28; thence westerly on said SAH No. 28 to its junction with 
 Trunk Highway No. 29. 

    And beginning at the south limits of the City of Alexandria 
 on Trunk Highway No. 29; thence southerly to its junction with 
 Trunk Highway No. 55; thence southeasterly to 14th Avenue 
 Northeast and the adjacent Mount Lookout Rest Area in the City 
 of Glenwood; thence westerly on said 14th Avenue NE to its 
 junction with Trunk Highway No. 29; thence southerly on said 
 Highway No. 29 to its junction with Trunk Highway No.  104 in 
 the City of Glenwood. 

    And beginning in the City of Glenwood at the junction of 
 Trunk Highway No.  104 and Lakeshore Drive; thence westerly on 
 Lakeshore Drive into the City of Long Beach to Golf Course Road; 
 thence on Golf Course Road to Trunk Highway No. 29; thence on 
 said Highway No. 29 to Pope County SAH No. 24; thence westerly 
 on said SAH No. 24 to the Pelican Lake Road; thence southerly on 
 said road to Trunk Highway No. 29; thence southerly and westerly 
 on said Highway No. 29 through the City of Starbuck to Pope 
 County SAH No. 41; thence southerly on said SAH No. 41 to 
 Glacial Lakes State Park. 

    And beginning on Pope County SAH No. 41 at its junction 
 with Pope County Highway No. 74; thence easterly on said County 
 Highway No. 74 to its junction with Pope County SAH No. 13; 
 thence southerly on said SAH No. 13 to its junction with a 
 township road on the north side of Section 5 of Rolling Forks 
 Township; thence easterly on said township road through Sections 
 5, 4, and 3 of Rolling Forks Township; said road continuing as 
 the township road through Sections 34, 35, and 36 of Barsness 
 Township to its junction with Pope County SAH No. 19. 

    And beginning at the junction of Trunk Highway 104 and Pope 
 County SAH No. 19; thence southerly on said SAH No. 19 to the 
 Swift County line where it becomes Swift County SAH No. 25; 
 thence on said SAH No. 25 to the Swift Falls Community Park. 

    And beginning at the junction of Swift County SAH No. 25 
 and Swift County Highway No. 87; thence southerly and easterly 
 on said Highway No. 87 to its junction with a township road in 
 Section 12 of Camp Lake Township; thence easterly and northerly 
 on township roads through Sections 12 and 1 of Camp Lake 
 Township to a junction with a township road in Section No. 6 of 
 Kerkhoven Township; thence easterly and southerly on township 
 roads through Sections No. 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, and 11 to its junction 
 with Swift SAH No. 28; thence easterly on said SAH No. 28 to its 
 junction with Swift County Highway No. 95; thence southerly on 
 said Highway No. 95 through Monson Lake Memorial Park to its 
 junction with Swift County SAH No. 18; thence easterly on said 
 SAH No. 18 to the Kandiyohi County line where it becomes 
 Kandiyohi County SAH No. 40; thence on said SAH No. 40 to Trunk 
 Highway No. 104. 

    And beginning at the junction of Kandiyohi County SAH No. 
 36 and a township road in Section No. 8 of Norway Lake Township; 
 thence southerly on said SAH No. 36 to its junction with Trunk 
 Highway No. 9; thence on said Highway No. 9 to its junction with 
 Trunk Highway No. 104; thence south on said Highway No. 104, 
 through the City of Sunburg to the junction of said Highway No. 
 104 and Kandiyohi County SAH No. 40; thence easterly on said SAH 
 No. 40 to its junction with Kandiyohi SAH No. 5. 

    And beginning at the junction of Kandiyohi County SAH's 
 No.  48 and 38; thence southerly on said SAH No. 38 to Kandiyohi 
 County SAH No. 40; thence westerly on said SAH No. 40 to its 
 junction with Kandiyohi SAH No. 5; thence southerly on said SAH 
 No. 5 to its junction with a township road in Section No. 9 of 
 Dovre Township; thence easterly on said township road through 
 Sections No. 9, 10, and 11 to its intersection with Kandiyohi 
 County SAH No. 27; thence easterly on said SAH No. 27 to its 
 junction with a township road in Section No. 13 of Dovre 
 Township; thence on said township road through Sections No. 13, 
 14, 23, 25, and 36 of Dovre Township to its junction with Trunk 
 Highway No. 71. 

    The respective road authorities of the highways over which 
 the route described in this subdivision is located shall place 
 and maintain the "Glacial Ridge Trail" emblem, an arrowhead 
 design with red, black, and white colors, on the highways under 
 their jurisdiction to adequately mark the highways as "Glacial 
 Ridge Trail". 

    The state transportation department shall make sufficient 
 additional markers to enable the counties to mark those portions 
 of the trail not maintained by the state. 

    Subd. 16.    Eisenhower Memorial Bridge.  The bridge 
 over the Mississippi river at the city of Red Wing, being part 
 of legislative route No. 161, is hereby named and designated the 
 "Eisenhower Memorial Bridge."  Any plaques or signs 
 memorializing this bridge should be furnished by other than the 
 Minnesota department of transportation and approved by the 
 commissioner of transportation. 

    Subd. 17.    Hiawatha-Appleblossom Scenic Drive.  

    (1) The following described route is named and designated 
 the "Hiawatha-Appleblossom Scenic Drive." 

    Beginning at a point in LaCrescent on Houston county state 
 aid highway No. 29; thence extending northerly along Houston 
 county state aid highway No. 29 to the Winona county line; 
 thence extending northerly and westerly along Winona county 
 state aid highway No. 1 to its junction with Winona county state 
 aid highway No. 12; thence easterly along Winona county state 
 aid highway No. 12 to its intersection with trunk highway marked 
 No. 61 in Dakota and there terminating.  Also from the junction 
 of Winona county state aid highway No. 1 and Winona county state 
 aid highway No. 12; thence westerly and northerly along Winona 
 county state aid highway No. 12 to its intersection with Winona 
 county state aid highway No. 3; thence easterly and northerly 
 along Winona county state aid highway No. 3 to its intersection 
 with trunk highway marked No. 61 and there terminating. 

    (2) The respective road authorities having jurisdiction of 
 the highways over which the route described in clause (1) is 
 located shall adopt and place suitable marking signs on their 
 respective highways to adequately mark the route as 
 "Hiawatha-Appleblossom Scenic Drive." 

    Subd. 18.    Voyageur Highway.  The following route is 
 named and designated the "Voyageur Highway": 

    (a) Beginning at a point on trunk highway No. 26 on the 
 boundary line between the states of Minnesota and Iowa; thence 
 northerly along trunk highway No. 26 to its junction with trunk 
 highway No. 61; thence northwesterly along trunk highway No. 61 
 to its junction with trunk highway No. 10 in the city of St. 
 Paul; thence extending in a general northwesterly direction 
 along trunk highway No. 10 to its junction with trunk highway 
 No. 371 at Little Falls; thence extending in a general northerly 
 direction along trunk highway No. 371 to its junction with trunk 
 highway No. 210 at Brainerd; thence northeasterly along trunk 
 highway No. 210 to its junction with trunk highway No. 169 at 
 Aitkin; thence in a general northerly direction along trunk 
 highway No. 169 to its junction with trunk highway No. 2 at 
 Grand Rapids; thence northwesterly along trunk highway No. 2 to 
 its junction with trunk highway No. 71 at Bemidji; thence 
 northeasterly along trunk highway No.  71 to its junction with 
 trunk highway No. 11 at Pelland; thence northeasterly along 
 trunk highway No. 11 to its junction with trunk highway No. 53 
 at International Falls; thence southeasterly along trunk highway 
 No. 53 to its junction with trunk highway No. 61 at Duluth; 
 thence northeasterly along trunk highway No. 61 to the boundary 
 line between the state of Minnesota and the province of Ontario, 
 Canada. 

    (b) The route of the Voyageur highway designated and 
 described in clause (a) is supplemented by legs or alternative 
 routes described as follows: 

    Beginning at a point on trunk highway No. 1 at its junction 
 with trunk highway No. 61 northerly of Silver Bay; thence 
 northwesterly along trunk highway No. 1 to Ely; thence 
 southwesterly along trunk highway No. 1 to its junction with 
 trunk highway No. 169; thence southerly and westerly along trunk 
 highway No. 169 to its junction with trunk highway No. 53, and 
 there terminating. 

    Beginning at a point on trunk highway No. 11 at its 
 junction with trunk highway No. 53 at International Falls; 
 thence easterly along trunk highway No. 11 to its easterly 
 terminus near Island View. 

    Beginning at a point on trunk highway No. 33 at its 
 junction with interstate highway marked I-35 southerly of 
 Cloquet, thence northerly along trunk highway No. 33 to its 
 junction with trunk highway No. 53. 

    (c) The commissioner of transportation shall 

    (1) adopt a suitable marking design of signs or 
 informational plaques. 

    (2) effect the installation of such signs or plaques in 
 public waysides or other public areas as approved and designated 
 by the commissioner. 

    Subd. 19.    Viking Trail.  The following route is 
 named and designated the "Viking Trail": 

    (a) Beginning on Clay County State Aid Highway (SAH) No. 36 
 on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and North 
 Dakota; thence easterly on said SAH No. 36 to Clay County 
 Highway No. 100; thence southerly through the city of Georgetown 
 to U.S. Trunk Highway No. 75; thence southerly on said Trunk 
 Highway to its intersection with U.S.  Trunk Highway No. 10; 
 thence easterly on said Trunk Highway No. 10 to its junction 
 with Becker County SAH No. 5; thence southerly on said SAH No. 5 
 to Becker County SAH No. 6; thence easterly on said SAH No. 6 to 
 Becker County SAH No. 11; thence southerly on said SAH No. 11 to 
 Becker County SAH No. 5; thence southerly on said SAH No. 5 to 
 the Otter Tail County line where the highway becomes Otter Tail 
 County SAH No. 9; thence southerly on said SAH No. 9 to Otter 
 Tail County SAH No. 20; thence easterly on said SAH No. 20 to 
 Otter Tail County SAH No. 31; thence southerly on said SAH No. 
 31, across U.S. Trunk Highway No. 59, to the junction of said 
 SAH No. 31 and Otter Tail County SAH No. 4; thence westerly on 
 said SAH No. 4 to its junction with U.S. Trunk Highway No 59; 
 thence southerly on said Trunk Highway No. 59 through the cities 
 of Pelican Rapids, Erhard, and Elizabeth to its junction with 
 Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 52; thence west on said Trunk 
 Highway No. 52 to its junction with Otter Tail County Highway 
 No. 116; thence southerly on said County Highway No. 116 to its 
 junction with Minnesota Trunk Highway No.  210; thence easterly 
 on said Trunk Highway No. 210 through the cities of Fergus Falls 
 and Underwood to its junction with Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 
 78; thence northerly on said Trunk Highway No. 78 to its 
 junction with Otter Tail County SAH No. 83 in the City of Battle 
 Lake; thence westerly on said SAH No. 83 to its junction with 
 Otter Tail County Highway No. 122; thence westerly on said 
 County Highway No. 122 to its junction with Otter Tail County 
 SAH No. 35 in the City of Underwood; thence southerly, across 
 Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 210, through the City of Dalton and 
 across Interstate Highway No. 94 to the junction of said SAH No. 
 35 with U.S. Trunk Highway No. 59; thence southerly on said 
 Trunk Highway No. 59 into Grant County to its junction with 
 Grant County Highway No. 50; thence easterly on said County 
 Highway No. 50 to its junction with Grant County SAH No. 4; 
 thence easterly on said SAH No. 4 to its junction with Grant 
 County SAH No. 21; thence southerly on said SAH No. 21 to its 
 junction with Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 79. 

    Beginning in the City of Elbow Lake on Minnesota Trunk 
 Highway No. 79; thence easterly on said Trunk Highway No. 79 to 
 its junction with Grant County SAH No. 21; thence southerly on 
 said SAH No.  21 to Grant County Highway No. 36; thence easterly 
 on said County Highway No. 36 to its junction with Grant County 
 SAH No. 10; thence southerly on said SAH No. 10 to its junction 
 with Grant County SAH No. 2. 

    Beginning in the City of Barrett on Grant County SAH No. 2; 
 thence easterly on said SAH No. 2 to its junction with Grant 
 County SAH No. 5; thence southerly on said SAH No. 5 through the 
 City of Hoffman to Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 55; thence 
 southeasterly on said Trunk Highway No. 55 to its junction with 
 Douglas County SAH No. 1 in the City of Kensington; thence 
 northerly on said SAH No. 1 to the Solem Township road on the 
 south side of Section 15 of Solem township (T. 127 N., R. 40 
 W.); thence easterly and northeasterly on Solem Township roads 
 through Sections 15, 14, and 11 to their junction with Minnesota 
 Trunk Highway No. 27; thence easterly on said Trunk Highway No. 
 27 to its junction with Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 114; thence 
 northerly on said Trunk Highway No. 114, under Interstate 
 Highway No. 94, to the junction of said Trunk Highway No. 114 
 with Douglas County SAH No. 8; thence easterly on said SAH No. 8 
 to its junction with Douglas County SAH No. 82; thence southerly 
 and easterly on said SAH No. 82 to its junction with Minnesota 
 Trunk Highway No. 29 in the City of Alexandria; thence northerly 
 on said Trunk Highway No. 29 to its junction with Douglas County 
 SAH No. 42 in the City of Alexandria; thence northerly on said 
 SAH No. 42 to its junction with Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 29; 
 thence easterly across said Trunk Highway No. 29 to Douglas 
 County SAH No. 13 and continuing easterly on said SAH No. 13 
 through the City of Carlos to the junction of said SAH No. 13 
 with Douglas County SAH No. 3 in the community known as Belle 
 River; thence easterly on said SAH No. 3 to the Belle River 
 Township Road in Section 14 of Belle River Township (T. 129 N., 
 R. 36 W.); thence easterly on said township Road through 
 Sections 14 and 13 of Belle River Township to the Douglas-Todd 
 County Line, where it becomes a Leslie Township Road in Section 
 No. 18 of Leslie Township (T. 129 N. R. 35 W.); thence easterly 
 on said Leslie Township Road through Sections No. 18 and 17 to 
 the Todd County SAH No.  1; thence southerly on said SAH No. 1 
 to its junction with Todd County SAH No. 36; thence easterly on 
 said SAH No. 36 to its junction with Leslie township Road in 
 Section No. 22 of said Leslie Township; thence southerly on said 
 Township Road through Sections No. 22, 27, and 28 of said Leslie 
 Township to Todd County SAH No. 10; thence easterly on said SAH 
 No. 10 to its junction with Todd County SAH No. 37; thence 
 southerly on said SAH No. 37 to its junction with Minnesota 
 Trunk Highway No. 27; thence southerly on said Trunk Highway No. 
 27 to the City of Osakis. 

    Beginning at the junction of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 27 
 and Todd County SAH No. 4; thence easterly on said SAH No. 4 to 
 its junction with Todd County SAH No. 11; thence southerly on 
 said SAH No. 11 to its junction with Todd County Highway No. 96; 
 thence easterly on said County Highway No. 96 to its junction 
 with Todd County SAH No. 50 at the community of Little Sauk; 
 thence southerly on said SAH No. 50 to its junction with U. S. 
 Trunk Highway No. 71; thence southerly on said Trunk Highway No. 
 71 to its junction with Todd County SAH No. 2; thence easterly 
 on said SAH No. 2 to its junctions with Todd County SAH No. 15; 
 thence southerly on said SAH No. 15 to the Todd-Stearns County 
 line and its junction with Stearns County SAH No. 24; thence 
 southerly on said SAH No. 24 to Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 28; 
 thence southwesterly on said Trunk Highway No. 28 to its 
 junction with U.S. Trunk Highway No. 71; thence southerly on 
 said Trunk Highway No. 71 through the City of Sauk Centre to its 
 junction with the Interstate Highway No. 94 and there 
 terminating. 

    (b) The respective road authorities, of the highways over 
 which the route described in this subdivision is located, may 
 erect and maintain the "Viking Trail" emblem on the highways 
 under their jurisdiction to adequately mark the route as the 
 "Viking Trail".  The commissioner of transportation shall 
 approve an emblem which shall consist of the lettering "Viking 
 Trail" with the bow section of a Viking ship on a body of water; 
 the colors being blue on white. 

    Subd. 20.    Veterans Memorial Bridge.  The bridge over 
 the Minnesota River between the cities of Mankato and North 
 Mankato, being a part of legislative route No. 256, is named and 
 designated the "Veterans Memorial Bridge."  Plaques or signs 
 memorializing this bridge must be furnished by other than the 
 Minnesota department of transportation and approved by the 
 commissioner.  

    Subd. 21.    George Mann Memorial Highway.  That segment 
 of marked trunk highway No. 60 from Mankato to Brewster is named 
 and designated the "George Mann Memorial Highway."  The 
 commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this 
 highway and shall erect the appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 22.    Olof Hanson Drive.  Legislative route No. 
 299, as described in section 161.115, is named and designated 
 "Olof Hanson Drive."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable 
 marking design to mark this highway and shall erect the 
 appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 23.    American Veterans Memorial Highway.  Trunk 
 highway No. 391, described in section 161.12 and marked as 
 interstate highway I-90, is named and designated as the 
 "American Veterans Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark 
 this highway and shall erect appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 24.    Moberg Trail.  That portion of 
 Constitutional Route No. 46, known as U.S. Route No. 8, that is 
 located within Chisago county is named and designated "Moberg 
 Trail."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design 
 to mark this highway and shall erect the appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 25.    Paul Bunyan Expressway.  That portion of 
 trunk highway marked No. 371 from Little Falls to its 
 intersection with trunk highway marked No. 2 in Cass Lake, 
 except for that portion named in subdivision 45, and that 
 portion of trunk highway marked No. 2 from its intersection with 
 trunk highway marked No. 371 in Cass Lake to Bemidji, is named 
 and designated the "Paul Bunyan Expressway."  The commissioner 
 shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway and 
 shall erect the appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 26.    Disabled American Veterans Highway.  That 
 portion of Constitutional Route No. 3, known as trunk highway 
 No. 61, from the easterly limits of the city of St. Paul to the 
 boundary line between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin is 
 designated the "Disabled American Veterans Highway."  The 
 roadside rest area on trunk highway No. 61 at Lake City is 
 designated the disabled American veterans rest area.  The 
 commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable marking 
 design to mark this highway and rest area and shall erect the 
 appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 27.    B. E. Grottum Memorial Highway.  That 
 segment of Constitutional Route No. 4 from its intersection with 
 marked county state-aid highway 34 in Jackson county to its 
 intersection with North Highway in the city of Jackson, is 
 designated the "B. E. Grottum Memorial Highway."  The 
 commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable marking 
 design to mark this highway and shall erect appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 28.    Wally Nelson Highway.  Legislative route No.
 330, as described in section 161.115, is named and designated 
 "Wally Nelson Highway."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable 
 marking design to mark this highway and shall erect appropriate 
 signs. 

    Subd. 29.    Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway.  
 Marked trunk highway No. 14, from its intersection with the 
 Minnesota-South Dakota border easterly to its intersection with 
 Olmsted county road No. 22 and then southerly and easterly along 
 that county road to its intersection with marked trunk highway 
 No. 14 and then easterly to its intersection with marked U.S. 
 highway No. 63 in or near Rochester and then northerly and 
 southerly along marked U.S. highway No. 63, as follows: 

    (1) northerly along marked U.S. highway No. 63 to its 
 intersection with marked U.S. highway No. 61 in or near Lake 
 City and then southeasterly along U.S. highway No. 61 to its 
 intersection with marked trunk highway No. 60 in or near the 
 city of Wabasha and then northeasterly along marked trunk 
 highway No. 60 to its intersection with the Minnesota-Wisconsin 
 border; and 

    (2) southerly along marked U.S. highway No. 63 to its 
 intersection with marked trunk highway No. 16 and then easterly 
 along marked trunk highway No. 16 to its intersection with 
 marked U.S. highway No. 52 in or near the city of Preston and 
 then southerly and easterly along marked U.S. highway No. 52 to 
 the Minnesota-Iowa border, 

 is designated the "Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway." 

