STREETS AND ROADS

See also ROAD TAXES; TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Access roads, soccer field development, matching contributions, Minn. Statutes 2024 240A.13

Accessibility analysis, complete streets policy, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Airports and landing fields, Minn. Statutes 2024 360.032, 360.036, 360.038

All-terrain vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.9256, 84.928

Alleys, see ALLEYS

Alteration, establishment, or vacation

County highways reverting to streets and roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 163.11, 471.99

Damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16, 163.11

Effect, municipalities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.29

Existing roads, trunk highways taking place of, orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Former trunk highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Lawsuits, attorney general, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Natural Resources Department duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 164.07, 412.851, 505.14

Plats, Minn. Statutes 2024 505.14

Registered land, Minn. Statutes 2024 508.73, 508A.73

Temporary trunk highways, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.14, 161.16

Vacated streets and roads

Adding to description of lands abutting, Minn. Statutes 2024 508.73, 508A.73, 515B.1-1105

Conveyance of land abutting, Minn. Statutes 2024 507.17

Drainage facilities on, town roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 164.07

Poles and wires on, repairs, Minn. Statutes 2024 440.135

Barricades, road authorities, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Bicycle lanes, paths, ways and routes, see BICYCLE WAYS

Bids, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.17

"Blocking the box," prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.15

Bridges (structures)

Cartway easements, Minn. Statutes 2024 435.37

City bridges, see CITY BRIDGES

Design professional services contracts, indemnification agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 604.21

Generally, see BRIDGES (STRUCTURES)

Minimum-maintenance roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Railroad bridges, see Bridges (structures) under RAILROADS

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095, 160.83

Rustic roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.83

Buildings, moving over, see BUILDING MOVERS

Cables, displacing or moving, costs, payment by building movers, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.26

Capital expenditures, funding, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.50

Cartways, see CARTWAYS

Causeways, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.84

Cemeteries, see Streets and roads under CEMETERIES

Cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Closing, wildfires, orders, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.22

Complaints, impassable city streets and roads outside urban districts, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 163.161

Complete streets, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Construction and reconstruction

Complete streets, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Contractors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Contracts, see Construction contracts under this topic

Costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.06

County highway engineers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.17

Design professional services contracts, indemnification agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 604.21

Disruption of access to businesses, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.165

Engineering standards, variances, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Federal aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.36, 161.365

Frontage roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.38

Funding, public indebtedness, Minn. Statutes 2024 475.58

Materials, see Construction materials under this topic

Peatland scientific and natural areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.035

Public land survey corners, markings or monuments, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.15, 389.03

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.10

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.165, 161.39

Temporary roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.12, 161.25

Construction contracts

Best value RFPs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.17

Frontage roads, effect of other law, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.38

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.17

Hennepin County, design-build contracts, guidelines, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.158 to 383B.1584

Maintenance, improvement, repair, or restoration, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Minimum wage requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.365

Requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Transportation Department employees, conflict of interest, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.33

Construction materials

Railroad charges and rates, schedules, Minn. Statutes 2024 218.025

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.11

Sales and use taxes, exemptions, Minn. Statutes 2024 297A.68

Surplus government materials, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.37

Transportation, oversize vehicle permits, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.869

Waste tire lightweight fill, Minn. Statutes 2024 115A.912

Controlled access highways, see under HIGHWAYS

Corners, public land survey corners, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.15, 389.03

Corridors of disturbance, peatland scientific and natural areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.035

County highways, see HIGHWAYS

County parks, see PARK ROADS

County state-aid highways, see COUNTY STATE-AID HIGHWAYS

Crosswalks, see PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

Dakota County, Minn. Statutes 2024 383D.17, 383D.65

Damages

County highways reverting to streets and roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 163.11

Former trunk highways, vacation or alteration, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Dedication

Cartways, streets and roads deemed as, Minn. Statutes 2024 164.11

Time, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.05

Definitions

All-terrain vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.92

Complete streets, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Drivers' licenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 171.01

