For the route located in southeast and east-central Minnesota numbered 61, see U.S. Route 61 in Minnesota.
Trunk Highway 61
MN 61 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length
150.321 mi[1] (241.918 km)
Existed
1991–present
Tourist routes
Lake Superior Circle Tour North Shore Scenic Drive
Major junctions
South end
I-35 at Duluth
Major intersections
MN 1 at Illgen City
North end
Highway 61 near Grand Portage
Location
Country
United States
State
Minnesota
Counties
St. Louis, Lake, Cook
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highway System
Interstate
US
State
Legislative
Scenic
← US 61
→ MN 62
Minnesota State Highway 61 (MN 61) is a 150.321-mile-long (241.918 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from a junction with Interstate 35 (I-35) in Duluth at 26th Avenue East, and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the Canadian border near Grand Portage, connecting to Ontario Highway 61 at the Pigeon River Bridge. The route is a scenic highway, following the North Shore of Lake Superior, and is part of the Lake Superior Circle Tour designation that runs through Minnesota, Ontario, Michigan, and Wisconsin.
This roadway was designated U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) until 1991. US 61 ran from the Canadian border to New Orleans, and is the road to which musician and Duluth native Bob Dylan referred in the album and song Highway 61 Revisited.
The North Shore Scenic Drive is an All-American Road scenic byway that follows Saint Louis County Road 61 / Lake County Road 61 / MN 61, formerly US 61, from the city of Duluth, Minnesota, to the Canadian border near Grand Portage. The route stays close to the rocky North Shore, offering spectacular vistas of the lake to the southeast as it skirts along the foothills of the Sawtooth Range to the northwest.
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Global Information
Lake Superior Circle Tour
North Shore Scenic Drive
I-35 at Duluth
MN 1 at Illgen City
Highway 61 near Grand Portage
