Transportation

Call this historical tidbit “Highway 61 Revisited.” On July 10, 1925 — one hundred years ago today — a celebration was held in Two Harbors to mark the completion of what was then called the Lake Superior International Highway, a section of Minnesota Trunk Highway 1. …

This portion of the Cross City Trail in Lincoln Park follows Michigan Street near Interstate 35. It reopened in 2024 after the original trail there was demolished in 2021 during the Twin Ports Interchange project, which redesigned what was known at the time as the I-35 “Can of Worms.” (Photo by Paul Lundgren)

Temporary detours for a section of the Cross City Trail in Duluth’s Lincoln Park neighborhood are expected later this year when the West Superior Street Reconstruction Project begins. …

One hundred years ago plans were emerging to build what would later be called the Arrowhead Bridge, which spanned the St. Louis River from Grassy Point in West Duluth to Billings Park in Superior. Construction of the bridge was completed in 1927. It was dismantled in 1985 after the opening of the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge. …

Highway 1 monument at 66th Avenue West and Westgate Boulevard. (Photos by David James)

A monument a couple blocks north of I-35 in the front yard of a quiet residential neighborhood commemorates the upcoming opening of Minnesota Trunk Highway No. 1. It was erected on June 13, 1924, 100 years ago today. A recent post on this site featured a photo describing a campground along this Highway, which led to a brief discussion of just what this Highway 1 was and what became of it. …

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