Minnesota State Highway 135

Trunk Highway 135 marker

Trunk Highway 135
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 36.160 mi[1] (58.194 km)
Existed: November 2, 1920[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: US 53 at Virginia
  MN 37 at Gilbert
CR 20 at McKinley
CR 4 at Biwabik
CR 100 at Aurora
CR 21 at Embarrass Twp.
North end: MN 1 / MN 169 at Tower
Location
Counties: St. Louis
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 127MN 139

Minnesota State Highway 135 (MN 135) is a highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 53 in the city of Virginia and continues northeast to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 1 in Tower.

The route is also known as the historic Vermilion Trail from Biwabik to Tower. Highway 135 is also known as Main Street within the city of Biwabik.

Highway 135 was originally designated 35 until it was re-numbered to avoid confusion with Interstate Highway 35.

Between Virginia and Gilbert, the highway twice crosses the Laurentian Divide.

Minnesota State Highway 135 is 36 miles (58 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 135 serves as an eastwest and northsouth route between the cities of Virginia, Gilbert, Biwabik, Aurora, and Tower in northeast Minnesota.

The route changes direction to northsouth as it approaches Aurora and continues as northsouth to its northern terminus in Tower.

The highway is officially marked as a northsouth route by its highway shields from beginning to end.

The route is legally defined as Constitutional Route 35 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2]

History

The highway was authorized on November 2, 1920.[2]

Originally, this highway was designated State Highway 35. However, it was re-numbered as 135 during the 1960s to avoid duplication with Interstate Highway 35 that was being built in Minnesota during that time.[3]

The route was paved south of Aurora by 1942 and paved south of Embarrass by 1953. The highway was paved completely by 1960.[3]

A section of this route formerly ran through the city of Virginia as a business route to U.S. 53 after construction of the U.S. 53 bypass in the 1970s. This business route had followed both 2nd Avenue and 9th Street North in Virginia during the 1970s and 1980s.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in St. Louis County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Virginia3.546–
3.794
5.707–
6.106
US 53Interchange
Gilbert6.0409.720 CR 105 (Indiana Avenue)
6.64110.688 MN 37 (Nokomis Street)
Biwabik Township9.54615.363 CR 20
Biwabik14.44323.244 CR 4 (Vermilion Trail)
15.30324.628 CR 138
Aurora17.90428.814 CR 100 east / CR 110 south
Embarrass Township28.57845.992 CR 21
Kugler Township34.37155.315 CR 26
Tower39.47563.529 MN 1 / MN 169
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 1" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
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