Minnesota State Highway 194 (MN 194) is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...

in northeast

Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...

, which runs from its

intersection In mathematics, the intersection of two or more objects is another object consisting of everything that is contained in all of the objects simultaneously. For example, in Euclidean geometry, when two lines in a plane are not parallel, their ...

with U.S. Highway 2 in Solway Township (near

Hermantown Hermantown is a city in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 10,221 at the 2020 census. A suburb of Duluth, it was at one point the county's only city to grow in population, as much of the area's residential and ...

) and continues east to its eastern terminus at its Mesaba Avenue

interchange Interchange may refer to: Transport * Interchange (road), a collection of ramps, exits, and entrances between two or more highways * Interchange (freight rail), the transfer of freight cars between railroad companies * Interchange station, a rai ...

with Interstate Highway 35 in downtown

Duluth Duluth ( ) is a Port, port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County, Minnesota, St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population ...

. For part of its route, it runs together with U.S. Highway 53. The route passes through the cities of

and

. Highway 194 is also known as Central Entrance and Mesaba Avenue within Duluth.

Route description

State Highway 194 serves as an east–west arterial route between Solway Township, Hermantown, the Miller Hill area of Duluth, the Duluth Heights neighborhood, and downtown Duluth. The highway is a

spur route A spur route is a short road forming a branch from a longer, more important road such as a freeway, Interstate Highway, or motorway. A Bypass route, bypass or beltway is not considered a spur route as it typically reconnects with another or the ...

into the city of Duluth. Highway 194 runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 53 for a stretch, from Lindahl Road in Hermantown to Trinity Road, near Duluth's Miller Hill Mall. This four-lane stretch of Highways 53 and 194 is also known as the Miller Trunk Highway in the cities of Duluth and Hermantown. The Mesaba Avenue portion of Highway 194 offers an excellent view of the city of Duluth and

Lake Superior Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface areaThe Caspian Sea is the largest lake, but is saline, not freshwater. Lake Michigan–Huron has a larger combined surface area than Superior, but is normally considered tw ...

History

Highway 194 was authorized in 1933 and originally numbered State Highway 69. In 1935, this route was renumbered State Highway 94 when U.S. Highway 69 was extended into Minnesota from Iowa near Albert Lea. The route was paved by 1940. The route was renumbered again, to 194, to avoid duplication with Interstate Highway 94 that was being built in Minnesota during the early 1960s. The section of present day State Highway 194 between U.S. 53 in

and

downtown Duluth The downtown of Duluth, Minnesota, United States, is situated between Mesaba Avenue ( Highway 194) and 4th Avenue East; and located on Michigan, Superior, First, Second, and Third streets. The downtown area is home to a number of the city's cul ...

was authorized in 1933. The original alignment of this section was from U.S. 53 (Miller Trunk Highway) down Central Entrance to 6th Avenue East and then to Second and Third Streets in downtown Duluth (where it intersected then-Highway 61 as Second / Third Streets downtown). In 1991, the alignment of State Highway 194 on the Duluth hillside was changed from 6th Avenue East to Mesaba Avenue, southbound to

Interstate 35 Interstate 35 (I-35) is a major Interstate Highway in the central United States. As with most primary Interstates that end in a five, it is a major cross-country, north–south route. It stretches from Laredo, Texas, near the Mexican bo ...

. The section of Highway 61 that was signed on Second and Third Streets in downtown Duluth was eliminated at this time, due to the new I-35 extension around downtown Duluth completed in 1992.

Major intersections

References

{{reflist