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Designated Roadways Scenic Byways, Trails and Miscellaneous Routes, Memorial Signs July 2021 MnDOT Office of Traffic Engineering http://www.dot.state.mn.us/trafficeng/ Designated Roadways Table of Contents Minnesota Statutes 161.14 Scenic Byways ........................................................................................................................................... 1 A road corridor that has regionally outstanding scenic, natural, recreational, cultural, historic or archaeological significance. These corridors offer an alternative travel route to our major highways and daily travel patterns, while telling a story about Minnesota’s heritage, recreational activities or beauty. https://www.dot.state.mn.us/scenicbyways/ Trails and Miscellaneous Routes............................................................................................................ 5 Routes that have, over time, been created through various iniatives that are typically historical or environmental in nature. Memorial Signs ......................................................................................................................................... 9 Highways and bridges designated or memorialized to recognize an individual or organization that have provided a significant public service or sacrifice to the State of Minnesota. A map of Memorial Highways and Bridges can be found here: http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/gdma/data/maps/memorial_routes.pdf i Scenic Byways Scenic Byways MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Sign Type Description Website Statute Code Picture National 287 miles between Browns Valley M1-X100 Scenic and Belle Plaine along the Minnesota http://www.mnrivervalley. com/ Byway River Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway 150 mile loop in Otter Tail County in https://www.exploreminnesota. M1-X101 State com/profile/otter-trail-scenic- west central Minnesota byway/2332 Otter Trail Scenic Byway National 47 miles along MN 38 between https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ Grand Rapids and Effie in northern M1-X102 Scenic byways/byways/2455 Byway Minnesota Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway https://www.go- 50 miles along MN 23 between minnesota.com/Veterans- 161.14, Banning State Park near Askov and M1-X103 State Evergreen-Memorial- Subd. 6 Duluth Drive/ Veterans’ Evergreen Memorial Drive 88 miles: 67 miles along MN 34 from http://www. Detroit Lakes to Walker and 21 miles lakecountryscenicbyway. M1-X104 State along US 71 from Park Rapids to com/ Itasca State Park Lake Country Scenic Byway All- 142 miles along MN 61 between American https://www.fs.usda. M1-X105 Duluth and Grand Portage along the gov/recarea/superior/ Scenic north shore of Lake Superior recarea/?recid=75003 Byway North Shore Scenic Drive National 54 miles in northern Minnesota - TH http://www. 161.14, M1-X106 Scenic 2 from Cass Lake to Bemidji. ulbunyanscenicbyway.org/ Subd. 25 Byway Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway 1 Scenic Byways MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Sign Type Description Website Statute Code Picture National 88 miles along MN 16 between https://www.bluffcountry. LaCrescent and Dexter and a loop com/Byways/Historic- M1-X107 Scenic on US 52 and MN 80 between Bluff-Country-National- Byway Wykoff and Fountain Scenic-Byway Historic Bluff Country Scenic Byway 61 miles along county roads https://www.fs.usda. M1-X108 State between Silver Bay and Hoyt Lakes gov/recarea/superior/ and Aurora recarea/?recid=75004 Superior National Forest Scenic Byway 229 miles across the top of https://www. Minnesota between International exploreminnesota.com/ M1-X109 State Falls and the North Dakota border profile/waters-dancing- mostly on MN 11 sky-scenic-byway/2337 Waters of the Dancing Sky Scenic Byway 17 miles on MN 29 along the https://scenicbyways.info/ 161.14, Mississippi River from LaCrescent M1-X110 State byway/2238.html Subd. 17 north to US 61 Hiawatha - Apple Blossom Scenic Drive 31 miles on MN 56 from just above http://www. the Iowa state line to the junction M1-X111 State shootingstartrail.org/ with I-90 in Nicolville Shooting Star Scenic Drive 124 miles along the St. Croix River http://stcroixscenicbyway. and along US 61 between Point M1-X112 State org/ Douglas and Askov St. Croix Scenic Byway 46 miles along MN 46 between Deer River and Northome cutting https://www.fs.usda.gov/ M1-X113 State recarea/chippewa/recreation/ diagonally across the Chippewa recarea/?recid=26758&actid=105 National Forest National Forest Avenue of Pines 2 Scenic Byways MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Sign Type Description Website Statute Code Picture 565 miles of state and local roads. It features six unique destination areas that highlight the river landscapes All- and tells the river’s stories of place https://www.dot.state. 