    Pursuant to section 161.139, the commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark 
 this highway and shall erect appropriate signs.  The people of 
 the communities, having resolved to support and financially back 
 the marking of these routes, shall reimburse the department for 
 costs incurred in marking and memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 30.    Minnesota Veterans Memorial Highway.  Trunk 
 highway marked No. 212 is designated the "Minnesota Veterans 
 Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of transportation shall 
 adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway and shall 
 erect the appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 31.    Bridge of Hope.  The bridge over the 
 Mississippi River at or near St. Cloud, Minnesota, being a part 
 of trunk highway marked No. 15, is named and designated the 
 "Bridge of Hope."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable 
 marking design to mark the bridge and shall provide and erect 
 the appropriate signs or plaques.  The people of the community, 
 having resolved to support and financially back the marking of 
 this bridge, shall reimburse the department for costs incurred 
 in marking and memorializing this bridge. 

    Subd. 32.    Betty Adkins Bridge.  The bridge over the 
 Mississippi River in or near the city of Elk River connecting 
 trunk highway marked No. 101 in Wright county with trunk highway 
 marked No. 169 in Sherburne county is named and designated 
 "Betty Adkins Bridge."  The commissioner of transportation shall 
 furnish and erect plaques or signs to mark and memorialize this 
 bridge.  The people of the community, having resolved to support 
 and financially back the marking of this bridge, shall reimburse 
 the department for costs incurred in marking and memorializing 
 this bridge. 

    Subd. 33.    POW/MIA Memorial Highway.  Trunk highway 
 marked No. 169 from its intersection with trunk highway marked 
 No. 10 in or near the city of Elk River to its intersection with 
 state highway marked No. 18 in or near the city of Garrison and 
 state highway marked No. 18 from its intersection with trunk 
 highway marked No. 169 in or near Garrison to its intersection 
 with trunk highway marked No. 371 in or near the city of 
 Brainerd is designated the "POW/MIA Memorial Highway."  The 
 commissioner of transportation shall adopt a suitable marking 
 design to mark this highway and shall erect the appropriate 
 signs.  The people of the community, having resolved to support 
 and financially back the marking of this highway, shall 
 reimburse the department for costs incurred in marking and 
 memorializing this highway.  

    Subd. 34.    Veterans Memorial Highway.  Legislative 
 route No. 131, marked as trunk highway No. 115, is designated 
 the "Veterans Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark 
 this highway and shall erect the appropriate signs.  The people 
 of the community, having resolved to support and financially 
 back the marking of this highway, shall reimburse the department 
 for costs incurred in marking and memorializing this highway.  

    Subd. 35.    Amish Buggy Byway.  Marked trunk highway No.
 52, from its intersection with marked trunk highway No. 44 near 
 the city of Prosper to its intersection with marked trunk 
 highway No. 16 east of the city of Preston, is designated the 
 "Amish Buggy Byway."  The commissioner of transportation shall 
 adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway and shall 
 erect the appropriate signs.  The people of the community, 
 having resolved to support and financially back the marking of 
 this highway, shall reimburse the department for costs incurred 
 in marking and memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 36.    Czech Heritage Highway.  That portion of 
 trunk highway marked No. 13 between the city of New Prague and 
 the city of Montgomery is designated the "Czech Heritage 
 Highway" or another name reflecting the area's Czech heritage 
 that is agreed on by the city councils of New Prague and 
 Montgomery.  The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
 suitable marking design to mark this highway and shall erect the 
 appropriate signs.  The people of the community, having resolved 
 to support and financially back the marking of this highway, 
 shall reimburse the department for costs incurred in marking and 
 memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 37.    Victory Drive.  Marked trunk highway No. 
 22, from its intersection with marked trunk highways Nos. 14 and 
 60 in the city of Mankato to its intersection with marked trunk 
 highway No. 30 in the city of Mapleton, is designated "Victory 
 Drive."  The commissioner of transportation shall adopt a 
 suitable design for marking this highway and shall erect 
 appropriate signs at locations the commissioner determines.  The 
 people of the community, having resolved to support and 
 financially back the marking of this highway, shall reimburse 
 the department for costs incurred in marking and memorializing 
 this highway. 

    Subd. 38.    Veterans Memorial Highway.  Marked trunk 
 highway No. 15, from its intersection with marked trunk highway 
 No. 60 to its intersection with the Iowa border, is designated 
 "Veterans Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of transportation 
 shall adopt a suitable design for marking this highway and shall 
 erect appropriate signs at locations the commissioner 
 determines.  The people of the community, having resolved to 
 support and financially back the marking of this highway, shall 
 reimburse the department for costs incurred in marking and 
 memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 39.    Dale Wayrynen Memorial Highway.  That 
 segment of marked trunk highway No. 210 located within Aitkin 
 county is designated "Dale Wayrynen Memorial Highway."  The 
 commissioner of transportation shall erect appropriate signs 
 after adopting a marking design for the signs, which suitably 
 commemorates Dale Wayrynen, posthumous recipient of the 
 Congressional Medal of Honor, for heroism displayed during the 
 Vietnam War.  The people of the community, having resolved to 
 support and financially back the marking of this highway, shall 
 reimburse the department for costs incurred in marking and 
 memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 40.    Augie Mueller Memorial Highway.  Marked 
 trunk highway No. 5 from its intersection with highway 101 in or 
 near Chanhassen southwesterly to its intersection with marked 
 trunk highway No. 19 in or near Gaylord is designated "Augie 
 Mueller Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of transportation 
 shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway and 
 erect appropriate signs.  The people of the community, having 
 resolved to support and financially back the marking of this 
 highway, shall reimburse the department for costs incurred in 
 marking and memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 41.    Don Rickers Memorial Highway.  That segment 
 of marked trunk highway No. 60 from Brewster to Worthington is 
 designated "Don Rickers Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable design for marking this 
 highway and shall erect appropriate signs at locations 
 determined by the commissioner.  The people of the community, 
 having resolved to support and financially back the marking of 
 this highway, shall reimburse the department for costs incurred 
 in marking and memorializing this highway. 

    Subd. 42.    Ruby L. Hughes Boulevard.  The north 
 frontage road just off Olson Memorial Highway, from its 
 intersection with Logan Avenue North and Morgan Avenue North in 
 the city of Minneapolis, is designated "Ruby L. Hughes 
 Boulevard" subject to section 161.139.  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark 
 this road and erect appropriate signs.  The people of the 
 community, having resolved to support and financially back the 
 marking of this road, shall reimburse the department for costs 
 incurred in marking and memorializing this road. 

    Subd. 43.    State Trooper Timothy J. Bowe Memorial 
 Highway.  Marked trunk highway No. 95, from its intersection 
 with marked trunk highway No. 65 in Cambridge to its 
 intersection with marked interstate highway No. 35 near North 
 Branch, is named and designated "State Trooper Timothy J. Bowe 
 Memorial Highway."  The commissioner of transportation shall 
 adopt a suitable marking design to mark this highway and shall 
 erect the appropriate signs, subject to section 161.139. 

    Subd. 44.    Otter Tail Veterans Memorial Drive.  That 
 portion of marked trunk highway No. 59 from its intersection 
 with Otter Tail county highway No. 3 to its intersection with 
 Otter Tail county highway No. 4, is designated "Otter Tail 
 Veterans Memorial Drive."  The commissioner shall adopt a 
 suitable marking design to mark this highway and erect 
 appropriate signs, subject to the provisions of section 161.139. 

    Subd. 45.    C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway.  That 
 portion of marked trunk highway No. 371 from its intersection 
 with Design Drive in Baxter to the unincorporated community of 
 Barrows, known as the Brainerd bypass, is named and designated 
 the "C. Elmer Anderson Memorial Highway."  Subject to the 
 provisions of section 161.139, the commissioner shall adopt a 
 suitable marking design to mark this highway and shall erect the 
 appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 46.    34th Infantry (Red Bull) Division Highway.  
 Trunk highway No. 390, described in section 161.12 and marked as 
 interstate highway I-35, is named and designated as the "34th 
 Infantry (Red Bull) Division Highway."  Subject to the 
 provisions of section 161.139, the commissioner of 
 transportation shall adopt a suitable marking design to mark 
 this highway and shall erect appropriate signs. 

    Subd. 47.    Richard J. Mathiowetz Memorial Highway.  
 Marked trunk highway No. 4, from the north city limits of Sleepy 
 Eye to its intersection with marked trunk highway No. 60 in St. 
 James, is designated the "Richard J. Mathiowetz Memorial 
 Highway."  The commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking 
 design to mark this highway and erect appropriate signs, subject 
 to section 161.139. 

    HIST: 1959 c 210 s 1; 1959 c 500 art 2 s 14; 1961 c 669 s 1,2; 
 1961 c 734 s 1; 1965 c 445 s 1-3; 1965 c 556 s 1; 1969 c 346 s 
 1; 1969 c 480 s 1; 1969 c 1058 s 1; 1971 c 82 s 1; 1971 c 640 s 
 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1974 c 65 s 1; 1974 c 102 s 1; 1975 c 
 255 s 1; 1976 c 29 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1976 c 292 s 1; 1978 c 
 674 s 19; 1984 c 412 s 3; 1985 c 35 s 1; 1985 c 301 s 1; 1986 c 
 444; 1988 c 438 s 1; 1988 c 565 s 1; 1989 c 227 s 1; 1990 c 357 
 s 1; 1991 c 248 s 1; 1991 c 274 s 1; 1993 c 39 s 1,2; 1994 c 395 
 s 1; 1994 c 457 s 1; 1995 c 19 s 1; 1995 c 50 s 1; 1996 c 272 s 
 1,2; 1996 c 279 s 1; 1996 c 287 s 1; 1996 c 426 s 1,2; 1996 c 
 455 art 3 s 6-8; 1997 c 51 s 1-4; 1997 c 159 art 2 s 7; 1998 c 
 254 art 1 s 58; 1998 c 290 s 1; 1999 c 16 s 1; 1999 c 42 s 1; 
 1999 c 86 art 1 s 83; 2000 c 279 s 1,2; 2000 c 281 s 1; 2000 c 
 288 s 1 

     161.141 Northwest Angle, connecting highway; federal 
  approval. 

    Subdivision 1.    Agreement.  The commissioner of 
 transportation may enter into an agreement with the authorized 
 authorities of the province of Manitoba, Canada providing for an 
 equitable division of costs and responsibilities to be borne by 
 the state of Minnesota and the province of Manitoba for the 
 establishment, location, construction, maintenance, and 
 operation of a highway through the province of Manitoba, thereby 
 connecting the Northwest Angle with other parts of the state of 
 Minnesota. 

    Subd. 2.    Required condition.  The agreement shall 
 contain an express provision that it shall not be binding on the 
 state of Minnesota until approved by the Congress of the United 
 States.  The agreement shall contain the further express 
 provision that the agreement shall not be binding on the state 
 of Minnesota unless the Congress of the United States 
 appropriates to the state of Minnesota a sum of money sufficient 
 to pay Minnesota's share of the cost of the highway. 

    Subd. 3.    Implementation.  Upon approval of Congress 
 and the appropriation of money by Congress as provided in 
 subdivision 2, the commissioner may proceed to carry out the 
 terms of the agreement provided for in subdivision 1. 

    HIST: 1959 c 132 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.1419 Mississippi river parkway commission. 

    Subdivision 1.    Policy.  It is declared to be the 
 policy of the state and to be in the best public interest for 
 the promotion of public safety, recreation, travel, trade, and 
 the general welfare of the people to cooperate with the federal 
 government and with the interstate Mississippi river parkway 
 planning commission.  To carry out such policy and to aid in the 
 promotion and securement of a scenic parkway and highway for the 
 state of Minnesota and to aid in securing the location of 
 federal parks within Minnesota a Mississippi river parkway 
 commission is created.  Such commission shall also work toward 
 the planning, construction, maintenance, and improvement of the 
 Great River Road or Mississippi River Parkway which is to follow 
 generally the course of the Mississippi river and extend from 
 Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. 

    Subd. 2.    Members.  The commission shall be composed 
 of ten members of which one shall be appointed by the 
 commissioner of transportation, one shall be appointed by the 
 commissioner of natural resources, one shall be appointed by the 
 commissioner of trade and economic development, one shall be 
 appointed by the commissioner of agriculture, one shall be 
 appointed by the director of the Minnesota historical society, 
 two shall be members of the senate to be appointed by the 
 committee on committees, and two shall be members of the house 
 of representatives to be appointed by the speaker.  The tenth 
 member shall be the secretary appointed pursuant to subdivision 
 3.  The members of the commission shall be selected immediately 
 after May 27, 1963, and shall serve for a term expiring at the 
 close of the next regular session of the legislature and until 
 their successors are appointed.  Successor members shall be 
 appointed at the close of each regular session of the 
 legislature by the same appointing authorities.  Members may be 
 reappointed.  Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing 
 authority.  The commissioner of transportation, the commissioner 
 of natural resources, and the director of the Minnesota 
 historical society shall be ex officio members, and shall be in 
 addition to the ten members heretofore provided for.  
 Immediately upon making the appointments to the commission the 
 appointing authorities shall so notify the Mississippi river 
 parkway commission, hereinafter called the national commission, 
 giving the names and addresses of the members so appointed. 

    Subd. 3.    Investigatory powers; chair, vice-chair, and 
 secretary.  The commission may hold meetings and hearings at 
 such time and places as it may designate to accomplish the 
 purposes set forth in this section and may subpoena witnesses 
 and records.  It shall select a chair, a vice-chair, and such 
 other officers from its membership as it deems necessary.  The 
 commission shall appoint a secretary who shall also serve as a 
 commission member. 

    Subd. 4.    Compensation, supplies, staff.  Compensation 
 of legislative members of the commission is as provided in 
 section 3.101.  Compensation of the remaining members is as 
 provided in section 15.0575.  The commission may purchase 
 supplies, employ part-time or full-time employees, and do all 
 things reasonably necessary and convenient in carrying out the 
 purposes of this section.  

    Subd. 5.    Staff from other agencies.  The commissioner 
 of transportation shall designate one employee of the department 
 of transportation who is an engineer or who has engineering 
 experience and the commissioner of natural resources shall 
 appoint one staff member who shall advise with and assist the 
 commission in carrying out its functions and duties. 

    Subd. 6.    National commission.  The commission shall 
 be an affiliate of the national commission and as a member of 
 the national commission may pay an annual fee for its equal 
 share of the planning program of the national commission. 

    Subd. 7.    Program review.  The commission may review 
 the programs of the various interstate compacts, studies, 
 planning groups and commissions involved in water and land use 
 activities along the Mississippi river in Minnesota. 

    Subd. 8.    Expiration.  The commission shall expire on 
 June 30, 2001. 

    HIST: 1963 c 875 s 1; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1; 1971 c 653 s 1-5; 
 1973 c 35 s 34; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1983 c 260 s 44; 1985 c 285 s 9; 
 1986 c 444; 1987 c 312 art 1 s 26 subd 2; 1987 c 384 art 3 s 2; 
 1987 c 404 s 148; 1993 c 337 s 11; 1996 c 407 s 46; 1997 c 7 art 
 2 s 24; 1997 c 192 s 27 

     161.142 Great River Road. 

    Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1963 c 875 s 3 

    Subd. 2.   Location; construction; improvement; 
 maintenance; acquisition of land.  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall establish and locate the route or routes of 
 the Great River Road and shall thereafter construct, 
 reconstruct, improve and may maintain same.  The commissioner 
 may acquire by purchase, gift or eminent domain proceedings, in 
 fee or such lesser estate as the commissioner may determine, all 
 lands and properties needed in laying out, establishing, 
 constructing, reconstructing, and improving the Great River Road 
 in Minnesota. 

    Subd. 3.    Inclusion within state system; controlled 
 access.  The portion of the Great River Road in Minnesota may 
 be part of the state trunk highway system and may be a 
 controlled access highway. 

    Subd. 4.    Acceptance of federal funds; cooperation with 
 federal agencies.  The commissioner of transportation may 
 accept any federal funds made available to the state of 
 Minnesota for expenditure on the Great River Road.  The 
 commissioner may cooperate with the federal government or any 
 federal agency in the establishment, construction, 
 reconstruction and improvement of the Great River Road to the 
 end that the state will obtain all federal funds available for 
 expenditure on the Great River Road in Minnesota.  The 
 commissioner may act as agent for any other department of state, 
 public corporation, or political subdivision of the state in 
 accepting federal aid in their behalf for the purposes expressed 
 in subdivisions 2 to 7, and may distribute any federal aid 
 received by the department to other departments of the state, 
 public corporations or political subdivisions of the state. 

    Subd. 5.    Cooperation with other governmental units.  
 The commissioner of transportation shall cooperate with other 
 state departments, public corporations and political 
 subdivisions in laying out, constructing, reconstructing and 
 improving and maintaining the Great River Road. 

    Subd. 6.    Expenditures limitation.  None of the 
 provisions of subdivisions 2 to 7 shall be construed as 
 authorizing the commissioner of transportation to expend trunk 
 highway funds for nontrunk highway purposes. 

    Subd. 7.    Preservation of adjacent areas.  The 
 commissioner of transportation and any political subdivision or 
 public corporation adjacent to the Great River Road or through 
 which the Great River Road passes may acquire by purchase, gift 
 or eminent domain proceedings as provided by law any lands or 
 properties, or interests in lands and properties, lying along 
 the Great River Road as they deem necessary for the purpose of 
 preserving areas of natural scenic beauty, views of lake or 
 riverside areas, historic sites, and such lands as they deem 
 necessary for the purpose of providing recreational and rest 
 areas and facilities in connection therewith including camping 
 and overnight facilities.  They may enter into agreements with 
 property owners along the Great River Road providing for 
 restrictions on land uses along such road and providing for 
 compensation therefor.  Such agreements may provide that the 
 lands or properties may continue to be used for agricultural, 
 horticultural, forest, grazing, residential, or other purposes 
 not inconsistent with parkway principles and standards approved 
 by the federal government and the Mississippi river parkway 
 commission. 

    HIST: 1959 c 411 s 1-7; 1976 c 163 s 33; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 
 c 495 s 1; 1986 c 444 

  161.143 Repealed, 1974 c 34 s 2 

  161.144 Repealed, 1974 c 34 s 2 

  161.145 Repealed, 1974 c 34 s 2 

  161.146 Repealed, 1974 c 34 s 2 

  161.147 Repealed, 1974 c 34 s 2 

     161.148 Great River Road, location of route. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner's responsibility.  The 
 commissioner of transportation shall designate, establish and 
 locate the great river road described in and authorized by 
 section 161.142, with the approval of the Mississippi river 
 parkway commission and, when the location is not on the trunk 
 highway system, with the approval of the political subdivision 
 having jurisdiction of the road. 

    Subd. 2.    Alternate routes.  The commissioner of 
 transportation may designate, establish, locate and mark 
 alternate routes of the Great River Road with the approval of 
 the Mississippi river parkway commission upon highways of the 
 trunk highway system and when not located upon the trunk highway 
 system with the approval of the political subdivision having 
 jurisdiction of the road. 

    Subd. 3.    Expenditures limitation.  Funds shall not be 
 expended on any alternate route or routes provided for by 
 subdivision 2 except to the extent of any surplus in federal 
 funds provided for the route designated under subdivision 1 or 
 as provided by agreement with the United States government. 

