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U.S. Route 10

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US 10 highlighted in red
Route information
Length713.18 mi[1][2][3][4](1,147.75 km)
ExistedNovember 11, 1926[5]–present
Major junctions
West endI-94/US 52atWest Fargo, ND
Major intersections
East endI-75/US 23inBay City, MI
Location
CountryUnited States
StatesNorth Dakota,Minnesota,Wisconsin,Michigan
Highway system
←US 9→US 11

U.S. Route 10orU.S. Highway 10(US 10) is an east–westUnited States Numbered Highwaylocated in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the U.S. Unlike most U.S. Highways with "0" as the last digit of its route number, US 10 is not a cross-country highway. US 10 was one of the original long-haul highways, running fromDetroit, Michigan,toSeattle, Washington,but then lost much of its length when newInterstate Highwayswere built on top of itsright-of-way.

US 10 used to be broken into two segments byLake Michigan.In 2015, the ferrySSBadgerbetweenLudington, Michigan,andManitowoc, Wisconsin,was officially designated as part of the highway.[6]The ferry operates only between May and October.[7]

The eastern terminus of US 10 is inBay City, Michigan,at itsinterchangewithInterstate 75(I-75) (near US 10'smilepost139 and I-75's milepost 162). The western terminus of US 10 is in the city ofWest Fargo, North Dakota,at its interchange withI-94.[8][self-published source?]

Route description[edit]

Lengths
mi[1][2][3][4] km
ND 8.04 12.94
MN 275.47 443.33
WI 294.01 473.16
MI 139.66 224.76
Total 713.18 1,147.75

North Dakota[edit]

Main article:U.S. Route 10 in North Dakota

In the state ofNorth Dakota,US 10 runs for about eight miles (13 km), from I-94/US 52 at exit 343 to theRed River of the North.It is one of the primary east–west streets inWest FargoandFargoand is called Main Avenue for its entire length in North Dakota. At the Red River, US 10 crosses over a bridge toMoorhead, Minnesota.

Minnesota[edit]

Main article:U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

US 10 is a majordivided highwayfor almost all of its length inMinnesota.The road enters Minnesota inMoorheadand travels throughDetroit Lakes,Wadena,Staples,Little Falls,St. Cloud,andElk River.It becomes afreewayinAnokaand passes through the northern suburbs ofMinneapolisandSaint Paul,It enters Saint Paul paired withI-35Eand exits Saint Paul paired withUS 61.It leaves US 61 just north ofHastingsas a two-lane highway shortly before entering into Wisconsin.

Wisconsin[edit]

Main article:U.S. Route 10 in Wisconsin

US 10 enters Wisconsin atPrescottand travels southeastward passingDurand,Neillsville,Marshfield,Stevens Point,andAppletonbefore reaching its eastern terminus near the Lake Michigan shore in Manitowoc. Ferry service between the western and eastern portions of US 10 is provided between May and October by the ferrySSBadger.[7]US 10 is now a four-lane divided highway fromState Trunk Highway 80(WIS 80) two miles (3.2 km) south of Marshfield toI-39.This allows travelers to bypassHewitt,Auburndale,Blenker,Milladore,Junction City,and downtown Stevens Point. This completes the plan to upgrade US 10 to a freeway or expressway status from Marshfield toMenasha.US 10 is an expressway between Stevens Point andWaupaca.It has been upgraded to a freeway in the Waupaca area and is also a freeway betweenFremontand Appleton.

Michigan[edit]

Main article:U.S. Route 10 in Michigan

The western terminus of US 10 inMichiganisLudington.US 10 runs concurrently withUS 31from the east side of Ludington toScottvillebefore US 31 turns northward. The road then heads easterly throughBaldwinandReed Citybefore it becomes afreewaywest ofUS 127near the junction with highwayM-115.US 127 and US 10 overlap for a short distance nearClare.US 10 bypassesMidlandand terminates atI-75inBay City.[9][self-published source?]

