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The Minnesota Highway Patrol was created in 1929 when Charles M. Babcock, the Commissioner of Highways, appointed Earle Brown, Sheriff of Hennepin County, as Chief of the Highway Patrol. On July 1, 1929, Chief Brown appointed 8 officers. In 1973 the Highway Patrol was reorganized and the official name was changed to the Minnesota State Patrol. [7]
The organized system of Minnesota State Highways (typically abbreviated as MN or TH, and called Trunk Highways), the state highway system for the US state of Minnesota, was created in 1920 under the "Babcock Amendment" to the state constitution. No real pattern exists for the numbering of highways.
However, as these highways provide important alternate routes to the state highway system, the Minnesota Department of Transportation have recommended a local route numbering / labeling system that clearly identifies county routes that are continuous into neighboring counties. [2]
MN 13 in Albert Lea: c. 1930: current US 71: 425.778: 685.223 US 71 towards Spirit Lake, IA: Hwy. 71 in Fort Frances, ON: 1926: current US 75: 412.300: 663.533 US 75 towards Rock Rapids, IA: Dead end at Noyes, MN: 1926: current Continued northerly on PTH-75 at Emerson, MB until the Noyes–Emerson East Border Crossing was closed in 2006
The Interstate Highways in Minnesota are all owned and operated by the US State of Minnesota. [2] The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) provides primary maintenance for all 921.621 miles of highway. There are no tolled miles on the Minnesota Interstate, with the exception of HOV lanes governed by the E-ZPass program.
U.S. 169 is one of three Minnesota U.S. marked highways to carry the same number as an existing state marked highway within the state. The others being Highways 61 and 65 . Legally, the Minnesota section of U.S. 169 is defined as all or part of Routes 5, 7, 383, 3, 18, and 35 in the Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.117(4).
The policy of the Minnesota State Patrol forbids the use of deadly force unless there is an immediate threat to the public or officers. ... Minnesota state troopers make thousands of traffic stops ...
Minnesota State Highway 3 (MN 3) is a 43.749-mile-long (70.407 km) state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 21 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at an intersection with MN 5 in downtown Saint Paul.