    Subd. 4.  Repealed, 1978 c 495 s 5 

    HIST: 1974 c 34 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 495 s 2-4 

  161.15 Specific location; limitation on deviations.  

    The commissioner may specifically and definitely locate all 
 of the routes of the trunk highway system, but in so locating 
 same, the commissioner shall not deviate from the starting 
 points or terminals as set forth in the route description; nor 
 shall there be any deviation from the various cities named in 
 the routes through which such routes shall pass. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 15; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444 

  161.16 Trunk highway designation, vacation, reversion. 

    Subdivision 1.    Temporary trunk highways; reversion.  
 Until such time as the commissioner definitely locates and 
 constructs the several routes of the trunk highway system, the 
 commissioner shall select practicable existing roads along the 
 general location of such routes and shall maintain them for the 
 benefit of the traveling public.  Such roads shall be known as 
 temporary trunk highways.  The road authority which had 
 jurisdiction over such road shall, thereupon, be relieved of 
 responsibilities thereto; provided, however, if the definite 
 location of the route shall be other than the location of the 
 temporary trunk highway, the portion of the temporary locations 
 which is not included in the definite location shall, upon 
 notice of the commissioner, revert to the road authority unless 
 the same lies within the corporate limits of a city, in which 
 case it shall become a street of the city, provided that when 
 the portion of the temporary location, which is not included in 
 the definite location lies within a city having a population of 
 less than 5,000, that portion shall revert to the county if it 
 meets the criteria for a county state-aid highway. 

    Subd. 2.    Designation and location by order.  The 
 commissioner shall by order or orders designate such temporary 
 trunk highways, and on determining the definite location of any 
 trunk highway or portion thereof, the same shall also be 
 designated by order or orders.  The definite location of such 
 highway or portion thereof may be in the form of a map or plat 
 showing the lands and interests in lands required for trunk 
 highway purposes.  Formal determination or order if by map or 
 plat, shall be certified by the commissioner of transportation 
 on said map or plat.  The commissioner may, by similar order or 
 orders, change the definite location of any trunk highway 
 between the fixed termini, as fixed by law, when such changes 
 are necessary in the interest of safety and convenient public 
 travel.  The commissioner shall maintain a file of these orders 
 as permanent records. 

    Subd. 3.    Public hearing.  When the county board of 
 any county requests a public hearing in regard to the definite 
 location or a change in the definite location of any trunk 
 highway within its boundaries, the commissioner shall hold such 
 hearing in such county before making a determination in such 
 matters. 

    Subd. 4.    Reversion or conveyance to another road 
 authority.  (a) If the commissioner makes a change in the 
 definite location of a trunk highway as provided in this 
 section, the portion of the existing road that is no longer a 
 part of the trunk highway by reason of the change and all right, 
 title, and interest of the state in the trunk highway shall 
 revert to the road authority originally charged with the care of 
 that trunk highway unless the commissioner, the road authority 
 originally charged with the care of the trunk highway and the 
 road authority of the political subdivision in which the portion 
 is located agree on another disposition, in which case the 
 reversion is as provided in the agreement.  When the reversion 
 is to a county and a portion lies partly within a city of under 
 5,000 population the entire portion shall revert to the county 
 if it meets the criteria for a county state-aid highway.  

    (b) If the portion had its origin as a trunk highway, it 
 shall become a county highway unless it lies within the 
 corporate limits of a city, in which case it shall become a 
 street of the city.  When the existing road that is no longer a 
 part of the trunk highway by reason of the change lies within a 
 city of less than 5,000 population, the portion shall revert to 
 the county if the portion meets the criteria for a county 
 state-aid highway.  In municipalities of over 5,000 population 
 that portion of the road may revert to the county if the 
 appropriate authorities of the state, county and the various 
 cities through which the route passes so agree.  Should any city 
 not agree that the portion of the roadway that passes through it 
 shall revert to county jurisdiction, the portion shall not so 
 revert, although the other portions of the roadway in which 
 agreement has been reached shall revert to county jurisdiction.  
 Notwithstanding the other provisions of this chapter or other 
 applicable laws and rules, the commissioner may convey and 
 quitclaim to a county, city, or other political subdivision all 
 or part of the right-of-way of the existing road that is no 
 longer a part of the trunk highway by reason of the 
 commissioner's order or orders.  The conveyance shall be for 
 highway purposes, and the future cost of maintenance, 
 improvement, or reconstruction of the highway and the 
 contribution of that highway to the public highway system is 
 reasonable and proper consideration for the conveyance.  This 
 subdivision shall apply to all trunk highways reverted before 
 May 29, 1967. 

    Subd. 5.    Damages due to vacation of former trunk 
 highway.  Damages occasioned by the vacation of any highway 
 or street that had its origin as a trunk highway, if vacated by 
 the county within one year after the commissioner relinquished 
 jurisdiction thereof, shall be paid by the state out of the 
 trunk highway fund.  No award of damages determined by the 
 county shall be made for such vacation without the concurrence 
 of the attorney general, and no action brought to recover 
 damages for such vacation shall be settled or otherwise disposed 
 of without the consent of the attorney general.  The attorney 
 general may defend any action brought to recover damages for 
 such vacation.  

    Subd. 6.    Vacation.  When the definite location of any 
 trunk highway takes the place of and serves the same purpose as 
 any portion of an existing road, however established, the 
 commissioner may make an order vacating such portion of the 
 road.  A copy of the order shall be served upon the owners and 
 occupants of the lands on which is located the portion of the 
 road so vacated and, if the road terminates at or abuts upon any 
 public water, a copy of the order also shall be served upon the 
 commissioner of natural resources.  The notice under this 
 subdivision is for notification purposes only and does not 
 create a right of intervention by the commissioner of natural 
 resources.  A copy of the order, together with proof of service, 
 or affidavit of publication if the owners are unknown or reside 
 outside the state, shall be filed with the county auditor of the 
 county in which such lands lie.  Any person claiming to be 
 damaged by the vacation may appeal at any time within 30 days 
 after the service of the order to the district court of the 
 county for a determination of damages, by serving notice of the 
 appeal on the commissioner and filing same with proof of service 
 in the office of the court administrator of the district court.  
 The appeal shall be tried in the same manner as an appeal from 
 an award in proceedings in eminent domain.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 16; 1967 c 436 s 1,2; Ex1967 c 11 s 
 1; 1969 c 207 s 1; 1969 c 336 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 
 166 s 7; 1981 c 209 s 3; 1984 c 535 s 1; 1984 c 655 art 1 s 31; 
 1985 c 248 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1989 c 183 
 s 1; 1999 c 230 s 8 

     161.161 Highway on county line, reversion. 

    Where a trunk highway which is being reverted to a lower 
 governmental subdivision is on or forms the line between two or 
 more counties, the trunk highway shall revert to and remain the 
 responsibility of the affected counties. 

    HIST: 1969 c 342 s 1 

  161.17 Interstate highway system; approval of plans. 

    Subdivision 1.  Repealed, 1969 c 312 s 8 

    Subd. 2.    Interstate system.  (a) It is hereby 
 declared that construction of the interstate system of highways 
 will vitally affect the future development of the cities through 
 which these routes pass and such municipalities should have an 
 important role in the development of this highway system; that 
 on the other hand the future planning and programming of 
 construction projects over a period of years is necessary to 
 take maximum advantage of federal aid and to build a unified and 
 coordinated interstate system; that excessive delay in local 
 approval of plans for construction of one segment may seriously 
 impede completion of the entire system and adversely affect 
 other municipalities along the interstate routes; that the 
 mutual exchange of information and close cooperation between the 
 department and local governing bodies should be encouraged by 
 improved administrative processes for securing orderly review of 
 plans and the resolution of differences over interstate routes 
 and projects; and that the provisions of sections 161.171 to 
 161.177 for local approval of trunk highway plans must be 
 modified for the interstate highway system in the light of these 
 various considerations.  Before proceeding with the preparation 
 of the final plans for the construction, reconstruction, or 
 improvement of any route on the interstate system lying within 
 any city, the commissioner shall submit to its governing body 
 preliminary plans covering the route location.  The preliminary 
 plans shall be submitted as part of a report containing such 
 supporting data that the commissioner deems helpful to the 
 governing body in appraising the plans submitted. 

    (b) Any public hearing on location of an interstate route 
 held in compliance with federal requirements shall be held at 
 least one month after submission to the governing body of the 
 report provided for in this subdivision.  After the public 
 hearing and on preparing final plans, the commissioner shall 
 submit the final plans to the governing body for approval.  If 
 the governing body does not approve the final plans within three 
 months after submitted, the commissioner may refer the plans to 
 (1) the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, if 
 the project is within the area of its jurisdiction, or (2) the 
 municipal advisory committee on state-aid rules established 
 under section 162.09, subdivision 2, if the project is elsewhere 
 in the state.  If a member of the advisory committee is from the 
 municipality concerned that member shall be excused.  If the 
 plans are so referred, the commission or committee shall give 
 the commissioner and the governing body ample opportunity to 
 present the case for or against approval of the plans so 
 referred.  Not later than three months after such hearings and 
 independent study as it deems desirable, it shall approve or 
 disapprove such plans, making such additional recommendations 
 consistent with state and federal requirements as it deems 
 appropriate, and it shall submit a written report containing its 
 findings and recommendations to the commissioner and the 
 governing body.  The commissioner shall not proceed with the 
 proposed construction, reconstruction, or improvement except in 
 accordance with plans approved by the governing body or, if 
 referred to the commission or committee, until after the 
 commission or committee has made its report, and then only after 
 the governing body has had an additional 90 days within which to 
 consider the plans originally submitted or such modified plans 
 as may be submitted to it by the commissioner following the 
 report of the commission or committee.  If within such 90-day 
 period, the governing body does not approve the plans submitted 
 to it, and if the commissioner then wishes to proceed with the 
 project according to plans differing substantially from the 
 plans recommended by the commission or committee in its report, 
 the commissioner shall, before proceeding with the project, file 
 a written report with the commission or committee and the 
 governing body stating fully the reasons for doing so.  Whenever 
 plans are referred to the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area Planning 
 Commission, the commission shall be reimbursed from the trunk 
 highway fund for actual and necessary expenses incurred by the 
 commission in staff work incident to consideration of plans and 
 action thereon by the commission.  Whenever plans are referred 
 to the advisory committee on rules, members of the committee 
 shall be paid their necessary expenses to the same extent and in 
 the same manner as for its duties in considering the 
 commissioner's rules.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 17; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1985 c 248 
 s 70; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 199 art 1 s 55 

     161.171 Routes through municipalities; definitions. 

    Subdivision 1.    Scope.  As used in sections 161.171 to 
 161.177, the terms defined in this section have the meanings 
 given them. 

    Subd. 2.    Commissioner.  "Commissioner" means the 
 commissioner of transportation. 

    Subd. 3.    Governing body of a municipality.  
 "Governing body of a municipality" means the duly elected 
 council of a municipality. 

    Subd. 4.    Municipality.  "Municipality" means any city 
 within the state. 

    Subd. 5.    Metropolitan area.  "Metropolitan area" 
 includes the counties of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, 
 Ramsey, Scott, and Washington, presently under the jurisdiction, 
 for metropolitan area planning and coordination purposes, of the 
 metropolitan council established pursuant to chapter 473, which 
 council is hereinafter referred to as "agency". 

    Subd. 6.    Layout plan.  "Layout plan" means a 
 preliminary plan for the proposed construction or reconstruction 
 of a highway facility which plan indicates the proposed 
 locations, elevation, width of lanes, and the type and location 
 of proposed roadway intersections or interchanges together with 
 the approximate location, width, and length of bridges and the 
 approximate right-of-way limits and access locations, where 
 applicable. 

    Subd. 7.    Construction plan.  "Construction plan" 
 means the plan sheets, profiles, typical cross sections and 
 supplemental drawings which show the location, character, 
 dimensions and details of the highway construction or 
 improvement work to be done, and which are substantially in 
 conformance with the plan which will be submitted to prospective 
 bidders. 

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1980 c 509 s 51 

     161.172 Municipalities to consent. 

    (a) Except for routes on the interstate system, no state 
 trunk highway or any part thereof, located within the corporate 
 limits of any municipality, shall be constructed or improved in 
 the manner specified in this section without the consent of the 
 governing body of such municipality, unless the procedures 
 prescribed by sections 161.172 to 161.177 shall have been 
 followed by the commissioner of transportation.  The highway 
 improvements requiring consent are limited to those improvements 
 which alter access, increase or reduce highway traffic capacity 
 or require acquisition of permanent rights-of-way.  This section 
 shall not limit the power of the commissioner to regulate 
 traffic or install traffic control devices or other safety 
 measures on trunk highways located within municipalities. 

    (b) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed as 
 in any way limiting the commissioner's discretion to determine 
 the priority and programming of trunk highway construction. 

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 533 s 6 

     161.173 Submission of corridor proposal. 

    The commissioner shall submit to the governing body of each 
 municipality wherein a trunk highway is proposed to be 
 constructed or improved, and to the governing body of each 
 municipality adjacent to any such municipality, a report 
 containing:  a statement of the need for this proposed 
 construction or improvement, a description of alternate routes 
 which were considered by the commissioner and an explanation of 
 the advantages and disadvantages in the selection of any route 
 considered.  The report shall also contain for each alternate, 
 the following information:  general alignment and profile, 
 approximate points of access, highway classification, an 
 approximate cost estimate, relation to existing and planned 
 regional and local development and to other transportation 
 routes and facilities, and a statement of the expected general 
 effect on present and future use of the property within the 
 corridor.  Where a state trunk highway is proposed to be 
 constructed or improved within the metropolitan area, a copy of 
 the report shall also be submitted to the metropolitan council.  
 In all areas of the state a copy of the report shall be sent to 
 established regional, county and municipal planning commissions 
 in the area affected by the highway project.  Not less than 45 
 nor more than 90 days, or as otherwise mutually agreed, after 
 the report has been submitted, the commissioner shall hold a 
 public hearing on the proposed highway construction or 
 improvement at such time and place within any municipality 
 wherein a portion of the proposed construction or improvement is 
 located, as the commissioner shall determine.  Not less than 30 
 days before the hearing the commissioner shall mail notice 
 thereof to the governing body of each municipality or agency 
 entitled to receive a copy of the report, and shall cause notice 
 of the hearing to be published at least once each week for two 
 successive weeks in a newspaper or newspapers having general 
 circulation in such municipalities, the second publication to be 
 not less than five days before the date of the hearing.  The 
 notice shall state the date, time, place and purpose of the 
 hearing, shall describe the proposed or actual general location 
 of the highway to be constructed or improved, and shall state 
 where the report may be inspected prior to the hearing by any 
 interested person.  The hearing shall be conducted by the 
 commissioner or the commissioner's designee, and shall be 
 transcribed and a record thereof mailed to each municipality or 
 agency entitled to receive a copy of the report.  All interested 
 persons shall be permitted to present their views on the 
 proposed highway construction or improvement.  The hearing may 
 be continued as often as necessary.  Within 120 days after the 
 hearing is completed, the governing body of each municipality or 
 agency entitled to receive a copy of the report shall submit to 
 the commissioner its approval or disapproval of the report.  If 
 all or any part of the report is disapproved, the municipality 
 or agency shall state the reasons for such disapproval and 
 suggested changes in the report.  The commissioner shall, before 
 preparing additional plans for the proposed highway construction 
 or improvement, submit to the governing body of each 
 municipality or agency disapproving the report, a statement 
 accepting or rejecting any suggested changes and the reasons for 
 acceptance or rejection. 

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 3; 1980 c 509 s 52; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 52; 
 1986 c 444; 1994 c 628 art 3 s 10 

     161.174 Submission of layout plans. 

    The commissioner shall submit to the governing body of each 
 municipality wherein a highway is proposed to be constructed or 
 improved, a proposed layout plan for the highway construction or 
 improvement containing:  the proposed location, elevation, width 
 and geometrics of the construction or improvement, together with 
 a statement of the reasons therefor.  Said plan shall also 
 contain:  approximate right-of-way limits; a tentative schedule 
 for right-of-way acquisition, if known; proposed access points; 
 frontage roads; separation structures and interchanges; location 
 of utilities, when known; landscaping, illumination, a tentative 
 construction schedule, if known; and the estimated cost of the 
 construction or improvement.  The commissioner shall submit more 
 than one layout plan.  Each such plan shall also be submitted to 
 the metropolitan council if any portion of the proposed highway 
 construction or improvement is located in the metropolitan 
 area.  In all areas of the state a copy of the layout plan shall 
 be sent to established regional, county and municipal planning 
 commissions in the area affected by the highway project.  Not 
 less than 90 nor more than 120 days after said plan has been 
 submitted, the commissioner shall hold a public hearing on the 
 proposed highway construction or improvement at such time and 
 place within any municipality wherein a portion of the 
 construction or improvement is located, as the commissioner 
 shall determine.  The hearing shall be noticed, held and 
 conducted in the manner provided in section 161.173, except that 
 the commissioner shall mail notice of the hearing only to those 
 municipalities and agencies entitled to receive a copy of the 
 layout plan.  The hearing shall be transcribed and a record 
 thereof made available to each municipality or agency entitled 
 to receive a copy of said plan.  Within 180 days after the 
 hearing is completed, the commissioner shall formally adopt a 
 layout plan.  A copy of the layout plan as adopted shall be 
 submitted to each municipality or agency entitled to receive a 
 copy of the proposed plan, together with the reasons for any 
 change in the plan as presented at the hearing.  Within 120 days 
 after the receipt of the adopted layout plan, each such 
 municipality or agency shall submit to the commissioner its 
 approval or disapproval of the layout plan and the reasons for 
 such disapproval, and proposed alternatives, which may include a 
 recommendation of no highway.  Such alternatives submitted by a 
 municipality located within the metropolitan area shall, upon 
 request of the municipality, be reviewed by the metropolitan 
 council in order to determine whether such alternatives are 
 likely to meet minimum federal requirements.  The metropolitan 
 council is authorized to provide whatever assistance it deems 
 advisable to the submitting municipality in order to assist it 
 in arriving at an alternative which meets minimum federal 
 requirements.  If said plan or any part thereof is not 
 disapproved within such period, the commissioner may proceed to 
 prepare final construction plans and specifications for the 
 highway construction or improvement consistent with the adopted 
 layout plan, and may acquire the necessary right-of-way.  If the 
 layout plan or any part thereof is disapproved by any 
 municipality or agency, and the commissioner determines to 
 proceed with the plan without modifications, the commissioner 
 shall proceed in the manner provided in section 161.175.  On 
 determining to proceed with the plan with modifications, the 
 commissioner shall submit the modified layout plan to the 
 municipalities and agencies entitled to receive the original 
 layout plan in the manner described above, for approval or 
 disapproval by each such municipality or agency within 60 days 
 after receipt of the modified layout plan.  If the modified 
 layout plan or any part thereof is not disapproved by any 
 municipality or agency within 60 days after its receipt, the 
 commissioner may proceed to prepare final construction plans and 
 specifications consistent with the modified layout plan, and may 
 acquire the necessary right-of-way.  If the modified plan is 
 disapproved by any municipality and the commissioner determines 
 to proceed with the plan without additional modification, the 
 commissioner shall proceed in the manner provided in section 
 161.175.  If the layout plan is disapproved, either as 
 originally submitted or as modified and the commissioner does 
 not act pursuant to section 161.175, within one year from the 
 date of the completion of the hearing, any objecting 
 municipality entitled to receive a copy of the layout plan by 
 virtue of this section may invoke the appellate procedure 
 pursuant to section 161.175, in the same manner as the same 
 might be invoked by the commissioner.  In the event the 
 appellate procedure is invoked by either the commissioner or the 
 municipality, the commissioner shall hold a public hearing prior 
 to the appointment of an appeal board.  Such hearing shall be 
 limited to the proposed alternative layout plans. 

