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State highway in Minnesota, United States
Trunk Highway 18 markerTrunk Highway 18
MN 18 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length78.207 mi (125.862 km)
ExistedNovember 2, 1920–present
Tourist
routes		Lake Mille Lacs Scenic Byway
Major junctions
West end MN 25 in Brainerd
Major intersections MN 6 at Bay Lake Township
US 169 at Garrison
MN 47 at Malmo
MN 27 / MN 65 near McGrath
East end MN 23 in Finlayson Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesCrow Wing, Aitkin, Mille Lacs, Pine
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
← MN 16→ MN 19

Minnesota State Highway 18 (MN 18) is a 78.207-mile-long (125.862 km) highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 25 in Brainerd and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Finlayson Township near Askov and Sandstone. The eastern terminus of Highway 18 is less than 1/2 mile west of an interchange with Interstate Highway 35 along Highway 23.

For part of its route (5 miles), Highway 18 runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 169 in Crow Wing and Aitkin counties around the northwest side of Mille Lacs Lake.

Highway 18 also runs together with State Highway 47 for 9 miles (14 km) in Aitkin and Mille Lacs counties around the northeast side of Mille Lacs Lake.

Route description

State Highway 18 serves as an east–west route between Brainerd, Garrison, Mille Lacs Lake, and Finlayson in east-central Minnesota. The route passes around the north end of Mille Lacs Lake, which is a popular fishing and recreational destination in Minnesota.

The section of Highway 18 from Brainerd to Garrison is officially designated the POW / MIA Memorial Highway. A section of U.S. Highway 169 in Minnesota also takes on this same memorial name designation.

Highway 18 passes through the Wealthwood State Forest in Aitkin County.

Banning State Park is located east of the junction of Highways 18 and 23; opposite the I-35 freeway near Askov and Sandstone.

History

The section of State Highway 18 between Brainerd and U.S. 169 at Garrison was authorized on November 2, 1920. The remainder of the route was authorized in 1933 and 1963.

From 1933 until the mid-1950s, the eastern terminus of Highway 18 was at the present day junction of State Highway 27 and State Highway 47 (then State Highway 56) at Isle.

Before 1963, the present day section of Highway 18 between State Highway 47 and State Highway 65 was originally numbered as State Highway 27; and the present day section of Highway 18 between State Highway 65 and State Highway 23 (near Sandstone) was originally numbered as State Highway 66 (essentially east of Mille Lacs Lake).

By 1940, the only paved section of Highway 18 was between Brainerd and Garrison. The last unpaved section of Highway 18 was east of State Highway 47 to State Highway 65, paved in the late 1960s.

At one time, Highway 18 had continued farther west of State Highway 25 in Brainerd. This section was turned back to the city of Brainerd maintenance in 2001 after completion of the nearby Highway 371 Brainerd bypass.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Crow WingBrainerd0.0000.000 MN 210Programmed mile 0; former western terminus
0.4350.700 MN 322
2.3273.745 MN 25Western terminus
2.5654.128State Avenue-Minnesota Department of Human ServiesFormer MN 309
Bay Lake Township16.11125.928
MN 6 north – Deerwood		Southern terminus of MN 6
Garrison20.44532.903
US 169 south (Lake Mille Lacs Scenic Byway) – Onamia		Western end of US 169 concurrency
AitkinHazelton Township25.70941.375
US 169 north – Aitkin		Eastern end of US 169 concurrency
Malmo38.34861.715

MN 47 north / CSAH 2 east – Aitkin		Western end of MN 47 concurrency
Mille LacsEast Side Township47.41376.304
MN 47 south (Lake Mille Lacs Scenic Byway) – Isle		Eastern end of MN 47 concurrency
AitkinWilliams Township55.75689.731 MN 27 / MN 65 – Mora, McGregor
PineFinlayson Township78.951127.059

CSAH 61 north / Old US 61 – Rutledge		Western end of CSAH 61 concurrency
80.516129.578

MN 23 / CSAH 61 south / Old US 61 to I-35 – Askov, Sandstone		Eastern terminus; eastern end of CSAH 61 concurrency
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
  •       Closed/former
  •       Concurrency terminus

References

KML file (edit • help) Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 18KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  2. ^ "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  3. "Banning State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
  4. "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933, Mike Holm, Secretary of State, pp. 881–897
  5. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
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