History[edit]

See also:U.S. Route 10 in Montana

Originally, US 10 also passed throughMontana(including a segment of what is nowMontana Highway 2[MT 2]), theIdaho Panhandle,andWashington,terminating inSeattle.The completion ofI-90andI-94replaced US 10 along this route, although some sections of the old US 10 road still exist in such cities asBismarck,Missoula,Spokane,and betweenCle ElumandEllensburgasState Route 10(SR 10). The last section of I-90 to be completed was betweenCoeur d'AleneandWallacein the early 1990s. Much of this route was conumbered as both I-90 and US 10 until the final completion of I-90 through Idaho. Some decommissioned sections of US 10 are designatedI-90 Business(I-90 Bus.) orI-94 Bus.routes. At least two US 10 Alternate (US 10 Alt.) routes were used, includingonefrom Spokane to Missoula from 1941 to 1967 viaSandpoint, Idaho(represented today byUS 2,State Highway 200,MT 200andUS 93), and the Pintler Scenic Route throughPhilipsburg,andAnaconda,renamedMT 1whenMontana's US 10 was decommissioned in 1986.[citation needed]US 10 split betweenGarrisonandThree Forksinto US 10N and US 10S from 1936 until 1960.[10]US 10N throughHelenaand dropping into Three Forks, while the Southern section of the split followed US 10's traditional routing throughDeer LodgeandButte,Montana, to get across the Rocky Mountains.[11]Previous to the split, US 10N was designated as another US 10 Alt.[12]

At the eastern end, US 10 originally went south fromMidlandtoSaginaw,Michigan, on what is now highwayM-47.It then joined up withUS 23in Saginaw and continued south until it split from US 23 nearFlint.It then continued southeast as theDixie HighwaytoPontiac,where it followed Woodward Avenue, now designatedM-1.From there, US 10 continued on an almost straight line toDowntown Detroit,where it intersectedUS 16,US 25,andUS 12.It then took a two-block jog and then ended at theDetroit–Windsor tunneltoCanada.[8]

In the 1970s, US 10 was rerouted off Woodward Avenue inMetro Detroitand onto theJohn C. Lodge Freeway(formerly Business Spur 696, now M-10) andTelegraph Road.US 10 was truncated to Bay City, Michigan, in 1986 at which point the Lodge Freeway was changed toM-10.

In 1925, US 10 was originally proposed to run from Detroit throughChicago,and northwesterly into Wisconsin on what later became US 12.

In 2015, theAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officialsofficially designated theSSBadgercar ferry as part of the highway's official route, joiningUS 9as the only two routes with a ferry connection.[6]

Major intersections[edit]

North Dakota
I-94/US 52inWest Fargo
I-29/US 81inFargo
Minnesota
US 75inMoorhead.The highways travel concurrently through the city.
US 59inDetroit Lakes
US 71inWadena
US 169inElk River.The highways travel concurrently toAnoka.
I-35Won theMounds View–Shoreviewcity line. The highways travel concurrently to the Mounds View–Arden Hillscity line.
I-694in Arden Hills. The highways travel concurrently toLittle Canada.
I-35E/I-694inLittle Canada.I-35E/US 10 travel concurrently toSaint Paul.
I-35E/I-94/US 52/US 12inSaint Paul.I-94/US 10 travel concurrently through the city.
US 61in Saint Paul. The highways travel concurrently toDenmark Township.
I-494inNewport
Wisconsin
US 63west ofEllsworth.The highways travel concurrently to east of Ellsworth.
US 53west ofOsseo.The highways travel concurrently to Osseo.
I-94in Osseo
US 12south ofFairchild.The highways travel concurrently to east-southeast of Fairchild.
I-39/US 51north-northwest ofStevens Point.The highways travel concurrently to Stevens Point.
US 45east-southeast ofFremont.The highways travel concurrently for approximately 2.57 miles (4.14 km).
I-41/US 41north ofNeenah
I-43northwest ofManitowoc.The highways travel concurrently to west of Manitowoc.
US 151in Manitowoc
SSBadgerin Manitowoc. US 10 utilizes the ship as a car ferry acrossLake MichigantoLudington, Michigan.
Michigan
SSBadgerin Ludington.
US 31inAmber Township.The highways travel concurrently through the township.
US 131inRichmond Township
US 127inGrant Township.The highways travel concurrently toClare.
I-75/US 23inMonitor Township