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 4; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 53; 1986 c 444; 1994 
 c 628 art 3 s 11 

     161.175 Appeal board.  

    Upon the request of the commissioner an appeal board shall 
 be appointed.  One of the members shall be selected by the 
 governor and one by the governing body of the municipality 
 involved.  If more than one municipality is involved in the 
 proposal the governing bodies of the municipalities involved 
 shall appoint one member.  This appointment shall be made by 
 resolutions of the governing bodies of said municipalities which 
 resolutions shall be submitted to the governor.  When the 
 governor has received resolutions from a majority of the 
 municipalities involved designating the same person, said person 
 shall be deemed appointed.  If a majority of the municipalities 
 which must include all disapproving municipalities have not 
 agreed on the same person and submitted such resolutions to the 
 governor within 60 days after receipt of the commissioner's 
 request for an appeal board by the commissioner, then the chief 
 justice of the supreme court shall appoint such member upon 
 application by the commissioner upon five days' notice to all 
 municipalities involved.  The two members so selected shall 
 select a third member.  If they cannot agree on a third member 
 within 30 days after the last member was appointed, then the 
 chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint the third 
 member upon application of the commissioner after five days' 
 notice to the first two members.  The three persons so selected 
 and appointed shall serve as a highway appeal board and as such 
 board they shall choose a chair from among their members and 
 they shall have such duties and exercise such powers as are 
 hereinafter provided.  Members of the board shall not be 
 employees or consultants of any counties, the state of 
 Minnesota, or any of the municipalities involved in the proposal.

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 5; 1986 c 444 

     161.176 Powers of appeal board.  

    Subdivision 1.    Hearing.  The highway appeal board 
 shall, on notice to the commissioner and the affected 
 municipalities, hold an appeal hearing on the entire highway 
 layout plan as proposed by the commissioner, and alternates 
 consistent with minimum federal requirements that are presented 
 by the disapproving municipalities.  The board shall take into 
 consideration all aspects of the proposal including highway 
 design, economic development, aesthetics, urban and rural 
 planning, agriculture, transportation planning, and all other 
 factors concerning highways.  After considering all the evidence 
 in the record, the appeal board shall issue an order approving 
 the commissioner's proposed highway layout plan or one of the 
 alternatives.  The appeal board shall be limited in its ruling 
 to any previously submitted layout plan of the commissioner or 
 an alternate presented by the community in response to the 
 commissioner.  A copy of the order and a memorandum setting 
 forth the reasons therefor shall be filed with the secretary of 
 state, and shall be mailed to the commissioner and each 
 municipality or agency entitled to receive notice of the layout 
 hearing. If the cost is not substantially in excess of the 
 programmed estimates for projects included in the commissioner's 
 current construction program the commissioner shall construct 
 the plan approved by the board in accordance with the original 
 program schedule.  

    Subd. 2.    Investigatory powers.  The chair of the 
 board, or any member thereof, shall have the power to subpoena 
 witnesses; to administer oaths, and to compel the production of 
 books, records, and other evidence.  The rules of evidence and 
 procedure for the trial of civil matters shall apply, but such 
 rules may be modified by the board when it is deemed necessary. 
 All evidence, including records and documents in the possession 
 of the board of which it desires to avail itself, shall be 
 offered and made a part of the record in the proceeding, and no 
 other factual information or evidence shall be considered in the 
 determination of the matter.  Documentary evidence may be 
 received in the form of copies or excerpts, or by incorporation 
 by reference.  The board shall cause a record of all proceedings 
 before it to be made and filed with the chair of the board.  
 Copies thereof shall be made available upon such terms and 
 conditions as the board shall prescribe.  

    Subd. 3.    Compensation; reimbursement of expenses.  
 Members of the highway appeal board shall receive per diem 
 compensation in the amount of $100 for the time spent in 
 disposing of matters presented to the board.  Board members 
 shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by them 
 in the performance of their duties including all costs incurred 
 in connection with any hearing.  

    Subd. 4.    Expenses of parties.  Each party to the 
 appeal shall submit to the appeal board an itemized list of the 
 expenses incurred in preparing its layout plan and presenting 
 the appeal.  The appeal board may determine what portion, if 
 any, of a municipality's expenses incurred for the services and 
 disbursements of persons not regularly employed by the 
 municipality will be reimbursed from the trunk highway fund.  

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 6; 1986 c 444 

     161.177 Construction plans and specifications.  

    Not less than 120 days before the date specified by the 
 commissioner for the receipt of construction bids for the 
 construction or improvement of any state trunk highway within 
 any municipality, the commissioner shall submit to the governing 
 body of each municipality or agency entitled to receive a copy 
 of the layout plan therefor under section 161.174, a copy of as 
 complete a set of construction plans as is possible which will 
 be issued to prospective bidders.  All such plans shall be in 
 accordance with the highway construction or improvement layout 
 plan as approved under section 161.174, or section 161.176.  If 
 the construction plans are not in accordance with the layout 
 plan as approved, the governing body of any municipality or 
 agency entitled to receive notice of the hearing under section 
 161.174, within 60 days after the receipt of such construction 
 plans, may request the establishment of a highway appeal board 
 as provided in section 161.175, and the highway appeal board 
 shall approve the plans following the procedures outlined in 
 that section, except that action and comment is limited to 
 changes from or additions to the layout.  Changes in design 
 capacity required to accommodate increased traffic forecasts 
 shall not be considered deviations from the layout.  A copy of 
 any plans prepared to affect any highway construction or 
 improvement plan previously approved by the highway appeal 
 board, shall also be sent to the chair of the board.  If the 
 construction plans are not in accordance with the layout plan 
 approved by the board under section 161.176, the board, within 
 60 days after the receipt of such plans, shall issue its order 
 directing the commissioner to withhold any advertisement for 
 construction bids until the plans are revised to comply with the 
 plan approved by the board, or are approved by the board.  If no 
 municipality or agency requests the establishment of a highway 
 appeal board, or the highway appeal board does not issue its 
 order, as provided above, the commissioner may proceed to 
 advertise for construction bids.  

    HIST: 1969 c 312 s 7; 1986 c 444 

  161.18 Prior easements vest in state.  

    When any road or highway, including any city street or 
 portion thereof, is taken over by the state as a trunk highway, 
 the state as to any such road, street, or highway or portion 
 thereof, without compensation paid therefor, shall be vested 
 with all rights, titles, easements, and appurtenances thereto 
 appertaining, held by or vested in any of the political 
 subdivisions of the state prior to the time such road, street, 
 or highway is taken over by the state.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 18; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7 

  161.19 Certain records obtained and filed.  

    Upon the written request of the commissioner the court 
 administrator of any court, the auditor of any county, the clerk 
 of any town, or the recorder or clerk of any city shall furnish 
 a copy of the proceedings, documents, and plats, if any, 
 relating to the establishment of any road or the procuring of 
 the right-of-way of any road which has been or may be taken over 
 by the state of Minnesota as a trunk highway.  The copy shall be 
 filed in the records of the commissioner and shall be prima 
 facie evidence of the existence of the road as described 
 therein.  The legal fee for the copies shall be paid from the 
 trunk highway fund.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 19; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1Sp1986 c 3 
 art 1 s 82 

     161.20 General powers of commissioner. 

    Subdivision 1.    Provisions of Constitution.  The 
 commissioner shall carry out the provisions of article 14, 
 section 2 of the Constitution of the state of Minnesota. 

    Subd. 2.    Acquisition of property; buildings; relocation 
 of corners; agreements with railroads; contracts.  The 
 commissioner is authorized to acquire by purchase, gift, or by 
 eminent domain proceedings as provided by law, in fee or such 
 lesser estate as the commissioner deems necessary, all lands and 
 properties necessary in laying out, constructing, maintaining, 
 and improving the trunk highway system including recreational 
 vehicle lanes; to locate, construct, reconstruct, improve, and 
 maintain the trunk highway system; to purchase all road 
 material, machinery, tools, and supplies necessary for the 
 construction, maintenance, and improvement thereof; to construct 
 necessary buildings, or rent or acquire by purchase, gift, or 
 condemnation, grounds, and buildings necessary for the storing 
 and housing of such material, machinery, tools, and supplies or 
 necessary for office space for employees or for providing for 
 driver's license examinations; to maintain, repair, or remodel 
 such buildings as may be necessary; to acquire by purchase, 
 gift, or condemnation, replacement sites for historically 
 significant buildings or structures and to relocate these 
 buildings or structures onto those sites, reconstructing and 
 maintaining them until disposed of through public sale to the 
 highest responsible bidder; to make agreements with any county 
 for the relocation or reestablishment, by the county, of 
 section, quarter section, or meander corners originally 
 established by the United States, when such relocation or 
 reestablishment is necessary in order to write land acquisition 
 descriptions or by reason of the construction, reconstruction, 
 improvement, or maintenance of a trunk highway; to contract on 
 an equitable basis with railroad companies for the installation 
 and reinstallation of safety devices at trunk highway-railroad 
 grade crossings, and for the construction, reconstruction and 
 maintenance of bridges and approaches existing or necessary for 
 the separation of grades at railroad and trunk highway 
 intersections; and in carrying out duties, to let all necessary 
 contracts in the manner prescribed by law.  The commissioner may 
 make agreements with and cooperate with any governmental 
 authority for the purpose of effectuating the provisions of this 
 chapter.  

    Subd. 3.    Trunk highway fund appropriations.  The 
 commissioner may expend trunk highway funds only for trunk 
 highway purposes.  Payment of expenses related to sales tax, 
 bureau of criminal apprehension laboratory, office of tourism 
 kiosks, Minnesota safety council, tort claims, driver education 
 programs, emergency medical services board, and Mississippi 
 River parkway commission do not further a highway purpose and do 
 not aid in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of the 
 highway system. 

    Subd. 4.    Debt collection.  The commissioner shall 
 make reasonable and businesslike efforts to collect money owed 
 for licenses, fines, penalties, and permit fees or arising from 
 damages to state-owned property or other causes related to the 
 activities of the department of transportation.  The 
 commissioner may contract for debt collection services for the 
 purpose of collecting a money judgment or legal indebtedness.  
 The commissioner may enter into an agreement with the 
 commissioner of public safety to use debt collection services 
 authorized by this subdivision when civil penalties relating to 
 the use of highways have been reduced to money judgment.  Money 
 received as full or partial payment shall be deposited to the 
 appropriate fund.  When money is collected through contracted 
 services, the commissioner may make payment for the service from 
 the money collected.  The amount necessary for payment of 
 contractual collection costs is appropriated from the fund in 
 which money so collected is deposited. 

    Subd. 5.    Acceptance of private funds.  
 Notwithstanding sections 7.09 to 7.12, the commissioner may 
 accept on behalf of the state, gifts, grants, or contributions 
 for purposes pertaining to the activities of the department.  
 Funds received under this subdivision must be deposited in the 
 trunk highway fund and are annually appropriated to the 
 commissioner for the purpose for which they are given.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 20; 1965 c 505 s 1; 1973 c 620 s 2; 
 1976 c 2 s 172; 1982 c 641 art 1 s 3; 1984 c 417 s 13; 1984 c 
 558 art 5 s 1; 1985 c 299 s 2; 1988 c 698 s 2; 1991 c 339 s 3; 
 2000 c 479 art 2 s 4 

     161.201 Relocation services, cities of first class. 

    The commissioner of transportation may enter into 
 agreements with any public agency of a city of the first class 
 whereby such agency would contract to provide relocation 
 services to fee owners, contract for deed vendees, or lessees 
 within such city whose property has been or is about to be 
 acquired for trunk highway purposes.  The compensation agreed 
 upon for such services shall be paid out of the trunk highway 
 fund.  The specific services to be performed by such agency and 
 the compensation to be paid therefor from the trunk highway fund 
 shall be set forth in detail in the agreement. 

    HIST: 1965 c 139 s 1; 1976 c 163 s 34; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.202 Replacement of public lands. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For the purposes of 
 this section the following terms shall have the meanings 
 ascribed to them: 

    (1) "Public lands" means any lands, except streets, roads, 
 or bridges owned by any subdivision of government, including but 
 not limited to, the property of school districts, however 
 organized, towns, cities, municipalities, counties, and any 
 board or commission of any thereof, and public corporations 
 created by the laws of this state. 

    (2) "Affected agency" means any governing body of any 
 subdivision of government which owns public lands, and shall 
 include any agency, board, or commission charged with the 
 administration of such lands. 

    (3) "Cost of replacement" means the amount paid by any 
 affected agency to purchase and develop lands to replace public 
 lands acquired for the purpose of constructing or improving 
 trunk highways. 

    Subd. 2.    Replacement of acquired public lands.  
 Whenever it has been determined that the commissioner of 
 transportation is to acquire any public lands for the 
 construction or improvement of a federally aided state trunk 
 highway, including urban extensions thereof, the commissioner 
 may, and in the case of parks shall, upon the request of the 
 affected agency, authorize the affected agency to replace the 
 same within a reasonable time by gift, purchase, or condemnation 
 if granted the power of eminent domain by law.  The replacement 
 lands to be acquired by the affected agency shall be designated 
 in an agreement entered into between any affected agencies and 
 the commissioner.  Such replacement lands shall be a functional 
 replacement which shall consist of but not be limited to land 
 substantially equal in acreage, use, interest, or estate in the 
 lands to be acquired from the affected agency.  If the parties 
 are unable to agree on the designation of the replacement lands, 
 the parties may agree to submit to an arbiter or the district 
 court the issue of which replacement lands proposed by the 
 parties is a functional replacement for the lands to be acquired 
 from the affected agency.  After the completion of the 
 acquisition of the replacement lands by the affected agency the 
 cost of replacement shall be ascertained and paid by the state 
 from any funds available for the acquisition of lands.  

    Subd. 3.    Lump sum settlements.  The commissioner of 
 transportation may enter into agreements with an affected agency 
 for the replacement of public lands providing for the payment by 
 the state of a lump sum based on the estimated cost of 
 replacement when the lump sum so agreed upon, which shall be 
 irrevocable, does not exceed $50,000. 

    Subd. 4.    Acquiring replacement lands for affected 
 agency.  When the affected agency is unable to acquire the 
 replacement lands, or if the acquisition of such lands by the 
 affected agency would result in undue delay in the completion of 
 the highway project, upon a request of an affected agency which 
 shall include a recommendation as to the replacement land to be 
 acquired within its jurisdiction, the commissioner of 
 transportation by gift, purchase, or condemnation proceedings, 
 may acquire the designated replacement lands if the commissioner 
 deems that the acquisition would reduce the cost to the state of 
 the highway project and would otherwise be in the public 
 interest.  The affected agency shall relinquish to the 
 commissioner its interests in the lands required for the highway 
 project upon its completion of the acquisition of the 
 replacement lands or upon conveyance by the commissioner to the 
 affected agency of the replacement lands designated in the 
 agreement between the affected agency and the commissioner.  The 
 commissioner shall convey the lands or interests designated in 
 the agreement to the affected agency. 

    Subd. 5.    Compensation for damage to improvements.  
 The affected agency, unless otherwise provided for in the 
 agreement, by the acceptance of the replacement lands, shall not 
 be deemed to have waived its right to compensation for the total 
 of the damage to improvements. 

    HIST: 1969 c 968 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1983 c 143 s 2; 1986 c 444 

     161.203 Certain park lands litigation rights preserved.  

    Nothing in section 161.202 shall be construed to amend, 
 alter, or in any manner modify the rights, duties or obligations 
 of any party to any litigation instituted on or before July 1, 
 1969 without the party's consent.  Such litigation only concerns 
 the proposed acquisition by the department of park lands in 
 areas known as Minnehaha Park, Wilson Park, and North 
 Mississippi Park located in the city of Minneapolis.  Laws 1969, 
 chapter 968 becomes effective on July 1, 1969.  

    HIST: 1969 c 968 s 2; 1986 c 444 

     161.21 Studies.  

    Subdivision 1.    Location and design of highways.  The 
 commissioner may make or cause to be made such studies and 
 investigations as the commissioner deems necessary for the 
 purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design 
 of trunk highways from the standpoint of both present and future 
 traffic needs, and in making such determinations the 
 commissioner may take into consideration the probable future 
 development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such 
 development on future traffic needs as indicated by such studies 
 and investigations and the location and design with respect to 
 recreational vehicle lane establishment.  

    Subd. 2.    Cooperation with other governmental units.  
 Such studies and investigations may also be carried out by the 
 commissioner in cooperation with any governmental authority or 
 agency of this state or of any other state, the federal 
 government or any of its agency, including the national academy 
 of sciences, whenever federal law or federal rules and 
 regulations require such studies in order for Minnesota to 
 receive federal aid.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 21; 1963 c 115 s 1; 1973 c 620 s 3; 
 1986 c 444 

     161.22 Appraisers.  

    The commissioner may employ full-time appraisers on a 
 salary basis and may employ appraisers on a fee basis, for the 
 purpose of ascertaining or estimating the costs of lands and 
 properties needed for highway purposes.  Appraisers may also be 
 employed to make estimates whenever federal law or federal rules 
 and regulations require estimates as a prerequisite to obtaining 
 federal aid.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 22; 1961 c 71 s 1; 1986 c 444 

  161.23 Excess acquisition. 

    Subdivision 1.    Acquisition of entire tract.  On 
 determining that it is necessary to acquire any interest in a 
 part of a tract or parcel of real estate for trunk highway 
 purposes, the commissioner of transportation may acquire in fee, 
 with the written consent of the owner or owners thereof, by 
 purchase, gift, or condemnation the whole or such additional 
 parts of such tract or parcel as the commissioner deems to be in 
 the best interests of the state.  Any owner or owners consenting 
 to such excess acquisition may withdraw the consent at any time 
 prior to the award of commissioners in the case of condemnation 
 proceedings, or at any time prior to payment in the case of 
 purchase.  In the event of withdrawal the commissioner shall 
 dismiss from the condemnation proceedings the portion of the 
 tract in excess of what is needed for highway purposes. 

    Subd. 2.    Conveyance of excess.  On acquiring real 
 estate in excess of what is needed for trunk highway purposes as 
 authorized in subdivision 1, the commissioner of transportation 
 shall, within one year after the completion of the construction, 
 reconstruction, or improvement of the highway for which a 
 portion of the real estate was needed and required, convey and 
 quitclaim the excess real estate to the highest responsible 
 bidder, after receipt of sealed bids following mailed notice to 
 adjacent landowners and published notice of the sale for three 
 successive weeks in a newspaper or trade journal of general 
 circulation in the territory from which bids are likely to be 
 received.  All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon 
 like advertisement.  The deed may contain restrictive clauses 
 limiting the use of such real estate in the interests of safety 
 and convenient public travel when the commissioner finds that 
 the restrictions are reasonably necessary. 

    Subd. 2a.    Services of licensed real estate broker.  
 If the lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the 
 highest bidder, the commissioner may retain the services of a 
 licensed real estate broker to find a buyer.  The sale price may 
 be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 
 percent of the appraised market value as determined by the 
 commissioner.  The broker's fee must be established by prior 
 agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not 
 exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or 
 more.  The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the 
 proceeds of the sale. 

    Subd. 3.    Leasing.  The commissioner may lease for the 
 term between the acquisition and sale thereof and for a fair 
 rental rate and upon such terms and conditions as the 
 commissioner deems proper, any excess real estate acquired under 
 the provisions of this section, and any real estate acquired in 
 fee for trunk highway purposes and not presently needed 
 therefor.  All rents received from the leases shall be paid into 
 the state treasury.  Seventy percent of the rents shall be 
 credited to the trunk highway fund.  The remaining 30 percent 
 shall be paid to the county treasurer where the real estate is 
 located, and shall be distributed in the same manner as real 
 estate taxes.  This subdivision does not apply to real estate 
 leased for the purpose of providing commercial and public 
 service advertising pursuant to franchise agreements as provided 
 in sections 160.276 to 160.278. 

    Subd. 4.    Limitation on construction of section.  
 Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent 
 the commissioner from acquiring lands, real estate, or interests 
 in lands or real estate necessary for trunk highway purposes, 
 without the consent of the owner or owners thereof.  

    Subd. 5.    Receipts paid into trunk highway fund.  
 Money received from the sale of such lands and properties less 
 any fee paid under subdivision 2a must be paid into the trunk 
 highway fund. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 23; 1973 c 544 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1980 c 494 s 6; 1980 c 533 s 7; 1985 c 108 s 1-3; 1986 c 444 

*   See section 272.68.

     161.231 Appropriation; proceeds from leased property.  

    There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in 
 the state treasury to which the rental money from state leased 
 property is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out 
 the state's obligations under the provisions of sections 161.23, 
 subdivision 3, and 272.68, subdivision 3.  

