HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT: PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING DIVISION:
An Inventory of Its Highway and Railway Planning Maps at the Minnesota Historical Society
Government Records
| | |
| Creator: |
Minnesota. Department of Highways. Planning and Programming Division.
|
| Title: | Highway and Railway Planning Maps. |
| Dates: | 1935-1961. |
| Language: | Materials in English. |
| Abstract: | Maps showing proposed or conceptual development plans for interstate highways and major arterial roads
in the Twin Cities Metropolitan area (1935-1961); topographic and contour maps drawn in 1945 and used in the location studies
for interstate highways 94 and 35E in the city of St. Paul; and maps of proposed changes to the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway
route in Hennepin County due to proposed highways, adjacent parks, and industrial locations (1958). Some of these developments were
implemented as shown; some were not. The project files to which these maps once related are believed to no longer be extant. |
| Quantity: | 13 folders in partial box; 3 map tube boxes. |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Minnesota. Department of Highways. Planning and Programming Division. Highway and Railway Planning Maps. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional
examples.
Accession Information:
Accession numbers: 989-127; 999-12
Processing Information:
Catalog ID number: 990017358630104294
Return to top
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | |
| 113.A.3.4F | | Proposed pedestrian tunnel at (the bottleneck of) Hennepin and Lyndale Avenues, July 10, 1935. |
| | | Blueline print. A proposal for the construction of an underground tunnel connecting what is now the Kenwood and Loring Park areas of Minneapolis, produced by the City Engineering Office and Traffic Division of Minneapolis. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Proposed underpass (Lyndale-Hennepin Avenues), March 26, 1936. |
| | | Blueline print. A proposed street plan for the Lyndale-Hennepin area, otherwise known as the Kenwood and Loring Park area, of Minneapolis, produced by the City Engineering Office and Traffic Division of Minneapolis. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Washington Avenue in Minneapolis (from Cedar Avenue to University Avenue), July 1942. |
| | | Blueline print with colored details. This proposal marks the layout for the Washington Avenue bridge on the University of Minnesota Campus. Contains a reference to State Project Number 2715-06. The print is very detailed, indicating block and lot numbers, structures, and names of the University of Minnesota buildings. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Junction of Cross-town Freeway (35E), Pleasant Street Expressway and Kellogg Boulevard Circuitway in Saint Paul (from Rondo to 7th Street), January 9, 1945. |
| | | Created on a print labeled: Cathedral Hill in St. Paul, December 1944. Blueline print with colored details. |
| | | Proposed layout of Interstate 35E in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood. Stamped by Loren Hegland, Senior Geometrics Engineer. Contains a reference to State Project Number 6231-04.
Many structures shown on the print are identified. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Cross-town Study with Traffic Distributors into the adjacent Saint Paul Central Business District and the Capitol Area, November 16, 1944. |
| | | With revisions done on November 16, 1944 (Cathedral Place to Maria Avenue and Hudson Road), and on March 22, 1945. Blueline print with colored details. |
| | | Labeled: “The aim has been to preserve worthwhile existing institutions, to insure harmony between expressways and existing streets or to improve them for known traffic needs, not forgetting
the importance of a beautiful and impressive Saint Paul.” Many structures shown on the print are identified. Layout by Charles B. Elwood and stamped by Loren Hegland, Senior Geometrics Engineer.
