Minnesota State Highway 101
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| Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
| Length: | 14.061 mi (22.629 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1934 – present | |||
| Section 1 | ||||
| Length: | 7.206 mi (11.597 km) | |||
| South end: | Scott–Carver county line at the Shakopee Bridge | |||
| North end: |
 MN 5 at ChanhassenCarver / Hennepin County line |
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| Length: | 6.855 mi (11.032 km) | |||
| South end: |
 I-94 at Rogers
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| North end: |
  US 10 / US 169 at Elk River
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| Counties: | Carver, Hennepin, Wright, Sherburne | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 101 (MN 101) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The present day route currently has three separate segments. The roadway was a continuous route until 1988.
The northern section of the roadway, between Rogers and Elk River, is 6.9 miles (11.1 km) in length. This is a busy highway, well-used on weekends by Twin Cities travelers going west on Interstate 94 through Elk River and continuing north on U.S. Highway 169 to Mille Lacs Lake and other lakes in central Minnesota. This amount of use triggered Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) to build interchanges along the route and convert the portion of Highway 101 in Wright County to a full freeway. These interchanges are at County Roads 36, 37, 39, and 42. The project of converting the Wright County portion to a freeway was completed in 2008. In 2010, Mn/DOT built a new flyover ramp at the interchange of Highway 101 and Interstate 94. This ramp allows traffic connecting from westbound 94 to northbound 101 to bypass the stoplights at the interchange and the South Diamond Lake Road intersection. In 2014, the intersection at Hennepin County Rd. 144 was converted to a DDI interchange, leaving the intersection at South Diamond Lake Rd as the only intersection on Highway 101 between I-94 and U.S. 10.
State Highway 101 originally had a lot longer mileage, starting in Elk River, continuing south through Rogers, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Wayzata, Minnetonka, and Chanhassen before crossing the Minnesota River and terminating in Shakopee. Beginning in 1988, the section of State Highway 101 between Chanhassen and Rogers has been turned back to county maintenance in several stages.
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