Local roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.292

Motor carriers, pipeline carriers, Minn. Statutes 2024 221.012

Motor vehicle registration, taxation, sale, Minn. Statutes 2024 168.002

Narrow-width lanes, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011

Peatland Protection Act, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.035

Peatland scientific and natural areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.035

Road law, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.02, 160.12

Rustic roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.83

Snowmobiles, natural resources law, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.81

Special assessments, Minn. Statutes 2024 429.011

Design professional services contracts, indemnification agreements, Minn. Statutes 2024 604.21

Designation, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.01

Detours

Signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16, 160.27

Temporary roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.12, 161.25

Disabled persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 256C.02

Ditches, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.201

Drainage, see under HIGHWAYS

Duluth, county funds expended on, Minn. Statutes 2024 383C.36

Dust, lead (mineral), standards, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.9508

Easements

Alleys, vacating of public ways, effect, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.29

Cartways, establishment and conditions for, Minn. Statutes 2024 435.37

Flowage easements, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.565

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.04

Highways taken over for trunk highways, prior easements vested in state, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.18

Natural Resources Department, power to convey, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.63, 84.631, 84.633, 92.685

Tax-forfeited lands, conveyance to governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 282.017

Electric personal assistive mobility devices, use on, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.212

Eminent domain

Easements, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.04

Minimum-maintenance roads, consent requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Rights-of-way, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.04

Establishment, see Alteration, establishment, or vacation under this topic

Evidence, minimum-maintenance roads, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Federal aid

Construction, enhancement, improvement, or maintenance, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.36

Construction contracts, minimum wage requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.365

Fences

Railroads adjoining, Minn. Statutes 2024 219.34

Road authorities, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Fertilizers, apply to driveways, Minn. Statutes 2024 18C.61

Firebreaks, wildfire areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.05

First class cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Flowage easements, waterpowers, petition for, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.565

Forest roads, see FOREST ROADS

Fourth class cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Frontage roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.38

Funding, sports facilities, matching funds, Minn. Statutes 2024 240A.12

Grade, establishment, statutes of limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 541.07, 541.072

Gravel road companies, conduits, poles and wires, defined as personal property, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.03

Gross weight, see Weight and weighing under MOTOR VEHICLES

Guardrails, displacement or movement costs, payment by building movers, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.26

Hedges, defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.02, 160.22

Hennepin County, local road aid, Minn. Statutes 2024 383B.608

Highway work zones, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.14, 169.147

Highways, see HIGHWAYS

Hitchhiking, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.22

Home rule charter cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Improvement, see Maintenance, improvement, repair, or restoration under this topic

Inspection, local weed inspectors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 18.81

Intersections

"Blocking the box", Minn. Statutes 2024 169.15

Crossing, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.045

Gridlock, prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.15

Motorcyclists, entering or crossing intersections against red lights, defenses, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.06

Pedestrian crossings, see PEDESTRIAN CROSSINGS

Reduced speed limits, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.14

Right of way, blind persons, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.202

Isolated property, access, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.24

Lane-direction-control signals, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.06

Lawsuits, former trunk highways, vacation or alteration, damages, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Lights and lighting

Contracts, first class cities, Minn. Statutes 2024 440.14

Energy efficiency standards, rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 216C.19

Indicators of nonconforming headlights, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.60

Littering, see LITTERING

Local roads, specific service signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.292 to 160.296

Location

Change, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.09, 161.39

Juvenile correctional facilities, roads through grounds, Minn. Statutes 2024 242.48

Streets laid through camp meeting association property, Minn. Statutes 2024 315.42

Streets laid through Sunday school assembly property, Minn. Statutes 2024 315.42

Logging roads

Claims arising from use, Minn. Statutes 2024 3.736, 466.03

Right-of-way clearing, special use permit, Minn. Statutes 2024 90.195

Tax-forfeited lands, Minn. Statutes 2024 282.04

Timber permit development option, Minn. Statutes 2024 90.164

Mailboxes located on, generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.072

Maintenance, improvement, repair, or restoration

Barricades, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Complete streets, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Contract requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Contractors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16

