Twin Cities Area, official Minnesota Highway Map of 1934

Looks a lot like today's road system, doesn't it (minus the freeways). Most of the trunk highways on surface streets within Minneapolis and St. Paul have been turned back, but as little as 10-20 years ago most of these routes still existed. 1934 was the year the trunk highways authorized in the great 1933 addition of routes made their appearance. At the same time, changes in the U.S. highway network took place, especially the addition of U.S. 52, disapparance of U.S. 55, U.S. 10N and 10S (northwest of St. Cloud), and the re-routing of U.S. 65. The original 1934 numbering plan was quite different (see the 1934 Gousha map that shows it). This map shows, I believe, the routes as they were actually marked. Note on this map also that U.S. 10 east of St. Paul is still duplexed with U.S. 12, and its current route is MN-94, its legislative route number. In 1935, 10 is on its present route. U.S. 65 is shown north of downtown Minneapolis (and on the main map, extending north to U.S. 2. In 1935, this is shown as MN-65.

If you're really familiar with the current routes of these roads, you will also note such details as MN-100 going through downtown St. Louis Park (for extra credit, determine on what streets!), MN-51 running up Fairview and Brighton Road north of County Road B, and MN-36 routed along County Road B.

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