Minnesota State Highway 37

Trunk Highway 37
	MN 37 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	28.325 mi[1] (45.585 km)
Existed	1933[2]–present
Major junctions
West end	U.S. 169 / MN 73 at Hibbing
	U.S. 53 at Eveleth
East end	MN 135 at Gilbert
Location
Counties	St. Louis
Highway system

Minnesota State Highway 37 (MN 37) is a 28.325-mile-long (45.585 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 169 / State Highway 73 in Hibbing and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 135 in Gilbert.

Highway 37 serves as a direct route between Hibbing and U.S. Highway 53.

Route description

State Highway 37 serves as an east–west route between Hibbing, Eveleth, and Gilbert in northeast Minnesota.

The Wellstone Memorial and Historic site is located three miles east of the junction of U.S. 53 / Highway 37 / Bodas Road at Fayal Township near Eveleth. The site honors Senator Paul Wellstone and seven others who died in an October 25, 2002 plane crash.[3]

History

State Highway 37, between U.S. 53 at Eveleth and State Highway 135 at Gilbert, was authorized in 1933.[2]

The route was paved by 1940.[2]

The section of Highway 37 between U.S. 53 at Fayal Township near Eveleth and U.S. 169 at Hibbing was authorized in 1949. This portion of Highway 37 was originally numbered State Highway 216 from 1949 to 1963.[2]

Major intersections

The entire route is in St. Louis County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Hibbing	0.000	0.000	US 169 / MN 73	West end of US 169 overlap
	0.846	1.362	US 169 / MN 73	East end of US 169 overlap
	6.398	10.297	CR 5 south
Cherry Township	7.091	11.412	CR 5 north
	10.349	16.655	CR 25
	11.349	18.264	CR 25
	12.360	19.891	CR 137
Clinton Township	14.354	23.101	CR 62
Clinton Township	16.338	26.293	CR 7
Fayal Township	20.296	32.663	US 53	South end of US 53 overlap
Eveleth	24.741	39.817	US 53	North end of US 53 overlap
Gilbert	26.546	42.722	CR 97
	28.274	45.503	CR 105
	28.413	45.726	MN 135
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

"Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
"Wellstone Memorial and Historic site". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.

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[statelpt-1] "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 27, 2011.

[riner1-2] Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.

[3] "Wellstone Memorial and Historic site". Archived from the original on 2007-06-30.