Costs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.07, 162.06

Detour signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16, 160.27

Excavation, exclusions, Minn. Statutes 2024 216D.01

Local improvements, alternate procedures, Minn. Statutes 2024 429.041

Minimum-maintenance roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Municipalities, special assessments, Minn. Statutes 2024 429.052

Outside limits of state construction projects, costs, payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.38

Pike River Road relocation, Minn. Statutes 2024 298.2961

Public land survey corners, preserving, markers or monuments, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.15, 389.03

Rustic roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Sanitary districts, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 442A.17

Seven-county metropolitan area, transportation advancement funds, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.49

Telecommunications companies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.16

Telephone companies, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 237.16

Trunk highway construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.24, 161.25

Unorganized townships, Minn. Statutes 2024 477A.14

Warning signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16, 160.27

Maps, county topographical land maps, valuation of property, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.061

Marking

Pavements, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.39

Public land survey corners, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.15, 389.03

Signs, see same under this topic

Metropolitan area towns, town roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 368.01

Mineral lands, roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.10

Minimum-maintenance roads

All-terrain vehicles on, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.926

Easements, see same under this topic

Forest roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 89.71

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095

Signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095, 169.06

Motor vehicles on, see TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Municipal parks, see MUNICIPAL PARKS

Municipal state-aid street fund, see MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREET FUND

Municipal state-aid streets, see MUNICIPAL STATE-AID STREETS

Names, living persons, naming for, prohibition, Minn. Statutes 2024 10.49

New streets and roads, land use actions, notice, Minn. Statutes 2024 471.99

One-way highways, see under HIGHWAYS

One-way streets and roads

Disabled vehicles, warning signals, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.75

One-way traffic, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.18

Parking, ordinances, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.35

Rotary traffic islands, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.18

Orders

Closing, wildfire areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.22

Temporary roads around construction, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.12

Outdoor advertising, see OUTDOOR ADVERTISING

Outdoor lighting fixtures model ordinance, Minn. Statutes 2024 16B.328

Park roads, see PARK ROADS

Parking on, bicycles, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.222

Parkways, see PARKWAYS

Pavements, marking, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.39

Pedestrian malls, Minn. Statutes 2024 429.021, 430.01 to 430.11

Pests, integrated management techniques, duties of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.063

Plank road companies, conduits, poles and wires, defined as personal property, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.03

Planning, major streets, county boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 505.10

Plats, Minn. Statutes 2024 505.1792

Poles and wires, displacement or moving costs, payment by building movers, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.26

Private roads, see PRIVATE ROADS

Public highways, streets and roads defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 221.012

Public land survey corners, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.15, 389.03

Public roads, deemed no benefit to agricultural preserves, Minn. Statutes 2024 473H.11

Public ways, streets and roads defined as, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.29

Railroad crossings, see RAILROAD CROSSINGS

Railroad traffic signs and signals, see RAILROAD TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Railroads, see Rights-of-way under RAILROADS

Ramsey County, improvements, powers and duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 383A.16

Reconstruction, see Construction and reconstruction under this topic

Recreational manufactured home parks, clearance and access requirements, Minn. Statutes 2024 327.20

Repairs, see Maintenance, improvement, repair, or restoration under this topic

Reports about, construction and improvement, Transportation Department, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.10

Reversion or conveyance, see under TRUNK HIGHWAYS

Rights-of-way

Acquisition, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.04

Debris, clearing, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.05

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.92

Driveway headwalls in or on, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.2715

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.27

Integrated pest management techniques, duties of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.063

Planting, pest management, duties of state, Minn. Statutes 2024 18B.063

Public roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.787, 84.92

Railroads, see Rights-of-way under RAILROADS

Recreational vehicles, operation on, torts, municipalities, limitations, Minn. Statutes 2024 466.03

Rustic roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.83

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.2715

Road authorities

Cities, see CITY COUNCILS

Counties, see Road authorities under COUNTIES

Safe road zones, local requests, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.065