Contains a reference to State Project Numbers 6234-04 and 6228-04. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Tentative plan for controlled access highways and interstate routes in the city of Saint Paul, November 1945. |
| | | Appears to be a print of a St. Paul street map produced for sale or publication. Illustrates tentative Interstate 35E route from Lexington to Maryland exits. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Inter-city expressway (Fulton Street location with connection to University Avenue), March 8, 1946. |
| | | Blueline print with colored details. Illustrates tentative Interstate 94 route through the Riverside neighborhood. Contains a reference to State Project Number 2715-06. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Overall plan showing proposed trunk highways and other major arterial streets in the city of Minneapolis, July 1, 1946. |
| | | Black and colored details on glossy paper; possibly a copy made from a blueline print. Covers Robbinsdale to Fort Snelling. Prepared by the Minneapolis City Planning Commission as authorized by the
City Council and the Postwar Progress Committee (with help from the Technical Advisory Committee?). |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Four different road designs for the Broadway Avenue-Victory Memorial Drive-Lowry Avenue Rotary, approximately 1931. |
| | | 2 ink, with colored details, and 2 pencil drawings, all on lightweight tracing paper. Contains a reference to State Project Numbers 2720 and 2700-00. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Minneapolis overall showing proposed interstate and trunk highway system, with solid lines showing overpass at Loring Park, undated. |
| | | Brownline print on a waxy surfaced paper, possibly thermofax. Notes on map include: “Original” Inked and shaded. No Stevens Avenue—“solid” lines showing overpass at Loring Park. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Saint Paul overall showing proposed interstate and trunk highway system, undated. |
| | | Brownline print on a waxy surfaced paper, possibly thermofax. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Saint Paul metropolitan area showing proposed interstate route locations and proposed trunk highway construction, approximately 1956. |
| | | Brownline print on a waxy surfaced paper, possibly thermofax. Labeled: “Map A” used at hearing on St. Paul portions of interstate routes numbers 390, 392, and 393, December 13, 1956. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Metropolitan area taped version of interstate highway system, approximately 1956. |
| | | Printed map with black tape denoting proposed general location of interstate system and
red tape showing proposed general location of trunk highways 280 and 10. Labeled: “Original” taped drawings prepared for use at hearings on Interstate 94. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | |
| 106.J.4.24 | | Planning proposals affecting the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway in Hennepin County, Brown Engineers, Engineers and Planners, December 1958. 11 sheets on 1 roll in map tube box: |
| | | Blueline prints with colored details. |
| | | Plate 1. Drawing No. 5806-S-2. Planning Proposals Affecting the Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway in Hennepin County. |
| | | | Show proposed highways, adjacent parks, and industrial locations. |
| | | Plate 2. Drawing No. 5806-S-4. Plan—Proposed Yard Layout - SH I. |
| | | Plate 3. Drawing No. 5806-S-5. Plan—Proposed Yard Layout - SH II. |
| | | Plate 5. Drawing No. 5806-S-3. Sections—Proposed Yard Layout. |
| | | Plate 6. Drawing No. 5806-S-11. Railroad Profiles. |
| | | Plate 7. Drawing No. 5806-S-7. Plan—Southwest Diagonal—SH I, France Avenue to Kenwood. |
| | | Plate 8. Drawing No. 5806-S-8. Plan—Southwest Diagonal—SH II, Kenwood Pky. to Lyndale Ave. |
| | | Plate 9. Drawing No. 5806-S-12. Plan Existing Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway R[ight] O[f] W[ay], Lyndale Ave. to Great Northern Station. |
| | | Plate 10. Drawing No. 5806-S-6. Sections—Southwest Diagonal. |
| | | Plate 11. Drawing No. 5806-S-9. Profiles—Southwest Diagonal—SH I. |
| | | Plate 12. Drawing No. 5806-S-10. Profiles—Southwest Diagonal—SH II. |
| | | | | | | | | | | |
| Location | |
| 106.I.4.1 | | I-94 and I-35E location maps, undated and 1945. 10 maps in 2 map tube boxes: |
| | | Base maps drawn in 1945 and used in the location studies for interstate highways 94 and 35E in the city of St. Paul. The maps depict structures and street layout. |
| | | Basic topographic maps, November 1945: |
| | | | No. 1. 98 inches by 37 inches. |
| | | | No. 2. 86 inches by 37 inches. |
| | | | No. 3. 120 inches by 36 inches. |
| | | | | Special projects 6283, I-94, and 6280, I-35E. |
| | | | No. 4. 87 inches by 37 inches. |
| | | | No. 5. 58 inches by 37 inches. |
| | | | No. 6. 79 inches by 38 inches. |
| Location | |
| 106.I.4.2 | | | | No. 7. 149 inches by 40 inches. |
| | | | No. 8. 97 inches by 37 inches. |
| | | Contour maps, undated and 1945: |
| | | | Contours between Capitol Approach and Mississippi Street, undated. |
| | | | | 91 inches by 36 inches. |
| | | | Contours on Mississippi Street, Fourteenth Street to Case Street (Special Project 6280, I-35E), Revised 1945. |
| | | | | 160 inches by 38 inches. |
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the
Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics,
persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Express highways -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Location.
- Highway planning -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Maps.
- Railroads -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Location.
- Roads -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Location.
- Streets -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area -- Location.
- Organizations:
- Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway -- Maps.
- University of Minnesota -- Maps.
- Places:
- Interstate 35 -- Maps.
- Interstate 94 -- Maps.
- Minnesota State Highway Number 10 -- Maps.
- Minnesota State Highway Number 280 -- Maps.
- Victory Memorial Driveway (Minneapolis, Minn.) -- Maps.
- Document Types:
- Maps -- Minnesota -- Twin Cities Metropolitan Area.
- Functions:
- Mapping.
- Planning.
Return to top
OVERVIEW
Collapse
All