Minnesota State Highway 324 (MN 324) was a

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in east-central Minnesota. It was a short spur route from

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to Pine City. The route was turned back in 2003 and is now known as Pine County Road 7, which was already in existence west of Interstate 35 but was extended over the old route of Highway 324.

Route description

Highway 324 was less than 1 mile in length, linking then-

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in Pine City to

(I-35) in Pine City Township. When the U.S. 61 designation was moved to I-35, the old highway became State Highway 361 to maintain Minnesota

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1 through Pine City. This made 324 part of the constitutional route as well, being the connection for that route to I-35. In Pine City, the roadway is also known as ''Hillside Avenue SW''. The entire route was located in

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History

Highway 324 was authorized in 1965. It was the only state highway administratively created under a law that authorized the

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to commission routes connecting cities to interstates at specified locations. The route was eliminated in 2003 along with the northern portion of Highway 361. The road is now a continuation of County State-Aid Highway 7.

Major intersections

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