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Encyclopedia > Minnesota State Highway 100

Minnesota State Highway 100 is a highway in Minnesota. It is 15 miles in length.


Termini

The southern end of the highway terminates at Interstate 494 in Bloomington, Minnesota. It runs north to Interstate 694 in Brooklyn Center. The southern roadway continues as Normandale Boulevard, also known as Hennepin County Highway 34. At the north end, the main line merges with I-694.


Notes

Highway 100 was originally meant as a beltway around the Twin Cities (presumably the reason for the round number), and actually achieved that status for about 20 years in the mid-20th century (although it wasn't a freeway). The road had been promoted as an asset to the manufacture of "essential war materials" for World War II, but it wasn't completed until the war's end in 1945.


A portion of the old route is now known as Minnesota State Highway 110. An eastern portion of the old "Belt Line" was known as Minnesota State Highway 120 until it was ceded to county highway status in 2001.


Conversion of the remaining portion of the road into a freeway is ongoing. As of 2004, most construction efforts are taking place on the northern portion between Interstate 394 and I-694.


References

  • Steve Riner (July 27, 2003). Details of Routes 75-100. (http://steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm) Accessed September 18, 2004.
  • Adam Froehlig (March 18, 2003). Minnesota Highway 100. (http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/mn-ends/mn100.htm) Accessed September 18, 2004
  • Adam Froehlig (January 6, 2004). Minnesota Highway 100 Construction/Photos. (http://www.ajfroggie.com/roadpics/mn/mn100/index.html) Accessed September 18, 2004.

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Urban Dictionary: Highway 100 (182 words)
The hot cruising street in Wisconsin that passes through several cities and is host to major titties.
There are many restraunts and stores on the highway, as well as lots of hot ass.
Other than the disgusting one above, Highway 100 is a major freeway connecting I-494, Minnesota State Highway 62, I-394 and I-694 in the Minneapolis area.
Details of Routes 76-100 (4425 words)
Unlike the rest of the state, where the most recent glaciations left terrain that is either flat or rolling under a deposit of glacial till, this area escaped the most recent glaciation.
This is the present-day route of 100 and I-694 — in fact, the 1945 bridge was used as one of the I-694 river bridges until the mid-1980s.
The northern part of 100 was eliminated in 1965 when I-694 was completed across Anoka and western Ramsey Counties, and at that time the remaining southern and eastern segments were renumbered 110 and 120 respectively.
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