INTERSTATE 694

'Interstate 694' (abbreviated 'I-694') is a 31 mile (50 km) east-west auxiliary Interstate Highway located in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The western terminus of the route is at Interstate 94 and Interstate 494 in Maple Grove. The eastern terminus is at I-94 and I-494 in Woodbury. The route comprises the northern and northeastern portions of a beltway around the Twin Cities, with Interstate 494 forming the remainder of the beltway.
The speed limit is 60 miles per hour (100 km/h). Interstate highways outside of the loop in Minnesota may be signed as high as 70 mph (110 km/h), but can only reach 55 mph (90 km/h) inside the loop (changes are proposed as of 2005, however).
I-694 interchanges with multiple interstates, including Interstate 35W in New Brighton and Interstate 35E in Little Canada. The route is also concurrent to I-94 for eight miles from Maple Grove to Brooklyn Center.

Contents

Route description

History

Exit list

References

Route description

Mileposts are numbered to increase while traveling eastbound (clockwise). They are in sequence with the numbering of Interstate 494, where the numbering begins and ends at the Minnesota River. Between Maple Grove and Brooklyn Center, they correspond to the beltway numbering, not I-94 mileage.
I-694 has problems with "weave" interchanges. The Unweave the Weave project is underway to disentangle I-694 and I-35E. The Unweave the Weave project will aid in traffic flow, driver safety, and improve the condition of the roadway.^[1] Another weave project involving U.S. Highway 10 and Minnesota State Highway 51 is scheduled to begin around 2012.
Legally, the route of Interstate 694 is defined as part of Route 393 in Minnesota Statutes § 161.12(5).^[2]

History

Interstate 694 was originally built in the early 1970s as the thoroughfare for the northern Twin Cities suburbs and surrounding areas. These include the cities of Maple Grove, Brooklyn Park, Brooklyn Center, Fridley, Arden Hills, Shoreview, Little Canada, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, Maplewood, Oakdale, Pine Springs, and Woodbury.

Exit list

County	Location	Mile	#	Destinations	Notes
Hennepin	Maple Grove				Counterclockwise exit and clockwise entrance
			27		Counterclockwise end of I-94 overlap
			28
	Brooklyn Park		29		Signed as exits 29A (south) and 29B (north)
			30	Boone Avenue
			31
	Brooklyn Center		33
			34
			35A		Counterclockwise exit and clockwise entrance
			35B		Clockwise end of I-94 overlap
			35C
Anoka	Fridley		36	East River Road
			37
			38
Ramsey	New Brighton		39
			40	Long Lake Road, 10th Street Northwest
			41		Signed as exits 41A (south) and 41B (north)
	Arden Hills		42B		Counterclockwise end of US 10 overlap; counterclockwise exit and clockwise entrance
			42A
			43A	Lexington Avenue
	Shoreview		43B	Victoria Street
			45
	Little Canada		46		Clockwise end of US 10 overlap; counterclockwise end of I-35E overlap
	Vadnais Heights		47		Clockwise end of I-35E overlap
	White Bear Lake/ Maplewood		48
			50	White Bear Avenue
			51
Washington	Pine Springs		52		Signed as exits 52A (west) and 52B (east)
	Oakdale		55
			57
			58	, Madison	Signed as exits 58A (west) and 58B (east)
					Clockwise exit and counterclockwise entrance

References

1. Unweave the Weave - Minnesota Dept. of Transportation
2. http://ros.leg.mn/bin/getpub.php?pubtype=STAT_CHAP_SEC&year=2006§ion=161.12