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7 unusual facts about Minnesota State Highway 55


Bottineau Boulevard Transitway

Alternative D1 would continue to follow the BNSF right of way all the way south to Olson Memorial Highway (Minnesota State Highway 55) and would follow Olson Memorial Highway all the way into downtown.

Elliot Park, Minneapolis

Its official boundaries are 5th Avenue South to the northwest, 5th Street South to the northeast Highway 55 to the east, the Interstate 94/Interstate 35W commons to the south, and 4th Avenue South to the west.

Floyd B. Olson

Shortly after Olson died, Minnesota State Highway 55 (a highway that was then being constructed) was renamed the "Floyd B. Olson Memorial Highway" in his honor.

Minnesota Commercial Railway

It also serves east Minneapolis' grain elevators by the University of Minnesota as well as the grain elevators on Minnesota State Highway 55 adjacent to the METRO Blue Line.

Pine Bend Refinery

The Pine Bend Refinery is the largest oil refinery in Minnesota, located in the Twin Cities suburbs of Rosemount and Inver Grove Heights next to southern split of U.S. Highway 52 and Minnesota State Highway 55.

Ventura Village, Minneapolis

The southern boundary runs (from west to east) along East 22nd Street from I-35W to Chicago Avenue, along East 24th Street from Chicago Avenue to 17th Avenue South, and then back up to 22nd Street from 17th Avenue to Hiawatha Avenue (this portion is only about a block long).

Its boundaries are Interstate 35W to the west, Interstate 94 (including the I-94/I-35W bottleneck) to the north, and Hiawatha Avenue to the east.


Minnesota State Highway 110

Minnesota State Highway 110 is a short connector highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with State Highway 55 in Mendota Heights and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, south of downtown Saint Paul.


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