 U.S. Route 10 | ||||
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 US 10 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Length | 713.18 mi[1][2][3][4] (1,147.75 km) | |||
| Existed | November 11, 1926[5]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   I-94 /US 52 atWest Fargo, ND | |||
| Major intersections |
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| East end |   I-75 /US 23 inBay City, MI | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| States | North Dakota,Minnesota,Wisconsin,Michigan | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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U.S. Route 10 orU.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–westUnited States Numbered Highway located in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the U.S. Despite the "0" as the last digit in the number, US 10 is no longer a cross-country highway, and it never was a full coast-to-coast route. US 10 was one of the original long-haul highways, running fromDetroit, Michigan, toSeattle, Washington, but then lost much of its length when newInterstate Highways were built on top of itsright-of-way.
US 10 used to be broken into two segments byLake Michigan. In 2015, the ferrySS Badger betweenLudington, Michigan, andManitowoc, Wisconsin, was officially designated as part of the highway.[6] The ferry operates only between May and October.[7]
The eastern terminus of US 10 is inBay City, Michigan, at itsinterchange withInterstate 75 (I-75) (near US 10'smilepost 139 and I-75's milepost 162). The western terminus of US 10 is in the city ofWest Fargo, North Dakota, at its interchange withI-94.[8][self-published source?]
| mi[1][2][3][4] | km | |
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| ND | 8.04 | 12.94 |
| MN | 275.47 | 443.33 |
| WI | 294.01 | 473.16 |
| MI | 139.66 | 224.76 |
| Total | 713.18 | 1,147.75 |
In the state ofNorth Dakota, US 10 runs for about eight miles (13 km), from I-94/US 52 at exit 343 to theRed River of the North. It is one of the primary east–west streets inWest Fargo andFargo and is called Main Avenue for its entire length in North Dakota. At the Red River, US 10 crosses over a bridge toMoorhead, Minnesota.
US 10 is a majordivided highway for almost all of its length inMinnesota. The road enters Minnesota inMoorhead and travels throughDetroit Lakes,Wadena,Staples,Little Falls,St. Cloud, andElk River. It becomes afreeway inAnoka and passes through the northern suburbs ofMinneapolis andSaint Paul, It enters Saint Paul paired withI-35E and exits Saint Paul paired withUS 61. It leaves US 61 just north ofHastings as a two-lane highway shortly before entering into Wisconsin.
US 10 enters Wisconsin atPrescott and travels southeastward passingDurand,Neillsville,Marshfield,Stevens Point, andAppleton before reaching its eastern terminus near the Lake Michigan shore in Manitowoc. Ferry service between the western and eastern portions of US 10 is provided between May and October by the ferrySS Badger.[7] US 10 is now a four-lane divided highway fromState Trunk Highway 80 (WIS 80) two miles (3.2 km) south of Marshfield toI-39. This allows travelers to bypassHewitt,Auburndale,Blenker,Milladore,Junction City, and downtown Stevens Point. This completes the plan to upgrade US 10 to a freeway or expressway status from Marshfield toMenasha. US 10 is an expressway between Stevens Point andWaupaca. It has been upgraded to a freeway in the Waupaca area and is also a freeway betweenFremont and Appleton.
The western terminus of US 10 inMichigan isLudington. US 10 runs concurrently withUS 31 from the east side of Ludington toScottville before US 31 turns northward. The road then heads easterly throughBaldwin andReed City before it becomes afreeway west ofUS 127 near the junction with highwayM-115. US 127 and US 10 overlap for a short distance nearClare. US 10 bypassesMidland and terminates atI-75 inBay City.[9][self-published source?]
