Minnesota's rogue routes of 1934
^ date reposted to this blog Jan. 13, 2021: originally posted to my old blog Some 1934 maps showed new US routes in Minnesota and/or extensions of US routes. This was due to a series of errors and misunderstandings involving AASHO, MNDoT, and commercial map publishers. By 1935 all of these misprints had been corrected. I will explain in more detail below, but first I will jump ahead to the final analysis: There was never a US 59 running through Rochester and southeastern Minnesota. (The only US 59 that was ever signposted is the one that runs along the western edge of the state.) US 65 was never signposted north of the Twin Cities. US 212 was never signposted east of St. Paul (i.e. never to Stillwater). US 218 was never signposted northwest of St. Paul (and probably never even north of Owatonna). Background In the original US route system (implemented in late 1926), US 10 had a split route in Minnesota between St. Cloud and Moorhead. US 10-N followed what is now vanilla US 10...