Town roads, see TOWN BOARDS OF SUPERVISORS

Trunk highways, see TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT

Road building materials, see Construction materials under this topic

Road construction machinery and equipment, see under HEAVY EQUIPMENT

Road districts, county boundary changes, effect on, Minn. Statutes 2024 370.17, 370.19

Roads on line between towns and adjoining cities, see under TOWN ROADS

Rotary traffic islands, one-way traffic, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.18

Rustic roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.83

Safe road zones, recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.065

Safety analysis, complete streets policy, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Saint Louis County, see Streets and roads under SAINT LOUIS COUNTY

Shoulders

Designated school bus stops, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.443

Electric-assisted bicycles, operation on, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.222

Stalled or disabled vehicles, passing, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.18

Signs

Detours, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16, 160.27, 160.2715

Minimum-maintenance roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.095, 169.06

Motor vehicle dealers, lessors, brokers, or wholesalers, duties, Minn. Statutes 2024 168.27

Safe road zones, recommendations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.065

Specific service signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.292 to 160.296

Street signs, St. Louis County, Minn. Statutes 2024 383C.232

Traffic control devices, see TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Warning signs, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.16, 160.27, 160.2715

Snow removal, roads in uncompleted subdivisions, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.21

Snowmobiles, restrictions, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.87

Special laws regarding, Minn. Const. art 12 s 1

Speed limits, see SPEED LIMITS

Sports facilities, matching contributions, local governments, Minn. Statutes 2024 240A.12

Standards, dust, lead (mineral), rulemaking, Minn. Statutes 2024 144.9508

Standing in, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.22

State-aid highways, see STATE AID HIGHWAYS

State-aid roads

Engineering standards, variances, Minn. Statutes 2024 174.75

Inclusion in county state-aid highway system, Minn. Statutes 2024 162.02

Statutory cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Street and road companies

Gravel road companies, personal property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.03

Personal property taxes, listing, assessment, Minn. Statutes 2024 273.43

Plank road companies, personal property taxes, Minn. Statutes 2024 272.03

Street-sweeping vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 168.002

Streets and roads terminating at or abutting on public waters, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.16

Temporary roads

Detours or haul roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 161.25

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.12

Third class cities, see Streets and roads under CITIES

Toll facilities, see TOLL FACILITIES

Town roads, see TOWN ROADS

Traffic accidents, see TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

Traffic control devices, see TRAFFIC SIGNS AND SIGNALS

Trails, see TRAILS

Transient workers, compensation and salaries

Discharged employees, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.11

Frequency of payment, Minn. Statutes 2024 181.10

Transportation over, noxious weed propagating parts, Minn. Statutes 2024 18.82

Trunk highways, see TRUNK HIGHWAYS

Unorganized townships, maintenance, funds for, Minn. Statutes 2024 477A.14

Unpaved streets and roads, weight limits, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.824, 169.87

Use

Cable communication systems, pole, duct and conduit agreements, terms, Minn. Statutes 2024 238.39

Interference with, unlawful, Minn. Statutes 2024 179.13

Off-highway motorcycles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.795

Off-highway vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.777

Off-road vehicles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.804

Snowmobiles, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.87

Vacation, see Alteration, establishment, or vacation under this topic

Vehicles on, see TRAFFIC REGULATIONS

Violations and penalties

Interference with use, unfair labor practice, Minn. Statutes 2024 179.13

Intersections, gridlock, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.15

Warning signs, see Signs under this topic

Waste collection issues, Minn. Statutes 2024 115A.94

Watershed districts, permits, public transportation projects, work on existing roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 103D.345

Weight limits, see Weight and weighing under MOTOR VEHICLES

Wetlands, access from roads by local government, Minn. Statutes 2024 103G.235

Width, Minn. Statutes 2024 160.04

Wildfire areas, Minn. Statutes 2024 88.05, 88.22

Winter roads, Minn. Statutes 2024 84.035

Work zones

Defined, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.011

Speed limits, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.14

Speed safety camera pilot project, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.147

Violations, Minn. Statutes 2024 169.06