    HIST: Ex1971 c 3 s 75 

  161.24 Changes required by construction of trunk highway.

    Subdivision 1.    Grade at intersections.  When the 
 construction or reconstruction of a trunk highway results in a 
 change of grade which necessitates a change of grade in 
 intersecting or connecting highways or streets, including city 
 streets, the cost of making the grade changes and any damages 
 occasioned thereby shall be paid out of the trunk highway fund.  

    Subd. 2.    Relocation of highway.  When in the 
 judgment of the commissioner, the establishment, construction, 
 or reconstruction of a trunk highway requires, in the interest 
 of safety or convenient public travel, a change in the location 
 of any highway or street, including a city street, the 
 commissioner may make the needed change in location after 
 obtaining the approval of the road authority having jurisdiction 
 over such highway or street.  The cost of the change in location 
 and any damages occasioned thereby shall be paid out of the 
 trunk highway fund.  All lands necessary therefor may be 
 acquired by purchase, gift or condemnation.  The highway or 
 street as changed shall be the legally designated location 
 thereof until otherwise changed as provided by law, and the 
 maintenance and care of the highway or street shall be the 
 responsibility of the road authority having jurisdiction thereof.

    Subd. 3.    Detours during construction.  On 
 determining, during construction, reconstruction, or maintenance 
 of a trunk highway, that it is impractical to provide crossovers 
 within the trunk highway limits for local highways or city 
 streets designated for and carrying traffic of five tons or more 
 per axle, and that it is necessary to provide a detour outside 
 the limits of the trunk highway for traffic using such local 
 highways or streets to meet local traffic needs, the 
 commissioner may, upon request of the local road authority, 
 expend trunk highway funds on the most practical detour to the 
 extent necessary to provide a route reasonably adequate to carry 
 such detoured traffic.  The commissioner may provide temporary 
 traffic control devices on such detours as the commissioner 
 deems necessary.  

    Subd. 4.    Access to isolated property.  When the 
 establishment, construction, or reconstruction of a trunk 
 highway closes off any other highway or street, including city 
 streets, private road, or entrance at the boundary of such trunk 
 highway the commissioner may, in mitigation of damages, or in 
 the interest of safety and convenient public travel, construct a 
 road either within the limits of the trunk highway, or without 
 the limits of the trunk highway, connecting the closed off 
 highway, street, private road, or entrance with another public 
 highway.  In determining whether to build the road within or 
 without the limits of the trunk highway, the commissioner may 
 take into consideration economy to the state and local traffic 
 needs.  The commissioner, in mitigation of damages, may connect 
 the closed off private road with the remaining portion of the 
 private road or with another private road.  All lands necessary 
 therefor may be acquired by purchase, gift, or condemnation.  

    Subd. 5.    Maintenance of roads outside trunk highway.  
  Any road so constructed outside the limits of the trunk 
 highway shall be maintained by the road authority having 
 jurisdiction over the highway or street closed off.  Any private 
 road constructed outside the limits of the trunk highway 
 connecting the private road with a public highway shall be the 
 responsibility of the property owners or owners served thereby.  

    Subd. 6.    Agreements.  The commissioner and the road 
 authority affected may enter into agreements upon such terms as 
 may be agreed upon, to provide for the construction of such 
 grade changes, changes in location, detours, or connecting roads.

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 24; 1961 c 577 s 1; 1963 c 336 s 1; 
 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444 

     161.241 Relocation of railroad tracks, acquisition of 
  land. 

    Subdivision 1.    Acquisition.  Whenever the 
 construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a trunk highway 
 will require the acquisition by the state of lands or interests 
 in lands owned by a railroad company, and will require the 
 railroad company to relocate its tracks in order to provide 
 right-of-way for the trunk highway, the commissioner of 
 transportation may acquire, by purchase, gift, or eminent domain 
 proceedings, the lands or interests in lands necessary for the 
 relocation of such tracks.  Such acquisition is deemed to be for 
 a trunk highway purpose. 

    Subd. 2.    Agreement.  The lands to be acquired from 
 the railroad company, and the lands necessary for the relocation 
 of the railroad tracks to be acquired by the state, shall be 
 described in a voluntary agreement between the railroad company 
 and the commissioner.  Such agreement shall set forth the 
 consideration to be paid for the lands involved.  The 
 consideration may be an even exchange of land if the market 
 value is equal, or there may be money payment or services to be 
 rendered by one party or the other to the agreement in addition 
 to the exchange of land, depending on the relative market values 
 of the lands involved.  Any money paid to the state shall be 
 credited to the trunk highway fund. 

    Subd. 3.    Form of conveyance.  The commissioner shall 
 convey to the railroad company, by quit claim deed, lands or 
 interests in lands acquired by the state pursuant to the 
 provisions of subdivisions 1 to 3. 

    Subd. 4.    Highway lands no longer needed.  The 
 commissioner shall convey to a railroad company, by quitclaim 
 deed, lands owned by the state in fee for trunk highway 
 purposes, but no longer needed for such purposes, when the lands 
 are needed by a railroad company for the relocation of its 
 tracks which is required by the construction, reconstruction, or 
 improvement of a trunk highway.  The consideration must be set 
 forth in a voluntary agreement between the railroad company and 
 the commissioner of transportation and must be as provided in 
 subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 5.  Repealed, 1976 c 163 s 63 

    HIST: 1963 c 704 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1983 c 143 s 3,4 

     161.242 Junk Yard Act. 

    Subdivision 1.    Legislative findings and purpose.  It 
 is hereby found that the operation of motor vehicle, 
 agricultural, construction machinery or other junk yards 
 adjacent to the trunk highways on which motor vehicles are 
 operated is a distracting influence on drivers, thereby 
 impairing the public safety; and that junk yards are unsightly, 
 thus impairing the public investment in such highways.  It is 
 hereby found and declared that in the interest of and to promote 
 the public safety, to protect the public investment in such 
 highways, and to preserve natural beauty, it is necessary to 
 regulate the operation of junk yards on lands adjacent to the 
 trunk highways of the state. 

    Subd. 2.    Definitions.  (a) For the purposes of this 
 section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings 
 given them. 

    (b) "Junk yard" means an establishment, place of business, 
 or place of storage or deposit, which is maintained, operated, 
 or used for storing, keeping, buying, or selling junk, or for 
 the maintenance or operation of an automobile graveyard, and 
 shall include garbage dumps and sanitary fills not regulated by 
 the Minnesota pollution control agency, any of which are wholly 
 or partly within one-half mile of any right-of-way of any state 
 trunk highway, including the interstate highways, whether 
 maintained in connection with another business or not, where the 
 waste, body, or discarded material stored is equal in bulk to 
 five or more motor vehicles and which are to be resold for used 
 parts or old iron, metal, glass, or other discarded material.  

    (c) "Dealer" means any person, partnership, or corporation 
 engaged in the operation of a junk yard.  

    (d) "Junk" means old or scrap hazard signs, copper, brass, 
 rope, rags, batteries, paper, synthetic or organic, trash, 
 rubber debris, waste, or junked, dismantled, or wrecked 
 automobiles or farm or construction machinery or parts thereof, 
 iron, steel, and other old or scrap ferrous or nonferrous 
 material.  

    (e) "Automobile graveyard" means any establishment or place 
 of business which is maintained, used, or operated for storing, 
 keeping, buying, or selling wrecked, scrapped, ruined, or 
 dismantled motor vehicles or motor vehicle parts.  

    (f) "Unzoned industrial area" means the land occupied by 
 the regularly used building, parking lot, storage or processing 
 area of an industrial activity, and the land within 1,000 feet 
 thereof which is located on the same side of the highway as the 
 principal part of said activity, and not predominantly used for 
 residential or commercial purposes, and not zoned by state or 
 local law, regulation or ordinance.  

    (g) "Industrial activities" means those activities 
 permitted only in industrial zones, or in less restrictive zones 
 by the nearest zoning authority within the state, or prohibited 
 by said authority but generally recognized as industrial by 
 other zoning authorities within the state, except that none of 
 the following shall be considered industrial activities: 

    (1) outdoor advertising devices as defined in Minnesota 
 Statutes 1969, section 173.02, subdivision 2; 

    (2) agricultural, forestry, ranching, grazing, farming and 
 related activities, including, but not limited to, wayside fresh 
 produce stands; 

    (3) activities normally and regularly in operation less 
 than three months of the year; 

    (4) activities not visible from the traffic lanes of the 
 main traveled way; 

    (5) activities conducted in a building principally used as 
 a residence; 

    (6) railroad tracks, minor sidings, and passenger depots; 
 or 

    (7) junk yards, as defined in paragraph (b). 

    (h) "Hazard signs" means signs listed in the Minnesota 
 drivers' manual published by the department of public safety, 
 signs required by the State Fire Code, and other signs related 
 to road or fire hazards and approved for use by the state or a 
 political subdivision. 

    Subd. 3.    Unauthorized junk yards prohibited.  (a) A 
 junk yard may not exist or be operated outside a zoned or 
 unzoned industrial area, including those located on public 
 lands, unless it is screened to effectively conceal it from the 
 view of motorists using the highway.  The screening required by 
 this section may be effected by trees, shrubs, or foliage, 
 natural objects, fences or other appropriate means as determined 
 by standards established by the commissioner.  Plantings that 
 will eventually achieve effective screening shall be acceptable. 
 Plantings shall be used in connection with any fence or other 
 nonnatural screening device. 

    (b) A portion of a junk yard that cannot be effectively 
 screened must be removed or relocated under the provisions of 
 this section.  A junk yard lawfully existing along a highway 
 that is made a part of the trunk highway system after January 1, 
 1975, and becomes nonconforming thereby shall be effectively 
 screened or removed or relocated within four years.  Any junk 
 yard that comes into existence after July 1, 1971 that does not 
 conform to this section, or that becomes nonconforming after 
 July 1, 1971, or that becomes nonconforming after action by the 
 commissioner pursuant to this section, is hereby declared to be 
 a public nuisance and illegal, and the commissioner may enter 
 upon the land where the junk yard is located and may screen the 
 same, or may relocate or dispose of the junk yard after 90 days' 
 notice to the owner or dealer thereof, if known, or to the owner 
 of the land.  In this event, no compensation shall be paid to 
 the owner or dealer or owner of the land, and the commissioner 
 may recover the cost of screening, removal, relocation or 
 disposal from the owner or dealer, if known, or from the owner 
 of the land upon which the junk yard is located.  Any costs 
 recovered by the commissioner shall be deposited in the general 
 fund.  

    (c) None of the articles commonly found in junk yards shall 
 be allowed to remain on the grounds for more than 24 hours 
 unless within the buildings or the properly screened area as 
 provided herein, nor shall any junk in any junk yard be allowed 
 to extend above existing or planned screening so as to be 
 visible from the highway.  

    Subd. 4.    Authority; enforcement.  The commissioner 
 shall screen junk yards when required by this section at 
 locations on the right-of-way of the highway or on lands within 
 1,000 feet of the right-of-way and shall pay for the costs 
 thereof.  If screening is not feasible because of economic or 
 topographic reasons, the commissioner shall secure the removal, 
 relocation or disposal of such junk yard by sale, agreement, or 
 other means, and pay for the costs thereof.  Notwithstanding the 
 other provisions of this section, if a junk yard exists within 
 one-half mile of the right-of-way of any trunk highway and is 
 visible from the highway, the commissioner may acquire easements 
 for screening purposes up to one-half mile from the edge of the 
 right-of-way of the highway.  The commissioner shall acquire 
 such rights and interest in property, personal or real, 
 necessary to carry out the purposes of this section by purchase, 
 gift, or eminent domain proceedings and shall pay just 
 compensation therefor.  

    Subd. 5.    Penalty.  The owner or dealer of any junk 
 yard which is declared a public nuisance and illegal under 
 subdivision 3, clause (2), or who violates any provision of this 
 section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.  Each day such a 
 condition exists is a separate offense.  

    Subd. 6.    Agreements with United States.  The 
 commissioner is authorized to do all things necessary, 
 including, but not limited to, entering into agreements with the 
 United States or any of its agencies or departments as provided 
 in United States Code, title 23, section 136, with respect to 
 control of junk yards, or any other applicable federal statute, 
 and the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant thereto, to 
 accomplish the purposes of this section and to take such action 
 as may be necessary to obtain all available federal money 
 therefor.  

    Subd. 6a.    Hazard signs must be accepted.  A dealer 
 shall accept hazard signs only from a properly identified 
 elected official or employee of the state or a political 
 subdivision, who is acting within the scope of the person's 
 official duties.  A dealer is not required to pay or otherwise 
 compensate any person or organization for taking possession of a 
 hazard sign and is not required to take possession at a place 
 away from the site of the dealer's junk yard. 

    Subd. 7.    Other regulation allowed.  Nothing in this 
 section shall be construed to limit any right, power or 
 authority to regulate more strictly and control the erection or 
 maintenance of junk yards under the provisions of any other law 
 of this state.  

    Subd. 8.    Citation.  This section is the Junk Yard 
 Act.  

    Subd. 9.  Unnecessary 

    HIST: 1965 c 674 s 1-6; 1971 c 881 s 1; 1973 c 35 s 35; 1974 c 
 483 s 9; 1975 c 266 s 1; 1981 c 357 s 50; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 
 54,55; 1991 c 197 s 2,3 

     161.25 Temporary trunk highway detour; haul road. 

    If, for the purpose of constructing or maintaining any 
 trunk highway, the use of any public street or highway is 
 necessary for a detour or haul road, the commissioner may 
 designate any such street or highway as a temporary trunk 
 highway detour or as a temporary trunk highway haul road, and 
 shall thereafter maintain the same as a temporary trunk highway 
 until the commissioner revokes the designation.  Prior to 
 revoking the designation the commissioner shall restore such 
 streets or highways to as good condition as they were prior to 
 the designation of same as temporary trunk highways.  Upon 
 revoking the designation, the street or highway shall revert to 
 the subdivision charged with the care thereof at the time it was 
 taken over as a temporary trunk highway.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 635 art 2 s 3 

     161.26 Highway maintained across portion of adjoining 
  state.  

    When a state trunk highway route is so located that in 
 order to properly connect the designated objectives it is 
 advisable to construct and maintain the highway across a portion 
 of an adjoining state, the commissioner is authorized to expend 
 trunk highway funds therefor in the same manner as other 
 expenditures for trunk highway purposes are made.  No such 
 highway or portion thereof shall be established or constructed 
 in any adjoining state until the adjoining state shall first 
 pass legislation consenting thereto and granting the 
 commissioner necessary jurisdiction over the portion of the 
 highway located in the adjoining state.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 26 

     161.261 Connector segments with other states. 

    Subdivision 1.    Agreement to improve segment in other 
 state.  When the beginning or terminal of a trunk highway is 
 the state boundary, and the commissioner of transportation and 
 the authorities of the adjoining state deem it desirable during 
 the construction or improvement of such trunk highway to 
 construct or improve a connector highway in the adjoining state 
 thereby connecting or improving the connection of such trunk 
 highway with the highway system of the adjoining state, the 
 commissioner may enter into agreements with the authorities of 
 such adjoining state providing for such connecting highway to be 
 constructed or improved under and as part of the trunk highway 
 construction contract.  Such connector highway shall connect 
 with the trunk highway at the state boundary and shall not 
 exceed one mile in length.  The entire cost of constructing or 
 improving the connector highway, including engineering costs and 
 expenses, planning and designing expenses, and any other 
 expenses attributable to such connector highway, shall be paid 
 by the adjoining state, and the manner and time of such payment 
 shall be specified in the agreement. 

    Subd. 2.    Agreement to improve segment in Minnesota.  
 The commissioner, in the interest of construction economy, may 
 enter into agreements with the authorities of an adjoining state 
 providing that the adjoining state construct or improve a 
 segment of a Minnesota trunk highway route in conjunction with a 
 construction project of the adjoining state so as to connect or 
 improve the connection of the Minnesota trunk highway route with 
 the highway system of such adjoining state at their common 
 boundary.  Such segment of the Minnesota trunk highway route to 
 be constructed or improved by the adjoining state shall not 
 exceed one mile in length.  The cost of construction or 
 improvement of such segment, including costs of planning and 
 design and equitable engineering costs and expenses attributable 
 to such segment, shall be paid from the trunk highway fund. 

    Subd. 3.  Repealed, 1976 c 163 s 63 

    HIST: 1963 c 460 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.27 Trunk highways across bodies of water.  

    Subdivision 1.    Permit.  The commissioner may 
 establish, construct, and maintain trunk highways into, through, 
 or across any lake and may alter and change the channel of any 
 stream when necessary or expedient in the construction or 
 maintenance of any trunk highway; provided that no such trunk 
 highway improvement affecting public waters shall be made until 
 a permit therefor is issued by the commissioner of natural 
 resources as provided by law.  

    Subd. 2.    Acquisition of lands.  For the purposes set 
 forth in subdivision 1 the commissioner may acquire lands and 
 properties or any interest therein by purchase, gift, or 
 condemnation.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 27; 1969 c 1129 art 3 s 1 

     161.28 Altering public drainage ditch by trunk highway. 

    Subdivision 1.    Petition.  Upon the filing of a 
 petition by the commissioner with the appropriate county auditor 
 setting forth that it would be advantageous or desirable in the 
 construction or maintenance of a trunk highway to make a minor 
 alteration or change in a public drainage system directly 
 affecting a trunk highway and that the alteration or change will 
 not affect the functioning or efficiency of the public drainage 
 system, the auditor shall fix a time and place for hearing and 
 give notice of the hearing by publication, as defined in section 
 103E.325.  Upon the filing of the petition, the commissioner 
 shall also file a plan showing in detail the alteration or 
 change petitioned for.  If upon the hearing it appears to the 
 county board or joint county ditch authority that the alteration 
 or change in the public drainage system will not affect or 
 impair the efficiency of the drainage system, the board or 
 authority shall make its order allowing the commissioner to make 
 the alteration or change petitioned for.  Upon the making of the 
 order by the county board or the joint county ditch authority, 
 the commissioner may proceed at the sole cost and expense of the 
 state to make the alterations or changes as may be in the order 
 allowed, damages, if any, for any additional lands necessary for 
 the change or alteration being first duly paid or secured.  Upon 
 completion of the alteration or change, the commissioner shall 
 file with the appropriate auditor a map drawn to scale showing 
 the change or alteration made and shall also file a profile of 
 all lines of the alteration or change in the ditch showing 
 graphically the elevation of the ground and gradient, whether 
 open or tiled, the size of tile, and the bottom width and side 
 slope of open ditch sections, and such other information as may 
 appear necessary for understanding.  Upon the completion of the 
 alteration or change herein provided for, the ditch shall 
 thereafter include such alteration or change as a part of it 
 with the same force and effect as though it had been originally 
 so constructed and established.  

    Subd. 2.    Recovery of damages.  Within six years 
 after completion of any alteration or change as provided in this 
 section, any owner or owners of lands in the drainage system 
 claiming damages by reason of the alteration or change may bring 
 an action in the district court of the county in which the lands 
 are located to compel the commissioner to pay damages, if any, 
 caused by the alteration or change.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 28; 1983 c 143 s 5; 1985 c 172 s 125; 
 1990 c 391 art 8 s 30 

     161.29 Acquiring toll bridge for trunk highway system.  

    On determining that it is in the best interests of the 
 public and necessary in the location, construction, improvement, 
 or maintenance of any trunk highway, the commissioner may 
 designate by order as a part of the trunk highway system any 
 toll bridge situated wholly within the state, and may acquire by 
 purchase, gift, or condemnation, as provided by law, the 
 necessary rights or easement in, to, or over any such toll 
 bridge as will enable the public to use the bridge for highway 
 traffic free of toll.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 29; 1986 c 444 

     161.30 Marking design.  

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner to adopt.  The 
 commissioner shall adopt a suitable marking design with which 
 the commissioner shall mark or blaze the trunk highway routes, 
 and as the definite final location of each route is opened to 
 traffic the markings shall be changed to such location.  

