Trunk Highway 65 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
Length: | 272.511 mi (438.564 km) | |||
Existed: | 1934 – present | |||
Section 1 | ||||
South end: | I-35W south of downtown Minneapolis | |||
North end: | Tenth Street South in downtown Minneapolis | |||
Section 2 | ||||
South end: |
CR 152 north of downtown Minneapolis MN 47 at Minneapolis I-694 at Fridley US 10 at Blaine MN 95 at Cambridge MN 23 at Mora MN 210 at McGregor US 2 at Swan River US 169 near Pengilly, Nashwauk |
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North end: | US 71 near Littlefork | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Hennepin, Anoka, Isanti, Kanabec, Aitkin, Itasca, Koochiching | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 65 (MN 65) is a highway in the east–central and northeast parts of the U.S. state of Minnesota, which starts at its split from I-35W, skipping past the downtown Minneapolis core, only to resume at the intersection with Washington Avenue (Hennepin County Road 152) at the north end of downtown Minneapolis to continue north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) in Littlefork near International Falls.
Highway 65 is a four lane expressway between Interstate 694 (I-694) in Fridley to just north of State Highway 95 at Cambridge.
The route continues as a two-lane roadway from Cambridge to its northern terminus at Littlefork in northern Minnesota.
At 272.511 miles (438.564 km) in length, State Highway 65 is the third longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 23 and MN 1.