Pure solitude. That’s what you’ll find when driving along this lonely road in the ‘Land of Ten Thousand Lakes’. Not only is it the least traveled portion of state highway in the entire state, it’s not even fully paved.
Minnesota has over 11,000 miles of highway, with the busiest being in the Twin Cities metro. I-35 W in Hennepin County sees an average of 163,400 vehicles zoom through every single day. The least traveled highway, by contrast, sees only 74 cars drive down its roadway each day, and the craziest part? It’s not even paved.
It’s a highway that most Minnesotans aren’t even aware exists and where it’s located might catch you by surprise.
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Welcome to the Loneliest Highway in Minnesota
Before looking into it, I was imagining that the least traveled highway in the state would be in either the northwest or southwest part of Minnesota. But to my surprise, it’s not in either of those places. Rather, the loneliest stretch of highway in the state in found in southeast Minnesota…