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Related routes[edit]

US 10 has had alternate routes designated in the past, but none are active as of 2017. Amultistate alternate routebetweenWashingtonandMontanawas largely replaced in 1947 by the western extension ofUS 2and later decommissioned entirely in 1967.[14][15]

Between 1926 and 1934, there was a pair of suffixed routes betweenSt. Cloud, Minnesota,andMoorhead, Minnesota.US 10N, the northern half of the pairing, connectedSt. Cloud,Little Falls,Motley,andDetroit Lakesbefore reachingMoorhead.US 10S ran from St. Cloud throughAlexandriaandFergus Fallsbefore rejoining US 10N at Moorhead. In the mid-1930s,US 52was extended into Minnesota, and US 10S was renamed to US 52 (nowI-94). US 10N was renamed to US 10.[16][self-published source]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ab"Route and Mileage Map Insets"(PDF).North Dakota Department of Transportation. 2016.RetrievedJuly 8,2021.
  2. ^ab"Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing"(PDF).Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived fromthe original(PDF)on September 14, 2012.RetrievedDecember 22,2011.
  3. ^abDeLorme(2007).Street Atlas USA 2007(Map). DeLorme.
  4. ^abMichigan Department of Transportation(2021).Next Generation PR Finder(Map). Michigan Department of Transportation.RetrievedOctober 11,2021.
  5. ^Bureau of Public Roads&American Association of State Highway Officials(November 11, 1926).United States System of Highways Adopted for Uniform Marking by the American Association of State Highway Officials(Map). 1:7,000,000. Washington, DC:United States Geological Survey.OCLC32889555.RetrievedNovember 7,2013– viaWikimedia Commons.
  6. ^abWerly, Roxanne (July 7, 2015)."SS Badger Bridges the Gap Between State Highway System".Up North Live.Traverse City, MI:WPBN-TV.RetrievedJuly 8,2015.
  7. ^abLake Michigan Carferry."SS Badger History".Lake Michigan Carferry. Archived fromthe originalon September 6, 2015.RetrievedSeptember 28,2014.
  8. ^abMapguy (September 6, 2006)."End of U.S. Highway 10".Endpoints of US highways.RetrievedDecember 20,2006.[self-published source]
  9. ^Bessert, Christopher J. (March 13, 2016)."US 10".Michigan Highways.RetrievedJuly 16,2016.[self-published source]
  10. ^Montana State Highway Commission; H.M. Gousha (1936).Map of the Montana State Highway System(PDF)(Map). Scale not given. Chicago: H.M. Gousha.RetrievedMay 29,2022.
  11. ^Montana State Highway Commission; Rand McNally & Company (1930).Map of the Montana State Highway System(PDF)(Map). c. 1:1,393,920. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company.RetrievedMay 29,2022.
  12. ^Montana State Highway Commission; H.M. Gousha (1935).Map of Montana(PDF)(Map). Scale not given. Chicago: H.M. Gousha.RetrievedMay 29,2022.
  13. ^Rand McNally (2014).The Road Atlas(Walmart ed.). Chicago: Rand McNally. pp. 51, 54–55, 77, 114–115.ISBN978-0-528-00771-2.
  14. ^Weingroff, Richard (June 27, 2017)."U.S. 2: Houlton, Maine, to Everett, Washington".Highway History.Federal Highway Administration.RetrievedSeptember 6,2020.
  15. ^Idaho Department of Highways; Rand McNally & Co. (1967).Official Highway Map of Idaho(Map). c. 1:1,425,600. Boise: Idaho Department of Highways.RetrievedSeptember 6,2020– via Flickr.
  16. ^Riner, Steve."The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page: Details of Routes 1-25".RetrievedApril 5,2006.[self-published source]

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