Originally, US 10 also passed throughMontana (including a segment of what is nowMontana Highway 2 [MT 2]), theIdaho Panhandle, andWashington, terminating inSeattle. The completion ofI-90 andI-94 replaced US 10 along this route, although some sections of the old US 10 road still exist in such cities asBismarck,Missoula,Spokane, and betweenCle Elum andEllensburg asState Route 10 (SR 10). The last section of I-90 to be completed was betweenCoeur d'Alene andWallace in the early 1990s. Much of this route was conumbered as both I-90 and US 10 until the final completion of I-90 through Idaho. Some decommissioned sections of US 10 are designatedI-90 Business (I-90 Bus.) orI-94 Bus. routes. At least two US 10 Alternate (US 10 Alt.) routes were used, includingone from Spokane to Missoula from 1941 to 1967 viaSandpoint, Idaho (represented today byUS 2,State Highway 200,MT 200 andUS 93), and the Pintler Scenic Route throughPhilipsburg, andAnaconda, renamedMT 1 whenMontana's US 10 was decommissioned in 1986.[citation needed] US 10 split betweenGarrison andThree Forks into US 10N and US 10S from 1936 until 1960.[10] US 10N throughHelena and dropping into Three Forks, while the Southern section of the split followed US 10's traditional routing throughDeer Lodge andButte, Montana, to get across the Rocky Mountains.[11] Previous to the split, US 10N was designated as another US 10 Alt.[12]
At the eastern end, US 10 originally went south fromMidland toSaginaw, Michigan, on what is now highwayM-47. It then joined up withUS 23 in Saginaw and continued south until it split from US 23 nearFlint. It then continued southeast as theDixie Highway toPontiac, where it followed Woodward Avenue, now designatedM-1. From there, US 10 continued on an almost straight line toDowntown Detroit, where it intersectedUS 16,US 25, andUS 12. It then took a two-block jog and then ended at theDetroit–Windsor tunnel toCanada.[8]
In the 1970s, US 10 was rerouted off Woodward Avenue inMetro Detroit and onto theJohn C. Lodge Freeway (formerly Business Spur 696, now M-10) andTelegraph Road. US 10 was truncated to Bay City, Michigan, in 1986 at which point the Lodge Freeway was changed toM-10.
In 1925, US 10 was originally proposed to run from Detroit throughChicago, and northwesterly into Wisconsin on what later became US 12.
In 2015, theAmerican Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials officially designated theSS Badger car ferry as part of the highway's official route, joiningUS 9 as the only two routes with a ferry connection.[6]
I-94 /US 52 inWest Fargo
I-29 /US 81 inFargo
US 75 inMoorhead. The highways travel concurrently through the city.
US 59 inDetroit Lakes
US 71 inWadena
US 169 inElk River. The highways travel concurrently toAnoka.
I-35W on theMounds View–Shoreview city line. The highways travel concurrently to the Mounds View–Arden Hills city line.
I-694 in Arden Hills. The highways travel concurrently toLittle Canada.
I-35E /I-694 inLittle Canada. I-35E/US 10 travel concurrently toSaint Paul.
I-35E /I-94 /US 52 /US 12 inSaint Paul. I-94/US 10 travel concurrently through the city.
US 61 in Saint Paul. The highways travel concurrently toDenmark Township.
I-494 inNewport
US 63 west ofEllsworth. The highways travel concurrently to east of Ellsworth.
US 53 west ofOsseo. The highways travel concurrently to Osseo.I-94 in OsseoUS 12 south ofFairchild. The highways travel concurrently to east-southeast of Fairchild.
I-39 /US 51 north-northwest ofStevens Point. The highways travel concurrently to Stevens Point.
US 45 east-southeast ofFremont. The highways travel concurrently for approximately 2.57 miles (4.14 km).
I-41 /US 41 north ofNeenah
I-43 northwest ofManitowoc. The highways travel concurrently to west of Manitowoc.
US 151 in Manitowoc
SSBadger in Manitowoc. US 10 utilizes the ship as a car ferry acrossLake Michigan toLudington, Michigan. SSBadger in Ludington.
US 31 inAmber Township. The highways travel concurrently through the township.
US 131 inRichmond Township
US 127 inGrant Township. The highways travel concurrently toClare.I-75 /US 23 inMonitor TownshipUS 10 has had alternate routes designated in the past, but none are active as of 2017. Amultistate alternate route betweenWashington andMontana was largely replaced in 1947 by the western extension ofUS 2 and later decommissioned entirely in 1967.[14][15]
Between 1926 and 1934, there was a pair of suffixed routes betweenSt. Cloud, Minnesota, andMoorhead, Minnesota. US 10N, the northern half of the pairing, connectedSt. Cloud,Little Falls,Motley, andDetroit Lakes before reachingMoorhead. US 10S ran from St. Cloud throughAlexandria andFergus Falls before rejoining US 10N at Moorhead. In the mid-1930s,US 52 was extended into Minnesota, and US 10S was renamed to US 52 (nowI-94). US 10N was renamed to US 10.[16][self-published source]
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