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State highway in Minnesota, United States
Trunk Highway 37 markerTrunk Highway 37
MN 37 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length28.325 mi (45.585 km)
Existed1933–present
Major junctions
West end US 169 / MN 73 at Hibbing
Major intersections US 53 at Eveleth
East end MN 135 at Gilbert
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesSt. Louis
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
← MN 36→ MN 38

Minnesota State Highway 37 (MN 37) is a 28.325-mile-long (45.585 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 169 / State Highway 73 in Hibbing and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 135 in Gilbert.

Highway 37 serves as a direct route between Hibbing and U.S. Highway 53.

Route description

State Highway 37 serves as an east–west route between Hibbing, Eveleth, and Gilbert in northeast Minnesota.

The Wellstone Memorial and Historic site is located three miles east of the junction of U.S. 53 / Highway 37 / Bodas Road at Fayal Township near Eveleth. The site honors Senator Paul Wellstone and seven others who died in an October 25, 2002 plane crash.

History

State Highway 37, between U.S. 53 at Eveleth and State Highway 135 at Gilbert, was authorized in 1933.

The route was paved by 1940.

The section of Highway 37 between U.S. 53 at Fayal Township near Eveleth and U.S. 169 at Hibbing was authorized in 1949. This portion of Highway 37 was originally numbered State Highway 216 from 1949 to 1963.

Major intersections

The entire route is in St. Louis County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Hibbing0.0000.000

US 169 south / MN 73 south – Grand Rapids		West end of US 169 overlap
0.8461.362

US 169 north / MN 73 north – Chisholm, Virginia		East end of US 169 overlap
6.39810.297
CR 5 south
Cherry Township7.09111.412
CR 5 north
10.34916.655 CR 25
11.34918.264 CR 25
12.36019.891 CR 137
Clinton Township14.35423.101 CR 62
16.33826.293 CR 7
Fayal Township20.29632.663
US 53 south – Duluth		South end of US 53 overlap
Eveleth24.74139.817
US 53 north – Virginia		North end of US 53 overlap
Gilbert26.54642.722 CR 97 / FFH 11West end of Forest Highway 11
28.27445.503 CR 105
28.41345.726 MN 135 / FFH 11 (Superior National Forest Scenic Byway) – Virginia, Biwabik, AuroraEast end of Forest Highway 11 overlap
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML file (edit • help) Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 37KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  3. "Wellstone Memorial and Historic site". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.
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