    Subd. 2.    Avoiding duplicate numbering of routes; map.  
  In order to coordinate the markings of the various existing 
 routes, together with the new routes which have been or may be 
 added, and in order to avoid duplication in numbers used on 
 interstate routes, the commissioner may revise and consolidate 
 the marking and numbering of the routes within the system from 
 time to time.  Upon revising the marking or numbering the 
 commissioner shall prepare a map showing the existing routes and 
 identifying numbers and the routes and identifying numbers or 
 design of the revised system.  This map shall be authenticated 
 by a certificate of the commissioner certifying the same as 
 being the map showing the revised markings under the provisions 
 of this section.  This map and certificate shall be filed in the 
 office of the commissioner and thereafter shall govern the 
 identification of the several routes or portions thereof in the 
 trunk highway system and all proceedings, records, and accounts 
 thereafter shall be governed accordingly.  Proceedings pending 
 and under way at the time such map is filed shall cite both the 
 old and the new identifications. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 30; 1986 c 444 

     161.31 Maps and pamphlets. 

    Subdivision 1.    Maps.  The commissioner shall 
 periodically publish a map showing the location and status of 
 improvements of the trunk highway system.  Trunk highway maps 
 may contain advertising as a means of offsetting the costs of 
 preparing and distributing the maps.  All advertising revenues 
 received by the commissioner under this subdivision shall be 
 deposited in the trunk highway fund.  

    Subd. 2.    Pamphlets.  The commissioner may print and 
 distribute pamphlets containing information pertaining to the 
 trunk highway system.  The pamphlets shall be limited to 
 information as to the location and use of trunk highway routes, 
 the location and proper use of traffic interchanges, speed laws 
 and traffic restrictions, the meaning and use of traffic control 
 devices and directional signs, and other information that will 
 contribute to safer and more convenient use of trunk highways 
 through increased knowledge and better understanding of the 
 traveling public.  The commissioner may use other means of 
 communication to disseminate such information when such other 
 means are more practical and efficient.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 31; 1975 c 126 s 1; 1984 c 654 art 3 
 s 56; 1986 c 444 

     161.315 Protection of public contracts. 

    Subdivision 1.    Legislative intent.  Recognizing that 
 the preservation of the integrity of the public contracting 
 process of the department of transportation is vital to the 
 development of a balanced and efficient transportation system 
 and a matter of interest to the people of the state, the 
 legislature hereby determines and declares that: 

    (1) the procedures of the department for bidding and 
 awarding department contracts exist to secure the public 
 benefits of free and open competition and to secure the quality 
 of public works; 

    (2) the opportunity to be awarded department contracts or 
 to supply goods or services to the department is a privilege, 
 not a right; and 

    (3) the privilege of transacting business with the 
 department or local road authority should be denied to persons 
 convicted of a contract crime in order to preserve the integrity 
 of the public contracting process. 

    Subd. 2.    Definitions.  The terms used in this section 
 have the meanings given them in this subdivision. 

    (a) "Affiliate" means a predecessor or successor of a 
 person by merger, reorganization, or otherwise, who is, or that 
 has as an officer or director an individual who is, a relative 
 of the person or an individual over whose actions the person 
 exercises substantial influence or control, or a group of 
 entities so connected or associated that one entity controls or 
 has the power to control each of the other entities.  "Affiliate"
 includes the affiliate's principals.  One person's ownership of 
 a controlling interest in another entity or a pooling of 
 equipment or income among entities is prima facie evidence that 
 one entity is an affiliate of another. 

    (b) "Contract crime" means a violation of state or federal 
 antitrust law, fraud, theft, embezzlement, bribery, forgery, 
 misrepresentation, making false statements, falsification or 
 destruction of records, or other criminal offense in connection 
 with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing a public or 
 private contract or subcontract. 

    (c) "Conviction" has the meaning given it in section 
 609.02, subdivision 5. 

    (d) "Debar" means to disqualify from receiving a contract 
 or from serving as a subcontractor or material supplier as 
 provided by Laws 1984, chapter 654, article 2, section 8. 

    (e) "Person" means a natural person or a business, 
 corporation, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, or 
 other entity formed to do business as a contractor, 
 subcontractor, or material supplier and includes an affiliate of 
 a person. 

    (f) "Pooling" means a combination of persons engaged in the 
 same business or combined for the purpose of engaging in a 
 particular business or commercial venture and who all contribute 
 to a common fund or place their holdings of a given stock or 
 other security in the hand and control of a managing member or 
 committee of the combination. 

    (g) "Suspend" means to temporarily disqualify from 
 receiving a contract or from serving as a subcontractor or 
 material supplier as provided by Laws 1984, chapter 654, article 
 2, section 8. 

    (h) "Relative" means an individual related by consanguinity 
 within the second degree as determined by the common law, a 
 spouse, or an individual related to a spouse within the second 
 degree as determined by the common law, and includes an 
 individual in an adoptive relationship within the second degree 
 as determined by the common law. 

    Subd. 3.    Prohibitions.  Except as provided in 
 subdivision 4: 

    (1) neither the commissioner nor a county, town, or home 
 rule or statutory city may award or approve the award of a 
 contract for goods or services to a person who is suspended or 
 debarred; 

    (2) neither the commissioner nor a county, town, or home 
 rule or statutory city may award or approve the award of a 
 contract for goods or services under which a debarred or 
 suspended person will serve as a subcontractor or material 
 supplier; 

    (3) a person to whom a contract for goods or services has 
 been awarded may not subcontract with or purchase materials or 
 services from a debarred or suspended person for performance of 
 that contract; and 

    (4) when a debarred person sells or otherwise transfers to 
 a relative or to any other party over whose actions the debarred 
 person exercises substantial influence or control, a business, 
 corporation, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, or 
 other entity, or an affiliate of the entity, that is ineligible 
 by virtue of the debarment to contract with a governmental 
 entity, the sold or transferred entity remains ineligible for 
 these contracts for the duration of the seller's or transferor's 
 debarment. 

    Subd. 4.    Exceptions.  The commissioner may terminate 
 a debarment by order, or the commissioner or a county, town, or 
 home rule or statutory city may award a contract to a debarred 
 or suspended person when: 

    (1) that person is the sole supplier of a material or 
 service required by the commissioner or a county, town, or home 
 rule or statutory city; 

    (2) the commissioner determines that an emergency exists as 
 defined in section 161.32, subdivision 3; 

    (3) the commissioner of administration determines that an 
 emergency exists as defined in section 16C.10, subdivision 2; 

    (4) in the case of a contract to be awarded by a county, 
 town, or home rule or statutory city, the governing body thereof 
 determines by resolution that an emergency exists that will 
 result in a road, street, or bridge being closed to travel; or 

    (5) the contract is for purchasing materials or renting 
 equipment for routine road maintenance. 

    Subd. 5.    Duration of debarment.  A person who has 
 been convicted of a contract crime must be debarred for a period 
 of not less than one year.  This subdivision applies to contract 
 crime violations which occur after June 30, 1985. 

    Subd. 6.    Preexisting contracts.  The disqualification 
 of a contractor or its affiliate does not affect the 
 contractor's or its affiliate's obligations under any 
 preexisting contract.  

    HIST: 1985 c 299 s 3; 1990 c 462 s 1,2; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 58 

     161.32 Contracting for work on trunk highway. 

    Subdivision 1.    Advertisement for bids.  The 
 commissioner may conduct the work or any part thereof incidental 
 to the construction and maintenance of the trunk highways by 
 labor employed therefor or by contract.  In cases of 
 construction work, the commissioner shall first advertise for 
 bids for contracts, and if no satisfactory bids are received, 
 may either reject all bids and readvertise, or do the work by 
 labor employed therefor. Except as hereinafter provided, when 
 work is to be done under contract, the commissioner shall 
 advertise for bids once each week for three successive weeks 
 prior to the date such bids are to be received.  The 
 advertisement for bids shall be published in a newspaper or 
 other periodical of general circulation in the state.  The plans 
 and specifications for the proposed work shall be on file in the 
 commissioner's office prior to the first call for bids. 

    Subd. 1a.    Standard specifications, security.  
 Contracts under this section must be based on specifications 
 prescribed by the commissioner.  Each bidder for a contract must 
 furnish security approved by the commissioner to ensure 
 completion of the contract. 

    Subd. 1b.    Lowest responsible bidder.  Trunk highway 
 construction contracts, including design-build contracts, must 
 be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into 
 consideration conformity with the specifications, the purpose 
 for which the contract or purchase is intended, the status and 
 capability of the vendor, and other considerations imposed in 
 the call for bids.  The commissioner may decide which is the 
 lowest responsible bidder for all contracts and may use the 
 principles of life-cycle costing, where appropriate, in 
 determining the lowest overall bid.  Any or all bids may be 
 rejected.  In a case where competitive bids are required and 
 where all bids are rejected, new bids, if solicited, must be 
 called for as in the first instance, unless otherwise provided 
 by law.  

    Subd. 1c.    Alterations and erasures.  A bid containing 
 an alteration or erasure of any price contained in the bid which 
 is used in determining the lowest responsible bid must be 
 rejected unless the alteration or erasure is corrected pursuant 
 to this subdivision.  An alteration or erasure may be crossed 
 out and the correction printed in ink or typewritten adjacent to 
 it and initialed in ink by the person signing the bid.  

    Subd. 1d.    Special circumstances.  The commissioner 
 may reject the bid of any bidder who has failed to perform a 
 previous contract with the state.  In the case of identical low 
 bids from two or more bidders, the commissioner may use 
 negotiated procurement methods with the tied low bidders for 
 that particular transaction, so long as the price paid does not 
 exceed the low tied bid price.  The commissioner may award 
 contracts to more than one bidder in accordance with subdivision 
 1b, if doing so does not decrease the service level or diminish 
 the effect of competition. 

    Subd. 1e.    Record.  A record must be kept of all bids, 
 including names of bidders, amounts of bids, and each successful 
 bid.  This record is open to public inspection. 

    Subd. 2.    Direct negotiation.  In cases where the 
 estimated cost of construction work or maintenance work does not 
 exceed $150,000, the commissioner may enter into a contract for 
 the work by direct negotiation, by obtaining two or more 
 quotations for the work, and without advertising for bids or 
 otherwise complying with the requirements of competitive bidding 
 if the total contractual obligation of the state for the 
 directly negotiated contract or contracts on any single project 
 does not exceed $150,000.  All quotations obtained shall be kept 
 on file for a period of at least one year after receipt of the 
 quotation. 

    Subd. 3.    Emergencies.  In the case of emergency, 
 contracts may be let without advertising for bids. Emergency is 
 defined as a condition on a trunk highway that necessitates 
 immediate work in order to keep such highway open for travel.  
 No such contract shall be let without advertising for bids 
 except upon the written authority of the commissioner or the 
 commissioner's deputy. 

    Subd. 4.    Trunk highways damaged by spring breakup.  
 Contracts may be let for the repair and restoration of trunk 
 highways damaged by spring breakup upon advertisement for bids 
 and publication thereof in a newspaper or periodical of general 
 circulation for a period of one week prior to the date such bids 
 are to be received, and upon the mailing of such advertisements 
 to all contractors who have filed a written request therefor. 

    Subd. 5.    Default by contractor.  In cases where work 
 is being done under contract and the commissioner finds that the 
 contractor has failed to comply within 60 days from the date of 
 receipt of a written demand to make arrangements, satisfactory 
 to the commissioner, to correct specified delays, neglect, or 
 default, within the control of the contractor, the commissioner 
 may negotiate with others, with the approval of the defaulting 
 contractor's surety, for the completion of the contract 
 according to the terms and provisions of the contract. 

    Subd. 6.    Landscape contractors; payment.  When goods 
 or services are provided to the commissioner by a landscape 
 contractor for the landscaping of a trunk highway, the 
 commissioner shall agree in the contract to pay the landscape 
 contractor 100 percent of the value of the contract upon 
 completion of the contracted work.  The commissioner may require 
 the contractor, as part of the contract, to post a bond for a 
 sum not exceeding 125 percent of the value of the contract, 
 payable to the commissioner, and conditioned upon the work's 
 compliance with the contract terms, for a period of one year 
 beyond the work completion date. 

    Subd. 7.    Approval and payment of supplemental 
 agreements.  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, when 
 goods or services are provided to the commissioner under an 
 agreement supplemental to a contract for work on a trunk 
 highway, the commissioner or designee may approve the work.  
 Payment of valid state obligations must be made within 30 days 
 of approval of the work or submission by the contractor of an 
 invoice indicating completion of work, whichever occurs later. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 32; 1961 c 17 s 1; 1963 c 455 s 1; 
 1967 c 232 s 1; 1981 c 209 s 4; 1985 c 76 s 1; 1986 c 444; 1998 
 c 386 art 1 s 27-31; 1999 c 230 s 9; 2000 c 479 art 1 s 13; 2000 
 c 499 s 20 

     161.321 Small business contracts. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For purposes of this 
 section the following terms have the meanings given them, except 
 where the context clearly indicates a different meaning is 
 intended. 

    (a) "Award" means the granting of a contract in accordance 
 with all applicable laws and rules governing competitive bidding 
 except as otherwise provided in this section. 

    (b) "Contract" means an agreement entered into between a 
 business entity and the state of Minnesota for the construction 
 of transportation improvements. 

    (c) "Subcontractor" means a business entity which enters 
 into a legally binding agreement with another business entity 
 which is a party to a contract as defined in paragraph (b). 

    (d) "Targeted group business" means a business designated 
 under section 16C.16, subdivision 5. 

    Subd. 2.    Small business set-asides.  (a) The 
 commissioner may award up to a six percent preference in the 
 amount bid for specified construction work to small targeted 
 group businesses. 

    (b) The commissioner may designate a contract for 
 construction work for award only to small targeted group 
 businesses if the commissioner determines that at least three 
 small targeted group businesses are likely to bid. 

    (c) The commissioner, as a condition of awarding a 
 construction contract, may set goals that require the prime 
 contractor to subcontract a portion of the contract to small 
 targeted group businesses.  The commissioner must establish a 
 procedure for granting waivers from the subcontracting 
 requirement when qualified small targeted group businesses are 
 not reasonably available.  The commissioner may establish 
 financial incentives for prime contractors who exceed the goals 
 for use of subcontractors and financial penalties for prime 
 contractors who fail to meet goals under this paragraph.  The 
 subcontracting requirements of this paragraph do not apply to 
 prime contractors who are small targeted group businesses. 

    (d) The commissioner may award up to a four percent 
 preference in the amount bid on procurement to small businesses 
 located in an economically disadvantaged area as defined in 
 section 16C.16, subdivision 7.  

    Subd. 3.    Awards to small businesses.  At least 75 
 percent of subcontracts awarded to small targeted group 
 businesses must be performed by the business to which the 
 subcontract is awarded or another small targeted group business. 

    Subd. 4.    Awards, limitations.  Contracts awarded 
 pursuant to this section are subject to all limitations 
 contained in rules adopted by the commissioner of administration.

    Subd. 5.    Recourse to other businesses.  If the 
 commissioner is unable to award a contract pursuant to the 
 provisions of subdivisions 2 and 3, the award may be placed 
 pursuant to the normal solicitation and award provisions set 
 forth in this chapter and chapter 16C. 

    Subd. 6.    Rules.  The rules adopted by the 
 commissioner of administration to define small businesses and to 
 set time and other eligibility requirements for participation in 
 programs under sections 16C.16 to 16C.19 apply to this section.  
 The commissioner may promulgate other rules necessary to carry 
 out this section. 

    Subd. 7.    Noncompetitive bids.  The commissioner is 
 encouraged to purchase from small targeted group businesses 
 designated under section 16C.16 when making purchases that are 
 not subject to competitive bidding procedures. 

    HIST: 1977 c 222 s 1; 1978 c 506 s 1; 1979 c 246 s 1; 1980 c 
 361 s 1,2; 1984 c 544 s 89; 1989 c 352 s 14-16,25; 1990 c 541 s 
 17-23,29; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 59-63 

     161.3211 Report by commissioner. 

    The commissioner of transportation shall report to the 
 commissioner of administration on compliance with this section.  
 The information must be reported at the time and in the manner 
 requested by the commissioner. 

    HIST: 1977 c 222 s 2; 1989 c 352 s 17,25; 1990 c 541 s 24,29 

     161.3212 Working capital fund. 

    The commissioner, to the extent allowed by other law or 
 contract, may grant available money that has been appropriated 
 for socially or economically disadvantaged business programs to 
 a guaranty fund administered by a nonprofit organization that 
 makes or guarantees working capital loans to businesses owned 
 and operated by socially or economically disadvantaged persons 
 as defined in Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 
 23.5.  The purpose of loans made or guaranteed by the 
 organization must be to provide short-term working capital to 
 enable eligible businesses to be awarded contracts for goods and 
 services or for construction-related services from government 
 agencies. 

    Money contributed from a constitutionally or statutorily 
 dedicated fund must be used only for purposes consistent with 
 the purposes of the dedicated fund. 

    HIST: 1989 c 320 s 1 

     161.322 Payment of interest to contractors. 

    When any contract for the construction, improvement, or 
 repair of any trunk highway has been entered into by the 
 commissioner of transportation of the state of Minnesota, and 
 the work provided for in the contract has been in all things 
 completed to the satisfaction of the commissioner or the 
 commissioner's agent except for the release of sureties, in 
 accordance with the contract, by the person with whom the 
 commissioner has contracted, herein termed the contractor, 
 unless final estimate for the work is made within 90 days after 
 the contractor has so completed the work, the contractor shall 
 be entitled to receive interest at the rate equal to the monthly 
 index of long-term United States bond yields for the month prior 
 to the month in which this obligation is incurred from the date 
 of the expiration of that 90-day period upon all amounts finally 
 determined to be due the contractor which were not paid prior to 
 the expiration of that period, to be paid in the same manner as, 
 and at the time of, the final payment under the contract.  The 
 90-day requirement, and the interest provisions provided for 
 herein, shall not apply if delay is caused by the contractor; 
 nor shall the 90-day requirement apply to contracts over two 
 million dollars if the contract provides specifically for a 
 different period of time in which to make such final estimate. 

    HIST: 1963 c 515 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 464 s 5; 1986 c 
 444 

     161.33 Employee interest in contract, unlawful. 

    It shall be unlawful for any member or employee of the 
 department of transportation to be directly or indirectly 
 interested in any contract for the construction or improvement 
 of any public road or bridge, or in any contract for the repair, 
 purchase or sale of any road machinery, equipment, materials, or 
 supplies to be used thereon.  Any person violating any of the 
 foregoing provisions shall be guilty of a gross misdemeanor. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 33; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.34 Contract claims against state. 

    Subdivision 1.    Waiver of immunity.  When a 
 controversy arises out of any contract for the construction or 
 repair of state trunk highways entered into by the commissioner 
 or by the commissioner's authority, in respect to which 
 controversy a party to the contract would be entitled to redress 
 against the state, either in a court of law or equity if the 
 state were suable, and when no claim against the state for the 
 same redress has heretofore been made, the state hereby waives 
 immunity from suit in connection with such controversy and 
 confers jurisdiction on the district courts of the state to hear 
 and try the controversy in the manner provided for the trial of 
 causes in the district courts.  Only a party to the contract 
 shall have the right to bring action against the state.  

    Subd. 2.    When action may be commenced.  No such 
 action shall be maintained unless commenced within 90 days after 
 the plaintiff has been furnished by the state with a final 
 estimate under the plaintiff's contract, or, at the election of 
 the plaintiff, within six months after the work provided for 
 under that contract shall have been in all things completed. 

    Subd. 3.    Where action may be brought.  The action 
 shall be brought at the election of the plaintiff in the 
 district court of Ramsey county, or in the district court of the 
 county where a major portion of the contract is performed, or in 
 the district court of the county in which the plaintiff resides, 
 or, if there be several plaintiffs residing in different 
 counties, then in the district court of the county of the 
 residence of any one of them.  The action shall be commenced by 
 filing a complaint with the court administrator and serving 
 summons and copy of the complaint upon the attorney general of 
 the state at the state capitol.  The state shall have 40 days 
 from the date of such service within which to serve an answer 
 upon the plaintiff, and thereafter the case shall proceed in the 
 same manner as other actions at law in the court.  