161.142 American and people through 20 counties, 43 M1-X114 cities and three tribal communities. mn.us/scenicbyways/ 161.148 Scenic great-river-road.html 373.27 Byway Sign sizes: B-P 18 x 18 Great River Road All-American CR-SL, ML 24 x 24 Scenic Byway E, F 36 x 36 Use with M1-X114 above All- NATIONAL ROUTE American M1-X114P Sign sizes: Scenic B-P 18 x 9 Byway National Route Plaque CR-SL, ML 24 x 12 E, F 36 x 18 https://www. 55 miles of a remote wilderness National exploreminnesota. road through the Superior National com/profile/gunflint- M1-X115 Scenic Forest between Grand Marais and trail-national-scenic- Byway the Chik-Wauk Museum byway/2341 Gunflint Trail Scenic Byway The King of Trails crosses the entire United States, beginning in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada and ending at the Gulf of Mexico in http://www.highway75. 161.14, State M1-X116 Galveston, Texas. In Minnesota it com/ Subd. 50 runs 414 miles along Highway 75 Historic Highway 75 near the western border running the King of Trails entire length of the state. http://www. 28 miles following CR 39 between ladyslipperscenicbyway. M1-X117 State Blackduck and Cass Lake org/ Lady Slipper Scenic Byway 19.6 miles from the junction of US https://duluthmn.gov/ 61 and N. 60th Ave to the junction of parks/parks-listing/ M1-X118 State W. Skyline Pkwy and S. Boundary skyline-parkway/ Ave in Duluth Skyline Parkway Scenic Byway 220 mile route through lakes, http://www. 161.14, State woods, and farmlands in central M1-X119 glacialridgebyway.com/ Subd. 15 Minnesota Glacial Ridge Trail 3 Scenic Byways MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Sign Type Description Website Statute Code Picture https://www. minneapolisparks.org/ National 7 segments in Minneapolis totaling parks__destinations/ 102 miles (51 miles walking, 51 miles M1-X120 Scenic trails__parkways/grand_ biking) along 12 parkways Byway rounds_scenic_byway_ system/ Grand Rounds Scenic Byway https://millelacs.com/ 68 mile loop around Lake Mille Lacs M1-X121 State scenic-byway/ Lake Mille Lacs Scenic Byway 4 Trails and Trails and Miscellaneous Routes MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Miscellaneous Routes Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Old Sign Sign Description Website Statute Code Code Picture From the Wallace C. Dayton Conservation and Wildlife Area in http://www.mnnps.org/ Caribou Township, south to Blue minnesota_plant_press_ M1-X200 M1-X529 Mounds State Park, and east along files/22_2_Winter_2003. I-90 to the Shooting Star Wildflower pdf Route and Scenic Byway. Prairie Passage Route Over 200 miles of trails between https://visitfergusfalls.com/ M1-X201 M1-X533 Fergus Falls and Warroad pine-to-prairie-birding-trail Minnesota’s Pine to Prairie Birding Trail 1300 mile route around Lake https:// M1-X32 M1-X202 Superior lakesuperiorcircletour.com/ Lake Superior Circle Tour A “Natural preservation route” means an existing or proposed roadway that has been designated as a natural preservation route in accordance with https://www.revisor. M1-X534 M1-X203 Minnesota Statutes, Section 162.021 mn.gov/rules/8820.4010/ - that possesses sensitive or unique scenic, environmental, pastoral, or Natural Preservation Route historical characteristics. Over 310 miles above Lake Superior https://superiorhiking.org/ M1-X204 M1-X531 from Duluth to the Canadian Border. Superior Hiking Trail http://www.deadpioneer. Begins at TH 61 at the Minnesota/ com/routes/US61/ Wisconsin border then follows 161.14, historicus61se/ M1-X205 M1-X2 many trunk highways to the Subd. 12 wabasha2lane/ Minnesota/Iowa border.. wabasha2lane.htm Hiawatha Pioneer Trail 5 Trails and Miscellaneous Routes MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted. Minnesota Statute 161.14 Sign Old Sign Sign Description Website Statute Code Code Picture TH 212 from the Wisconsin state YELLOWSTONE line to the South Dakota state line. The Yellowstone Trail was the https://www.waconia. 161.14, M1-X206 M1-X5g TRAIL first transcontinental automobile org/441/Yellowstone-Trail Subd. 9 highway through the upper tier of states established in 1912. Yellowstone Trail https://www.johnweeks. The Sioux Trail starts at the Mendota 161.14, Bridge and roughly follows the com/highway/ M1-X207 M1-X5h mnnamedhighways/index. Subd. 10 Minnesota River to Ortonville. html Sioux Trail The Viking Trail covers county, https://www.johnweeks. state, and US highways between com/highway/ 161.14, M1-X208 M1-X5m the Minnesota and North Dakota border just north of Fargo to Sauk mnnamedhighways/index. Subd. 19 Center. html Viking Trail The Voyageurs Highway is the route http://www.mnhs.org/ 161.14, from Lake Superior along inland mnhspress/books/ M1-X209 M1-X5p waterways to the Minnesota North Subd. 18 Country. voyageurs-highway Voyageurs Highway MN 8 within Chisago County https://www.chisagocounty. 161.14, us/481/Swedish- M1-X210 M1-X5s Subd. 24 Immigrant-Regional-Trail Sign size: 18 x 24 Moberg Trail https://www.bluffcountry. MN 52 from Preston to Prosper in 161.14, com/Byways/Amish- M1-X211 M1-X5dd Fillmore County Subd. 35 Buggy-Byway Amish Buggy Byway A series of highways in Ontario, https://en.wikipedia.org/ M1-X212 M1-X5mw Manitoba and Minnesota. wiki/MOM%27s_Way Moms Way 6 Trails and Miscellaneous Routes MN Designs - All signs are 24 x 24 unless otherwise noted.