MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 65

'Minnesota State Highway 65' is a highway in Minnesota. The roadway is one of three Minnesota state marked highways to carry the same number as an existing U.S. marked highway within the state. The others being Highways 61 and 169.
Minnesota 65 is 273 miles in length.

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Termini

Minnesota Highway 65 begins at Washington Avenue (Hennepin County Road 152) at the north end of downtown Minneapolis and continues north to U.S. Highway 71 in Littlefork (just south of International Falls).

Notes

A portion of the highway used to be part of U.S. Highway 65. That highway still enters Minnesota from Iowa, but ends now in Albert Lea where it joins Interstate 35. I-35 and I-35W roughly follows the same route U.S. 65 used to take to Minneapolis (before the freeways were built, the original U.S. 65 had followed Lyndale Avenue between Burnsville and Minneapolis).
In July 2005, a small section of Minnesota Highway 65 in downtown Minneapolis (between Washington Avenue and I-35W) was turned back to city maintenance. The southern terminus of Minnesota Highway 65 is now at the intersection of 3rd Avenue South and Washington Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
Highway 65 is signed locally as 3rd Avenue South in downtown Minneapolis. 3rd Avenue South leads to the Third Avenue (Mississippi River) Bridge and becomes Central Avenue upon crossing the river. After the intersection with SE University Avenue, it becomes Central Avenue NE. Highway 65 is signed locally as Central Avenue NE for this section. It remains Central Avenue until separating in Ham Lake, except for a split in Fridley and Spring Lake Park between I-694 and U.S. Highway 10.^[2]
Minnesota Highway 65 is a four lane expressway from I-694 to just north of Cambridge.
Minnesota 65 continues as a two-lane road from Cambridge to the northern terminus at Littlefork in northern Minnesota.

References

1. Details of Routes 51-75 Riner, Steve
2. Minnesota Highway 65 Froehlig, Adam