    Subd. 4.    Appeal.  An appeal from any final order of 
 judgment in the action shall lie as in other civil cases.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 34; 1983 c 247 s 66; 1986 c 444; 
 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82 

  161.35 Repealed, 1978 c 480 s 3 

    161.355 Subdivision 1. Renumbered 161.095 

    Subd. 2. Repealed, 1975 c 435 s 22 

     161.36 Federal aid. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner to cooperate with U.S. 
 government.  The commissioner may cooperate with the 
 government of the United States and any agency or department 
 thereof in the construction, improvement, enhancement, and 
 maintenance of transportation in the state of Minnesota and may 
 comply with the provisions of the laws of the United States and 
 any regulations made thereunder for the expenditure of federal 
 moneys.  

    Subd. 2.    Federal aid, acceptance; commissioner as 
 agent.  The commissioner may accept federal moneys and other 
 moneys, either public or private, for and in behalf of the state 
 of Minnesota or any governmental subdivision thereof, or any 
 nonpublic organization, for the construction, improvement, 
 enhancement, or maintenance of transportation upon such terms 
 and conditions as are or may be prescribed by the laws of the 
 United States and any regulations made thereunder, and is 
 authorized to act as an agent of that governmental subdivision 
 or nonpublic organization upon its request in accepting the 
 moneys in its behalf for transportation purposes, in acquiring 
 right-of-way therefor, and in contracting for the construction, 
 improvement, enhancement, or maintenance of transportation 
 financed either in whole or in part by federal moneys.  The 
 governing body of any such subdivision or nonpublic organization 
 is authorized to designate the commissioner as its agent for 
 such purposes and to enter into an agreement with the 
 commissioner prescribing the terms and conditions of the agency 
 in accordance herewith and with federal laws and regulations.  

    Subd. 3.    Commissioner as agent in certain cases.  The 
 commissioner may act as the agent of any political subdivision 
 of the state, or any nonpublic organization, as provided herein, 
 for the construction of transportation toward the construction 
 of which no federal aid is available in the event that the 
 construction adjoins, is connected, or in the judgment of the 
 commissioner can be best and most economically performed in 
 connection with construction upon which federal aid is available 
 and upon which the commissioner is then acting as agent. 

    Subd. 4.    State laws govern.  All contracts for the 
 construction, improvement, enhancement, or maintenance of 
 transportation made by the commissioner as the agent of any 
 governmental subdivision, or any nonpublic organization, shall 
 be made pursuant to the laws of Minnesota governing the making 
 of contracts for the construction, improvement, enhancement, and 
 maintenance of transportation on the trunk highway system of the 
 state; provided, where the construction, improvement, 
 enhancement, or maintenance of any transportation is financed 
 wholly with federal moneys, the commissioner as the agent of the 
 governmental subdivision or nonpublic organization may let 
 contracts in the manner prescribed by the federal authorities 
 acting under the laws of the United States and any regulations 
 made thereunder, notwithstanding any state law to the contrary.  

    Subd. 5.    Funds deposited in state treasury.  All 
 funds accepted for disbursement by the commissioner pursuant to 
 this section shall be deposited in the state treasury and, 
 unless otherwise prescribed by the authority from which the 
 funds are received, kept in separate accounts designated 
 according to the purposes for which the funds were made 
 available and held by the state in trust for those purposes.  
 All funds are appropriated for the purposes for which the funds 
 are made available to be expended in accordance with this 
 section and with federal laws and regulations.  The commissioner 
 may, whether acting for the state of Minnesota or as the agent 
 of any of its governmental subdivisions or when requested by the 
 United States government or any agency or department of the 
 United States government, disburse funds for the designated 
 purposes, but this shall not preclude any other authorized 
 method of disbursement.  For the purpose of providing sufficient 
 funds in the accounts established pursuant to this subdivision 
 to meet expenditure requirements occurring before federal or 
 other public or private reimbursements, the commissioner of 
 finance, at the request of the commissioner, may borrow from 
 available balances of the county state-aid highway fund or the 
 municipal state-aid street fund.  The terms and conditions of 
 any loans shall be determined by the commissioner of finance.  
 The amount borrowed shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount 
 of federal aid allotted to the construction of roads and bridges 
 under the jurisdiction of governmental subdivisions and under 
 project appropriation by the federal government.  When there is 
 sufficient money in the account that received the loan, the 
 state treasurer shall transfer from that account to the other 
 public fund the amount so loaned.  

    Subd. 6.    No personal liability created.  Nothing in 
 this section shall be construed as creating any personal 
 liability upon the commissioner or in any way authorizing the 
 commissioner to create any liability on the part of the state of 
 Minnesota when acting as the agent of any governmental 
 subdivision thereof, or when acting at the request of the United 
 States.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 36; 1981 c 209 s 5; 1982 c 376 s 1; 
 1986 c 444; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 9-12 

     161.361 Advance funding for trunk highway projects. 

    Subdivision 1.    Advance funding.  A road authority 
 other than the commissioner may by agreement with the 
 commissioner make advances from any available funds to the 
 commissioner to expedite construction of all or part of a trunk 
 highway.  Money may be advanced under this section only for 
 projects already included in the commissioner's highway work 
 program. 

    Subd. 2.    Repayment.  Subject to the availability of 
 state money, the commissioner shall repay without interest the 
 amount advanced under subdivision 1, up to the state's share of 
 project costs, at the time the project is scheduled for 
 completion in the highway work program.  The total amount of 
 annual repayment to road authorities under this section must 
 never exceed the amount stated in the department's debt 
 management policy or $10,000,000, whichever is less. 

    HIST: 1991 c 298 art 4 s 4 

     161.365 Highway contract specifications; minimum wage. 

    All contracts for the construction, improvement or repair 
 of a road or highway financed in whole or in part with federal 
 funds and with respect to which the commissioner of 
 transportation acts as the agent for a political subdivision of 
 the state and is required to approve plans and specifications 
 with respect thereto and to award such contract, the 
 commissioner of transportation shall incorporate into the 
 specifications a provision requiring the same wage rates for 
 labor as is currently used by the state of Minnesota on state 
 trunk highway projects other than interstate projects, for work 
 in the same wage rate area.  The provisions of this section 
 shall not be applicable to contracts with any railroad or public 
 utility for the alteration or relocation of any facilities of 
 any such railroad or public utility when the work provided for 
 in said contract is done by the regularly employed forces of 
 said railroad or public utility. 

    HIST: 1965 c 368 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.37 Surplus government materials.  

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner may accept.  The 
 commissioner may accept from the federal government allotments 
 to the state of excess materials suitable for road construction 
 and maintenance purposes.  

    Subd. 2.    Costs incurred in obtaining materials.  
 Costs incurred in receiving, placing in use, delivering, or 
 purchasing spare parts for excess materials shall be paid out of 
 the trunk highway fund; provided that any expense so incurred in 
 receiving, delivering, or purchasing spare parts for the 
 material in behalf of any county shall be paid by the county, 
 and payment received therefor shall be credited to the trunk 
 highway fund.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 37 

     161.38 Special agreements for highways in municipalities.

    Subdivision 1.    Highway width or capacity.  Road 
 authorities, including the road authorities of any city may 
 enter into an agreement with the commissioner for the 
 construction of a roadway or structure of greater width or 
 capacity than would be necessary to accommodate the normal trunk 
 highway traffic upon any trunk highway within its boundaries, 
 and may appropriate from any funds available and pay into the 
 trunk highway fund such sums of money as may be agreed upon.  
 Nothing herein contained shall prevent any city from 
 constructing the portions of the street not included in the 
 trunk highway system independent of any contract with the 
 commissioner; provided the construction conforms to the 
 reasonable rules as the commissioner may prescribe as to grade 
 and drainage.  

    Subd. 2.    Maintenance.  Where a trunk highway is 
 located over or along a street in any city which street is or 
 may be improved to a width greater than the normal width of such 
 trunk highway, the road authority of the city may enter into an 
 agreement with the commissioner for the maintenance of the 
 additional width by the commissioner and shall in accordance 
 with the agreement appropriate and pay into the trunk highway 
 fund such sums of money as may be agreed upon.  Nothing herein 
 contained shall be construed to prevent any city maintaining 
 such additional width at its own expense independent of any 
 contract with the commissioner.  

    Subd. 3.    Frontage road.  The commissioner for and on 
 behalf of the state may enter into agreements with 
 municipalities for the construction, improvement, and 
 maintenance of trunk highways within the limits of said 
 municipalities, including but not limited to agreements for the 
 construction and maintenance of frontage roads upon and along 
 trunk highways within the limits of said municipalities.  Such 
 frontage roads may be constructed along the main traveled lanes 
 of the trunk highway, or they may be constructed a reasonable 
 distance out from the limits of the right-of-way acquired for 
 the main traveled lanes if in the considered judgment of the 
 commissioner such location is necessary to eliminate 
 unreasonable circuity of local travel or to provide access to 
 properties otherwise denied access to public highways by the 
 establishment and construction of the trunk highway.  Such 
 frontage roads shall connect, at least at one terminal, either 
 with the main lanes of the trunk highway or with another public 
 highway.  The municipalities are authorized to enter into such 
 agreement with the commissioner for the performance and 
 responsibility of the work upon such terms as may be agreed upon.

    Subd. 4.    Effects on other law of public contract with 
 commissioner.  Whenever the road authority of any city enters 
 into an agreement with the commissioner pursuant to this 
 section, and a portion of the cost is to be assessed against 
 benefited property, the letting of a public contract by the 
 commissioner for the work shall be deemed to comply with 
 statutory or charter provisions requiring the city (1) to 
 advertise for bids before awarding a contract for a public 
 improvement, (2) to let the contract to the lowest responsible 
 bidder, and (3) to require a performance bond to be filed by the 
 contractor before undertaking the work.  The contract so let by 
 the commissioner and the performance bond required of the 
 contractor by the commissioner shall be considered to be the 
 contract and bond of the city for the purposes of complying with 
 the requirements of any applicable law or charter provision, and 
 the bond shall inure to the benefit of the city and operate for 
 their protection to the same extent as though they were parties 
 thereto.  

    Subd. 5.    Definition of municipalities.  For the 
 purpose of this section the term "municipalities" shall include 
 counties, cities, and towns.  

    Subd. 6.    Withholding state aid.  If any municipality 
 fails to fulfill its obligations as provided in any mutual 
 agreement entered into pursuant to this section, the 
 commissioner may retain and withhold payment of any state aid 
 money apportioned to such municipality under the provisions of 
 sections 162.01 to 162.181 until such municipality fulfills its 
 obligations under the agreement.  If the obligation which the 
 municipality has failed to fulfill is a monetary obligation, the 
 amount of state aid money which the commissioner may withhold 
 shall not exceed the amount of the monetary obligation in 
 default.  If the obligation is other than a monetary obligation, 
 the commissioner may withhold a reasonable amount of such state 
 aid money until the municipality fulfills the obligation. 

    Subd. 7.    Improvements outside limits of state 
 construction project.  The commissioner may act as agent for 
 any municipality, at its request and on its approval, for the 
 construction of street or highway improvements outside the 
 limits of a state construction project.  Administration of a 
 contract in this manner must be based on an estimated cost 
 savings for both the state and the municipality. All costs of 
 such work shall be paid by the municipality.  Prior to the 
 letting of the state construction contract, the provisions for 
 payment and all details of the work to be done outside of the 
 limits of the state construction project shall be set out in an 
 agency agreement between the municipality and the state. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 38; 1961 c 40 s 1; 1961 c 577 s 2; 
 1965 c 155 s 1; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1Sp1981 c 4 art 1 s 83; 
 1982 c 376 s 2; 1985 c 248 s 70 

     161.39 Aid to other road authorities and state 
  departments. 

    Subdivision 1.    Assistance allowed.  Upon the request 
 of another road authority, any road authority including the 
 commissioner and the road authority of any city, township, or 
 county may provide technical and engineering advice, assistance 
 and supervision to the requesting road authority; and may make 
 surveys and prepare plans for the location, construction, and 
 reconstruction of and perform maintenance on any highway, 
 street, road, or bridge under the jurisdiction of the requesting 
 road authority.  

    Subd. 2.    Additional work.  If so requested the 
 assisting road authority may examine the whole or any part of 
 the highway or street system under the jurisdiction of the road 
 authority and recommend changes, alterations, or additions 
 thereto that the assisting road authority deems to be in the 
 public interest and in the interest of safety and convenient 
 public travel.  The commissioner may make surveys, studies, 
 investigations, and perform work and services as are necessary 
 in carrying out such requests. 

    Subd. 3.    Engineering or survey services for state 
 departments.  The commissioner shall render engineering or 
 surveying services as the governor may require for any of the 
 state departments or agencies.  

    Subd. 4.    Pavement marking.  The commissioner may 
 pavement mark highways and streets off the trunk highway system 
 and furnish the necessary equipment and operators therefor when 
 any road authority, including road authorities of cities and 
 state department or agencies having jurisdiction over such 
 highways or streets requests such pavement marking.  

    Subd. 5.    Payment for services.  The cost of the work 
 or services performed under the provisions of this section shall 
 be paid by the road authority, department or agency for which 
 the work or services were performed.  All money received or 
 expended therefor shall be credited or debited to the trunk 
 highway fund. 

    Subd. 5a.    Performing services for public utilities 
 commission, reimbursement.  The trunk highway fund shall be 
 reimbursed for money expended by the transportation department 
 in performing services for the public utilities commission.  

    Subd. 5b.    Reimbursement for services.  The office of 
 electronic communication in the department of transportation may 
 perform work for other state agencies and, to the extent that 
 these services are performed beyond the level for which money 
 was appropriated, may deposit revenue generated from this source 
 as dedicated receipts to the account from which it was spent. 

    Subd. 6.    Agreements regarding services.  The road 
 authorities, including road authorities of cities, townships, 
 counties, state departments, or agencies may enter into 
 agreements with the commissioner setting forth the work or 
 services to be performed by the commissioner or the road 
 authority under the provisions of this section and providing for 
 the method of reimbursement to or from the trunk highway fund of 
 the cost thereof.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 39; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 718 
 s 21; 1975 c 435 s 20; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 614 s 123; 1984 c 
 417 s 14-16; 1986 c 444; 1993 c 266 s 16 

     161.40 Joint facilities with division of emergency 
  management. 

    The commissioner may enter into agreements with the state 
 division of emergency management to build, operate and maintain 
 joint facilities in cases where the division of emergency 
 management contributes its proportionate financial share.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 40; 1974 c 428 s 5; 1987 c 71 s 2 

     161.41 Surplus property not needed for highway purposes. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner may declare surplus.  The 
 commissioner is authorized to declare as surplus any property 
 acquired by the state for highway purposes, excluding real 
 estate, which the commissioner determines to be no longer needed 
 or necessary for state highway purposes. 

    Subd. 2.    Determination of value; disposition.  The 
 commissioner shall administer all aspects of the disposition of 
 property declared to be surplus under this section.  The 
 commissioner shall first determine the value of the surplus 
 property.  The commissioner may then transfer the possession of 
 the surplus property to any state agency or political 
 subdivision of this state or to the United States government 
 upon receipt of payment in an amount equal to the value of the 
 surplus property. 

    The commissioner may also sell the surplus property under 
 the competitive bidding provisions of chapter 16C if no state 
 agency or political subdivision of this state offers to purchase 
 the surplus property for its determined value.  

    Subd. 3.    Money credited to trunk highway fund.  The 
 commissioner shall deposit all money received under this section 
 with the state treasurer to be credited to the trunk highway 
 fund. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 41; 1982 c 617 s 4; 1989 c 209 art 2 
 s 1; 1998 c 386 art 2 s 64 

     161.411 Sale of surplus earth material. 

    Whenever the plans for the construction of a trunk highway 
 indicate that there will be a surplus of earth materials from 
 the roadway excavation of such trunk highway, and a political 
 subdivision or public agency of the state indicates that it has 
 use for all or part of such surplus earth materials, the 
 commissioner of transportation may enter into an agreement for 
 the sale of such surplus materials on an equitable basis to such 
 political subdivision or agency.  Prior to such agreement the 
 state in its proposal shall require a bid item reflecting either 
 an increased or decreased cost to the state by reason of the 
 proposed sale of such material.  If such bid item indicates an 
 increased cost to the state, the materials shall not be sold for 
 less than such increased cost. 

    HIST: 1965 c 301 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.42 Leasing or sale of sounding and testing equipment.

    The commissioner may sell or lease to other road 
 authorities sounding and testing equipment made by the 
 transportation department.  Such equipment shall be sold for not 
 less than the cost to the department.  All money received from 
 the sale or leasing of the equipment shall be paid into the 
 trunk highway fund.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 42; 1976 c 166 s 7 

     161.43 Relinquishment of highway easement. 

    The commissioner of transportation may relinquish and 
 quitclaim to the fee owner an easement or portion of an easement 
 owned but no longer needed by the transportation department for 
 trunk highway purposes, upon payment to the transportation 
 department of an amount of money equal to the appraised current 
 market value of the easement.  If the fee owner refuses to pay 
 the required amount, or if after diligent search the fee owner 
 cannot be found, the commissioner may convey the easement to an 
 agency or to a political subdivision of the state upon terms and 
 conditions agreed upon, or the commissioner may acquire the fee 
 title to the land underlying the easement in the manner provided 
 in section 161.20, subdivision 2.  After acquisition of the fee 
 title, the lands may be sold to the highest responsible bidder 
 upon three weeks' published notice of the sale in a newspaper or 
 other periodical of general circulation in the county where the 
 land is located.  All bids may be rejected and new bids received 
 upon like publication.  If the lands remain unsold after being 
 offered for sale to the highest bidder, the commissioner may 
 retain the services of a licensed real estate broker to find a 
 buyer.  The sale price may be negotiated by the broker, but must 
 not be less than 90 percent of the appraised market value as 
 determined by the commissioner.  The broker's fee must be 
 established by prior agreement between the commissioner and the 
 broker, and must not exceed ten percent of the sale price for 
 sales of $10,000 or more.  The broker's fee must be paid to the 
 broker from the proceeds of the sale.  

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 43; 1971 c 276 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 
 1980 c 533 s 8; 1983 c 143 s 6; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 57 

     161.431 Leasing of highway easement. 

    The commissioner may lease to the fee owner for a fair 
 rental rate and upon terms and conditions that the commissioner 
 deems proper, an easement in real estate acquired for trunk 
 highway purposes and not then needed for trunk highway 
 purposes.  If the fee owner refuses to lease or if after 
 diligent search the fee owner cannot be found, the commissioner 
 may lease the easement to an agency or to a political 
 subdivision of the state on terms and conditions agreed upon, or 
 the commissioner may lease the easement to the highest 
 responsible bidder upon three weeks' published notice of the 
 lease offering in a newspaper or other periodical of general 
 circulation in the county where the easement is located.  All 
 bids may be rejected and new bids received upon like 
 publication.  All rents received from the lease must be paid 
 into the state treasury.  Seventy percent of any rent received 
 is to be credited to the trunk highway fund.  The remaining 30 
 percent is to be paid to the county treasurer of the county 
 where the easement is located for distribution in the same 
 manner as real estate taxes. 

    HIST: 1983 c 143 s 7 

     161.433 Use of highway airspace and subsurface. 

    Subdivision 1.    Lease or permit, conditions and 
 restrictions.  The commissioner of transportation may lease or 
 otherwise permit the use of the airspace above and subsurface 
 area below the surface of the right-of-way of any trunk highway, 
 including the surface of the right-of-way above and below the 
 airspace or subsurface areas, where the land is owned in fee by 
 the state for trunk highway purposes when the use will not 
 impair or interfere with the use and safety of the highway.  The 
 lease, permit, or other agreement may contain such restrictive 
 clauses as the commissioner deems necessary in the interest of 
 safety and convenience of public travel and other highway 
 purposes.  No lease, permit, or other agreement shall be for a 
 period in excess of 99 years.  Vehicular access to such 
 airspace, subsurface, or surface areas shall not be allowed 
 directly from the highway where such access would violate the 
 provisions of United States Code, title 23, or would interfere 
 in any way with the free flow of traffic on the highway.  Any 
 lease, permit, or other agreement shall have the approval of the 
 appropriate federal agency when required. 

