Minnesota State Highway 110


Minnesota State Highway 110 was a short connector highway in Minnesota, which ran from an interchange with State Highway 55 in Mendota Heights to an interchange with Interstate 494 in Inver Grove Heights, south of downtown Saint Paul.
On October 23, 2017, MnDOT announced that Highway 110 would be renamed as an extension of State Highway 62. MnDOT says the change is necessary to prevent confusion to visitors and residents. Highway 62 signs went up in August 2018, while Highway 110 signs will be labelled "Old Highway 110" for one year after the switch.

Route description

Highway 110 served as an east–west arterial route between Mendota Heights, Mendota, West St. Paul, Sunfish Lake, and Inver Grove Heights. The route was a four lane divided highway with a total of seven stoplights for eastbound traffic and six westbound.
The highway had a major junction with Interstate 35E in the center of Mendota Heights. The route also has an interchange with Robert Street / Robert Trail in Inver Grove Heights. Highway 110 paralleled Interstate 494 throughout its route in Dakota County. It also had an interchange with Interstate 494 at its eastern terminus in Inver Grove Heights.
The western terminus of Highway 110 was located near the confluence of the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers at the Mendota Bridge.
The Sibley House Historic Site museum in Mendota, overlooking Fort Snelling, is located immediately north of the junction of former Highway 110 and 13. The museum is on Highway 13.

History

Highway 110 was marked in 1965 and replaced the same route previously known as part of Highway 100 from 1934 to 1965.
This route was originally part of the Highway 100 Beltway circling the entire Twin Cities during the 1940s and 1950s. It was paved before 1940 and constructed as a divided highway by 1953.
Highway 110 was numbered as a derivative of Highway 100 in 1965.
Before completion of the I-494 freeway in 1985, I-494 had a missing link during the previous twenty years. Highway 110 had carried all I-494 traffic from its beginning at State Highway 55 in Mendota Heights, to the then completed portion of I-494 beginning again at Babcock Trail in Inver Grove Heights. There was a traffic signal at this junction for many years following completion of the nearby Lafayette Freeway. An interchange has since been constructed replacing this traffic signal.
After a resurfacing construction project in 2017, the Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that, starting in 2018, Highway 110 would change its name to Highway 62, providing one continuously-named highway that connects two ends of I-494.

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