You Can Travel Three Of America’s Longest Highways In Minnesota

As someone who loves a good road trip, I thoroughly appreciate a long stretch of open road along with some great music, tasty snacks, and good company.

I can remember as a kid growing up in Central Minnesota going on family road trips and keeping a map of the roads we traveled and places we visited as sort of a journal of our journeys over the years.

One of the things that blew my mind as a kid on a visit to Duluth was learning that the road we drove into town on could take you all the way to the southern border of the country.

I can remember my young self thinking it had to be the longest highway in the whole country if you could go all the way from Northern Minnesota - not all that far from Canada - clear across the country to the southern border.

As I got older, I came to realize that while that highway (Interstate 35) might not be the longest road in the country, it had to be one of the longest.

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When it comes to America's longest roads, three of the longest in the country do indeed travel across the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

As you'd probably guess, the country's interstate highway system claims the title of most of the longest highways in the U.S. When they were designed, the goal was to create a cross-country network that ties the country's major cities and various locations together.

How do the freeways in Minnesota rank among the longest in the country?

I-35 is one of the three longest highways in the country that runs through Minnesota. It starts at its intersection with London Road in Duluth. It travels through the Twin Cities and all the way down to Laredo, Texas, where you can cross into Mexico.

The other two are, of course, I-94 from Moorhead to just east of the Twin Cities and I-90 that runs through Southern Minnesota.

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As it turns out, those three roadways that run through Minnesota are among the 10 longest in the country! Here's how they rank among the longest in the U.S.