Interstate 335 (I-335) is a canceled

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route in

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. It was planned to cross

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from

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south of Broadway to I-94 in North Minneapolis. Land was acquired and some demolition had proceeded when the road was defeated by local opposition.

Route description

I-335, also called the North Ring, was planned as part of a loop around Minneapolis. It would have connected I-35W north of downtown Minneapolis westward to I-94 to provide better access to the city's central business district and later to ease congestion on the Lowry Hill Tunnel on I-94. The eastern terminus of I-335 was to be on I-35W northeast of downtown Minneapolis, between the Hennepin Avenue and Broadway Street bridges.

History

The federal government granted approval for I-335 in October 1964. In spite of opposition from local residents, the Minneapolis City Council approved plans for the freeway in July 1970 and began purchasing

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. However, increasing protest from residents prompted the council to withdraw its support in 1972. Senator

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and Representative Donald M. Fraser began working to stop the highway, successfully getting funding for I-335 withheld. Support for the freeway continued to drop, and the US Department of Transportation removed it from the Interstate Highway System in 1978. Although I-335 was never built, evidence of its planning existed up until 2014 in the form of unused pavement at the New Brighton Boulevard and Johnson Street exits. Also, a strip of housing in the area is of 1970s vintage, which is much newer than the surrounding houses in the neighborhood. These houses were built once the I-335 project was canceled, on land where the older housing stock had been demolished in preparation for the freeway. For many years, blank lines on exit signage also existed on I-35W in the area until the original signs and roadway were redone many years later. I-335 was listed in the 1978

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route log with a length of .

References

External links

Article about project, including map
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