Minnesota State Highway 313 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:313
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 313 highlighted in red
Established:April 24, 1959[1]
Length Mi:6.267
Section:115
Subsection:244
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: in Warroad
Terminus B: (Canada–US border) near Sprague, Manitoba
Counties:Roseau
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:310
Next Type:MN
Next Route:316

Minnesota State Highway 313 (MN 313) is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 11 in Warroad and continues north to its northern terminus at the Canada–US border; where the route becomes Manitoba Highway 12 upon crossing the border, near the communities of Middlebro and Sprague, Manitoba.

The route is 6.3miles in length.

Route description

Highway 313 serves as a short north - south route in northwest Minnesota between the city of Warroad and the Canada–US border.

The roadway is part of the promoted route MOM's Way, a tourist route from Thunder Bay to Winnipeg.

Highway 313 generally follows not far from the southwest corner of the Lake of the Woods throughout its route.

The route is legally defined as Route 313 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2]

History

Highway 313 was authorized on April 24, 1959.[1]

The route was paved in 1962.[3] [4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Chapter 426–H. F. No. 299 . Session Laws of Minnesota for 1959 . Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes . April 24, 1959 . January 26, 2011.
  2. Web site: 161.115, Additional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010 . January 26, 2011.
  3. 1962 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1962 . E2 . January 26, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825215116/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1204&REC=1 . August 25, 2011 . dead .
  4. 1963 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1963 . E2 . January 26, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825215140/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1207&REC=2 . August 25, 2011 . dead .