Minnesota State Highway 72

Minnesota State Highway 72

Trunk Highway 72 marker

Trunk Highway 72
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 76.810 mi[2] (123.614 km)
Existed: 1923[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: US 71 at Blackduck
  MN 1 at Shooks
MN 11 at Baudette
North end: Highway 11 at Rainy River, ON
Location
Counties: Beltrami, Lake of the Woods
Highway system

Minnesota Trunk Highways
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Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes

US 71 MN 73

Minnesota State Highway 72 is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 71 in Blackduck and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canadian border in Baudette. The road continues as Ontario Highway 11 upon entering the town of Rainy River, Ontario at the Baudette-Rainy River International Bridge.

Highway 72 is 77 miles (124 km) in length.

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Route description

State Highway 72 serves as a north–south route between the communities of Blackduck, Shooks, Kelliher, and Baudette.

The roadway passes through the Red Lake State Forest in northeast Beltrami County between Kelliher and Waskish. Big Bog State Recreation Area is located on Highway 72, immediately north of Waskish.

Highway 72 crosses the Rainy River at Baudette.

History

State Highway 72 was authorized as one of the first two Minnesota legislative routes in 1923. This portion of the route was located between Blackduck and Baudette.

The route was paved by 1942.

At one time, Highway 72 had continued farther north, extending over what is now State Highway 172 in Lake of the Woods County. The section of present day Minnesota 172 between State Highway 11 (at Baudette) and Wheeler's Point (at Lake of the Woods) was originally designated Minnesota 72 as well between 1934 and 1963.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Beltrami
Blackduck 0.000 US 71  
Hines Township 1.829 CR 32  
Hornet Township 6.895 CR 41  
Shooks Township 9.910 MN 1, CR 36 north West end of MN 1 overlap
Shooks 14.970 MN 1 East end of MN 1 overlap
Kelliher 19.586 CR 36 west  
19.696 CR 36 east  
Shotley Brook 29.752 CR 23  
Lake of the Woods
Swiftwater Township 59.889 CR-1.png CR 1  
Township 158-30 62.375 CR 16 (Hay Creek Road)  
Boone Township 62.873 CR 16 (51st Street SE)  
Rapid River Township 65.878 CR 7 (39th Street SE)  
Gudrid Township 71.875 CR 19 (15th Street SE)  
Baudette 73.880 CR 35  
74.680 MN 11 East end of MN 11 overlap
76.377 MN 11 West end of MN 11 overlap
76.518 CR 26 (2nd Street NE)  
Rainy River 76.864 Highway 11
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus     Closed/Former     Incomplete access     Unopened

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