page_title: Minnesota State Highway 97
section_title: Route description
hierarchical_section_title: Minnesota State Highway 97 / Route description
caption_attribution_description: English: Exit off of I-35 (Exit 129) for MN-97 and Anoka County Road 23 in Columbus, looking east.
context_page_description: Minnesota State Highway 97 is a 13.173-mile-long highway in Minnesota, which runs from its junction with Interstate 35 and Anoka County Road 23 in Columbus, near Forest Lake, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 95 in Scandia, near Marine on St. Croix. MN 97 is also known as Scandia Trail.
context_section_description: State Highway 97 serves as an east–west arterial route between the communities of Columbus, Forest Lake, and Scandia.
  Highway 97 intersects U.S. Highway 61 in Forest Lake.
  The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 97 in the Minnesota Statutes, except for the short portion between I-35 and U.S. 61, which is part of unmarked Minnesota Constitutional Route 62.
caption: Western end of MN-97, looking east
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