    Subd. 2.    Consideration for use.  The consideration 
 paid for the use of airspace or subsurface areas shall be 
 determined by the commissioner, but in no event shall it be less 
 than a fair rental rate, and shall include costs for the 
 erection and maintenance of any facilities or other costs 
 occasioned by that use.  All moneys received shall be paid into 
 the trunk highway fund.  This subdivision does not apply to real 
 estate leased for the purpose of providing commercial and public 
 service advertising pursuant to franchise agreements as provided 
 in sections 160.276 to 160.278.  

    Subd. 3.    Application to certain provisions.  Laws 
 1967, chapter 214 shall not apply to or affect the rights and 
 privileges referred to in sections 161.45, 222.37, and 300.03. 

    HIST: 1967 c 214 s 1,2,5; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 494 s 7; 1980 
 c 533 s 9 

     161.434 Interstate and trunk highway rights-of-way; 
  limited use. 

    The commissioner may also make such arrangements and 
 agreements as the commissioner deems necessary in the public 
 interest for the limited use of land owned as interstate or 
 trunk highway right-of-way, which use shall be for highway 
 purposes, including aesthetic purposes, but not including the 
 erection of permanent buildings, except buildings or structures 
 erected for the purpose of providing information to travelers 
 through commercial and public service advertising pursuant to 
 franchise agreements as provided in sections 160.276 to 
 160.278.  The commissioner shall secure the approval of the 
 appropriate federal agency where such approval is required. 

    HIST: 1967 c 659 s 1; 1969 c 482 s 1; 1980 c 494 s 8; 1986 c 
 444 

  161.435 Repealed, 1967 c 214 s 6 

     161.44 Relinquishment of land no longer needed. 

    Subdivision 1.    Conveyance.  The commissioner may 
 convey and quitclaim any lands, including any improvements 
 thereon, owned in fee by the state for trunk highway purposes 
 but no longer needed therefor.  Notwithstanding any provisions 
 in this section or in section 161.23 to the contrary, fee title 
 to or an easement in all or part of the lands and lands 
 previously acquired in fee for trunk highways or acquired 
 pursuant to section 161.23, in excess of what is needed for 
 highway purposes may be conveyed and quitclaimed for public 
 purposes to any political subdivision or agency of the state 
 upon the terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the 
 commissioner and the political subdivision or agency. 

    Subd. 2.    Reconveyance; remainder owned by vendor or 
 surviving spouse.  If the lands were part of a larger tract 
 and the remainder of the tract is still owned by the person or 
 the person's surviving spouse from whom the lands were acquired, 
 or if the lands constituted an entire tract, the lands must 
 first be offered for reconveyance to the previous owner or the 
 owner's surviving spouse.  When lands are offered for 
 reconveyance, the amount of money to be repaid for those lands 
 must be the appraised current market value of the lands to be 
 reconveyed.  The offer must be made by certified mail addressed 
 to the person at the person's last known address.  The person or 
 the person's surviving spouse shall have 60 days from the date 
 of mailing the offer to accept and to tender to the commissioner 
 the required sum of money.  

    Subd. 3.    Conveyance; remainder not owned by vendor or 
 surviving spouse.  If the lands were part of a larger tract 
 and the remainder of the tract is no longer owned by the person 
 or the person's surviving spouse from whom the lands were 
 acquired, the lands shall be offered for conveyance to the 
 person owning the remaining tract in the same manner and on the 
 same terms as provided in subdivision 2. 

    Subd. 4.    Conveyance; remainder divided into smaller 
 tracts.  If the lands were part of a larger tract and if the 
 tract has been platted or divided into smaller tracts and sold, 
 the commissioner may offer the lands to the owners of the 
 smaller tracts or lots abutting upon the lands in the same 
 manner and on the same terms as provided in subdivision 2, or 
 the commissioner may proceed to sell the lands to the highest 
 responsible bidder as provided in subdivisions 5 and 6. 

    Subd. 5.    Conveyance to highest bidder in certain 
 cases.  If the larger tract has been platted into lots or 
 divided into smaller tracts and the commissioner elects to 
 proceed under this subdivision, or if the lands constituted an 
 entire tract and the person from whom the lands were acquired 
 and the person's spouse are deceased, or if the offers as 
 provided for are not accepted and the amount of money not 
 tendered within the time prescribed, the lands may be sold and 
 conveyed to the highest responsible bidder upon three weeks' 
 published notice of such sale in a newspaper or other periodical 
 of general circulation in the general area where the lands are 
 located.  All bids may be rejected and new bids received upon 
 like advertisement. 

    Subd. 6.    Public auction.  In lieu of the 
 advertisement for sale and conveyance to the highest responsible 
 bidder, such lands may be offered for sale and sold at public 
 auction to the highest responsible bidder. Such sale shall be 
 made after publication of notice thereof in a newspaper of 
 general circulation in the area where the property is located 
 for at least two successive weeks and such other advertising as 
 the commissioner may direct.  If the sale is made at public 
 auction a duly licensed auctioneer may be retained to conduct 
 such sale, the auctioneer's fees for such service to be paid 
 from the proceeds, and there is appropriated from such proceeds 
 an amount sufficient to pay such fees. 

    Subd. 6a.    Services of licensed real estate broker.  
 If the lands remain unsold after being offered for sale to the 
 highest bidder, the commissioner may retain the services of a 
 licensed real estate broker to find a buyer.  The sale price may 
 be negotiated by the broker, but must not be less than 90 
 percent of the appraised market value as determined by the 
 commissioner.  The broker's fee must be established by prior 
 agreement between the commissioner and the broker, and must not 
 exceed ten percent of the sale price for sales of $10,000 or 
 more.  The broker's fee must be paid to the broker from the 
 proceeds of the sale.  

    Subd. 7.    Gravel or borrow pit; amount of repayment.  
 In all cases as hereinbefore specified, if the lands to be 
 reconveyed were acquired for gravel or borrow pit purposes and 
 the commissioner has determined that all materials suitable or 
 needed for trunk highway purposes have been removed from such 
 pit, the amount to be repaid therefor need not be at least the 
 amount paid for such pit by the state, but in no event shall the 
 amount to be so repaid to the state therefor be less than the 
 estimated market value thereof.  In all other respects the 
 procedures for the reconveyance of gravel or borrow pits shall 
 be the same as the procedures for the reconveyance of other 
 lands as provided in this section. 

    Subd. 8.    Restrictive clauses in deed.  The deed may 
 contain restrictive clauses limiting the use of the lands or the 
 estate conveyed when the commissioner determines that such 
 restrictions are reasonably necessary in the interest of safety 
 and convenient public travel. 

    Subd. 9.    Receipts paid into trunk highway fund.  
 Moneys received from the sale of such lands and properties less 
 any fees paid under subdivision 6a, must be paid into the trunk 
 highway fund. 

    Subd. 10.  Repealed, 1967 c 214 s 6 

    Subd. 11.    Airspace and subsurface areas.  Nothing 
 contained in this section shall apply to the lease or other 
 agreement for the use of air space above and the subsurface area 
 below the right-of-way of any trunk highway or the surface of 
 any trunk highway right-of-way as provided in section 161.433, 
 subdivision 1. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 44; 1961 c 263 s 1; 1961 c 567 s 3 
 subd 1; 1963 c 467 s 2; 1967 c 214 s 3; 1967 c 790 s 1-3; 1978 c 
 674 s 60; 1980 c 533 s 10; 1983 c 143 s 8-10; 1984 c 654 art 3 s 
 58; 1986 c 444 

     161.441 Land acquisition agreement with others. 

    Subdivision 1.    Authority.  Whenever the commissioner 
 of transportation has knowledge that lands are being acquired, 
 or are about to be acquired, by a political subdivision of the 
 state, another state agency, or other governmental authority 
 including but not limited to bodies corporate such as public 
 housing authorities created by statute, and determines that a 
 portion of such lands to be acquired, or lands contiguous 
 thereto, are needed presently or in the future for trunk highway 
 purposes, the commissioner may, on deeming it to be in the best 
 interests of the state, enter into land acquisition agreements, 
 as hereinafter provided, with such political subdivision, state 
 agency, or governmental authority.  Power is hereby conferred 
 upon the commissioner of transportation, and upon political 
 subdivisions, state agencies, and governmental authorities to 
 enter into, and carry out to final conclusion in accordance with 
 the terms thereof, such land acquisition agreements, each with 
 the other, for the purpose of acquiring lands for their 
 particular public purpose. 

    Subd. 2.    Contents.  The agreement shall set forth, 
 among other matters, the purposes for which the lands are 
 acquired and the portions to be used for each particular public 
 purpose; the method of acquisition, whether by purchase, eminent 
 domain proceedings, or a combination thereof; the agency, 
 political subdivision, or governmental authority, or combination 
 thereof, charged with the responsibility of carrying out the 
 acquisition; and the division of the costs of such lands, 
 including acquisition costs, building clearance costs, and all 
 other costs that may be incurred in acquiring such lands. 

    Subd. 3.    Costs.  The costs to be borne by the trunk 
 highway fund shall be as provided in such agreements. 

    HIST: 1965 c 529 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1986 c 444 

     161.442 Reconveyance to former owner. 

    Notwithstanding sections 161.23, 161.41, 161.411, 161.43, 
 161.44, or any other statute, the commissioner of 
 transportation, at the commissioner's sole discretion, may 
 transfer, sell, or convey real property including fixtures, and 
 interests in real property including easements, to the owner 
 from whom the property was acquired by the state for trunk 
 highway purposes through a pending eminent domain action.  The 
 transfer of title may be by stipulation, partial dismissal, bill 
 of sale, or conveyance.  Any resulting change in the state's 
 acquisition must be explained in the final certificate for that 
 action.  This provision does not confer on a landowner the right 
 to compel a reconveyance without the consent of the commissioner.

    HIST: 1994 c 635 art 2 s 4 

     161.45 Utility on highway right-of-way; relocation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Rules.  Electric transmission, 
 telephone or telegraph lines, pole lines, community antenna 
 television lines, railways, ditches, sewers, water, heat or gas 
 mains, gas and other pipe lines, flumes, or other structures 
 which, under the laws of this state or the ordinance of any 
 city, may be constructed, placed, or maintained across or along 
 any trunk highway, or the roadway thereof, by any person, 
 persons, corporation, or any subdivision of the state, may be so 
 maintained or hereafter constructed only in accordance with such 
 rules as may be prescribed by the commissioner who shall have 
 power to prescribe and enforce reasonable rules with reference 
 to the placing and maintaining along, across, or in any such 
 trunk highway of any of the utilities hereinbefore set forth.  
 Nothing herein shall restrict the actions of public authorities 
 in extraordinary emergencies nor restrict the power and 
 authority of the department of public service as provided for in 
 other provisions of law.  Provided, however, that in the event 
 any local subdivision of government has enacted ordinances 
 relating to the method of installation or requiring underground 
 installation of such community antenna television lines, the 
 permit granted by the commissioner of transportation shall 
 require compliance with such local ordinance. 

    Subd. 2.    Relocation of utility.  Whenever the 
 relocation of any utility facility is necessitated by the 
 construction of a project on trunk highway routes other than 
 those described in section 161.46, subdivision 2, the relocation 
 work may be made a part of the state highway construction 
 contract or let as a separate contract as provided by law if the 
 owner or operator of the facility requests the commissioner to 
 act as its agent for the purpose of relocating the facilities 
 and if the commissioner determines that such action is in the 
 best interests of the state. Payment by the utility owner or 
 operator to the state shall be in accordance with applicable 
 statutes and the rules for utilities on trunk highways. 

    Subd. 3.    Utility interests when real property conveyed. 
  In proceedings to vacate, transfer, turn back, or otherwise 
 convey an interest in real property owned or controlled by the 
 department, when the property is owned in fee by the state, the 
 commissioner may specify that the conveyance of the department's 
 interest does not affect a prior, existing utility easement in 
 the property or use of the property granted to a utility under 
 permit issued by the department.  In addition, the commissioner 
 may convey interests in real property, including an easement, 
 subject to the right of a utility to enter upon the right-of-way 
 to maintain, repair, replace, reconstruct, improve, remove, or 
 otherwise attend to its equipment.  Where the utility had no 
 preexisting easement over the real property, this subdivision 
 does not prohibit a political subdivision, government agency, or 
 private entity from negotiating or contracting with a utility 
 with regard to the utility's easement or other interest in the 
 property, but the utility shall continue to hold the interest in 
 the property and the right of reasonable entry unless and until 
 the utility agrees in writing to relinquish its interests. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 45; 1967 c 231 s 2; 1971 c 25 s 67; 
 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1973 c 568 s 19; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1985 c 
 248 s 70; 1997 c 231 art 16 s 5 

     161.46 Reimbursement of utility. 

    Subdivision 1.    Definitions.  For the purposes of 
 this section the following terms shall have the meanings 
 ascribed to them: 

    (1) "Utility" means all publicly, privately, and 
 cooperatively owned systems for supplying power, light, gas, 
 telegraph, telephone, water, pipeline, or sewer service if such 
 systems be authorized by law to use public highways for the 
 location of its facilities.  

    (2) "Cost of relocation" means the entire amount paid by 
 such utility properly attributable to such relocation after 
 deducting therefrom any increase in the value of the new 
 facility and any salvage value derived from the old facility.  

    Subd. 2.    Relocation of facilities; reimbursement.  
 Whenever the commissioner shall determine the relocation of any 
 utility facility is necessitated by the construction of a 
 project on the routes of federally aided state trunk highways, 
 including urban extensions thereof, which routes are included 
 within the National System of Interstate Highways, the owner or 
 operator of such utility facility shall relocate the same in 
 accordance with the order of the commissioner.  After the 
 completion of such relocation the cost thereof shall be 
 ascertained and paid by the state out of trunk highway funds; 
 provided, however, the amount to be paid by the state for such 
 reimbursement shall not exceed the amount on which the federal 
 government bases its reimbursement for said interstate system.  

    Subd. 3.    Lump sum settlement.  The commissioner may 
 enter into agreements with a utility for the relocation of 
 utility facilities providing for the payment by the state of a 
 lump sum based on the estimated cost of relocation when the lump 
 sum so agreed upon does not exceed $100,000. 

    Subd. 4.    Acquisition of relocated facility for utility. 
  When the project requires a utility to relinquish lands or 
 interests in lands owned by the utility and the utility is 
 unable to acquire lands or interests in lands necessary to 
 enable it to relocate its facilities, or if the acquisition of 
 the lands or interests in lands by the utility would result in 
 undue delay thereby delaying the interstate highway project, the 
 commissioner, by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings, 
 may acquire the lands or interests in lands necessary for the 
 relocation if the commissioner deems that the acquisition would 
 reduce the cost to the state of the project.  The lands 
 necessary for the relocation to be acquired by the commissioner 
 must be designated in an agreement between the utility and the 
 commissioner.  The agreement must also provide that without cost 
 to either party to the agreement, the utility will relinquish to 
 the state its interests in the lands required for the interstate 
 project in consideration of the conveyance by the state to the 
 utility of the substitute lands designated in the agreement to 
 be acquired by the state.  The interest or estate acquired by 
 the commissioner must be substantially similar to the interest 
 or estate that the utility owned in the lands to be relinquished 
 by it to the state.  The commissioner may convey the lands or 
 interests in lands to the utility.  

    Subd. 5.    Relocation work by state.  The relocation 
 work may be made a part of a state highway construction contract 
 or let as a separate contract by the state under applicable 
 federal laws, rules and regulations if the owner or operator of 
 the utility facility requests the commissioner to act as its 
 agent for the purpose of relocating such facilities and if such 
 action is deemed to be in the best interest of the state.  When 
 relocation work is made a part of a state highway construction 
 contract or when let as a separate contract by the state as 
 authorized herein, the cost of such relocation may be paid by 
 the commissioner directly to the contractor out of the trunk 
 highway fund without requiring the utility to first make payment 
 for such relocation work and thereafter request reimbursement 
 therefor; provided that, the agreement entered into between the 
 state and the utility shall contain a stipulation that the 
 utility shall reimburse the state for any costs of such 
 relocation in which the federal government will not participate. 

    HIST: 1959 c 500 art 2 s 46; 1963 c 57 s 1; 1965 c 14 s 1; 
 1967 c 231 s 1; 1973 c 42 s 1; 1981 c 209 s 6; 1983 c 143 s 11; 
 1996 c 455 art 3 s 13 

     161.465 Reimbursement for fire services. 

    (a) Ordinary expenses incurred by a municipal or volunteer 
 fire department in extinguishing a grass fire within the 
 right-of-way of a trunk highway must be reimbursed upon 
 certification to the commissioner of transportation from the 
 trunk highway fund.  In addition, ordinary expenses incurred by 
 a municipal or volunteer fire department in extinguishing a fire 
 outside the right-of-way of any trunk highway if the fire 
 originated within the right-of-way, upon approval of a police 
 officer or an officer or employee of the department of public 
 safety must, upon certification to the commissioner of 
 transportation by the proper official of the municipality or 
 fire department within 60 days after the completion of the 
 service, be reimbursed to the municipality or fire department 
 from funds in the trunk highway fund.  The commissioner of 
 transportation shall take action practicable to secure 
 reimbursement to the trunk highway fund of money expended under 
 this section from the person, firm, or corporation responsible 
 for the fire or danger of fire. 

    (b) The provisions of this section shall not be construed 
 to admit state liability for damage or destruction to private 
 property or for injury to persons resulting from a fire 
 originating within a trunk highway right-of-way. 

    HIST: 1977 c 43 s 1; 1979 c 108 s 1; 1981 c 32 s 1; 1982 c 617 
 s 5; 1983 c 301 s 140; 1984 c 558 art 3 s 1 

  161.47 Renumbered 299D.03 

  161.48 Renumbered 299D.04 

  161.49 Renumbered 299D.05 

  161.50 Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49 

     161.51 Federal-state safety account. 

    There is established within the trunk highway fund a 
 federal-state safety account.  The commissioner of 
 transportation may transfer the unobligated balance of any 
 direct appropriation to the department of transportation for 
 administrative operations, maintenance, highway development 
 support, research and standards, state aid administration, or 
 planning and programming, into this account if needed to advance 
 state money for approved federal highway safety projects.  The 
 commissioner may receive money from state or local governmental 
 agencies to be used for projects under the federal highway 
 safety program.  All federal reimbursements shall be deposited 
 in the state treasury and are appropriated to the federal-state 
 safety account to be available until expended. 

    HIST: 1976 c 163 s 35; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1980 c 533 s 11 

  161.52 Repealed, 1989 c 335 art 1 s 270 

     161.53 Research activities. 

    The commissioner may set aside in each fiscal year up to 
 two percent of the total amount of all funds appropriated to the 
 commissioner other than county state-aid and municipal state-aid 
 highway funds for transportation research including public and 
 private research partnerships.  The commissioner shall spend 
 this money for (1) research to improve the design, construction, 
 maintenance, management, and environmental compatibility of 
 transportation systems; (2) research on transportation policies 
 that enhance energy efficiency and economic development; (3) 
 programs for implementing and monitoring research results; and 
 (4) development of transportation education and outreach 
 activities.  Of all funds appropriated to the commissioner other 
 than state-aid funds, the commissioner shall spend 0.1 percent, 
 but not exceeding $800,000 in any fiscal year, for research and 
 related activities performed by the center for transportation 
 studies of the University of Minnesota.  The center shall 
 establish a technology transfer and training center for 
 Minnesota transportation professionals.  

    HIST: 1991 c 298 art 8 s 1; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 14