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2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.82 — Park Roads.

160.82 PARK ROADS.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
"Park road" means that portion of a street or highway located entirely within the park boundaries of a city, county, regional, or state park.
Subd. 2.
Restrictions.
A road authority may not make a change in the width, grade, or alignment of a park road that would affect the wildlife habitat or aesthetic characteristics of the park road or its adjacent vegetation or terrain, unless:
(1) the change is required to permit the safe travel of vehicles at the speed lawfully designated for the park road, in which case the change must be made; or
(2) if the road is a county state-aid highway or municipal state-aid street, the change is required by the minimum state-aid standard applicable to the road.
Subd. 3.
Liability.
(a) A road authority and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to persons or property arising from travel on a park road and related to the design of the park road, if:
(1) the design is adopted to conform to subdivision 2;
(2) the design is not grossly negligent; and
(3) if the park road is a county state-aid highway or municipal state-aid street, the design complies with the minimum state-aid standard applicable to the road.
(b) This subdivision does not preclude an action for damages arising from negligence in the construction, reconstruction, or maintenance of a park road.
History:
1991 c 298 art 4 s 2; 1994 c 635 art 1 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.83 — Rustic Roads Program.

160.83 RUSTIC ROADS PROGRAM.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
A "rustic road" is a road that is not on the state-aid system that has the following characteristics: outstanding natural features or scenic beauty; an average daily traffic volume of less than 150 vehicles per day; year-round use as a local access road; and maximum allowable speed of 45 miles per hour.
Subd. 2.
Local authority.
A road authority other than the commissioner may, by resolution, designate a road or highway under its jurisdiction a rustic road and the road authority may designate the type and character of vehicles that may be operated on the rustic road; designate the road or a portion of the road as a pedestrian way or bicycle way, or both; and establish priority of right-of-way, paint lines, and construct dividers to physically separate vehicular, bicycle, or pedestrian traffic.
Subd. 3.
Joint designation.
Two or more road authorities may jointly designate a rustic road along a common boundary or into or through their jurisdictions. The road authorities may enter into agreements to divide the costs and responsibility for maintaining the rustic road.
Subd. 4.
Costs.
A rustic road must be maintained by the road authority having jurisdiction over the road and is not eligible for state-aid funding. State money must not be spent to construct, reconstruct, maintain, or improve a rustic road.
Subd. 5.
Liability.
(a) A rustic road may be maintained at a level less than the minimum standards required for state-aid highways, roads, and streets, but must be maintained at the level required to serve anticipated traffic volumes. Where a road has been designated by resolution as a rustic road and speed limits have been posted under subdivision 1, the road authority with jurisdiction over the road, and its officers and employees, are exempt from liability for any tort claim for injury to person or property arising from travel on the rustic road related to its maintenance, design, or condition if:
(1) the maintenance, design, or condition is consistent with the anticipated use as described in subdivision 2; and
(2) the maintenance, design, or condition is not grossly negligent.
(b) Nothing in this subdivision exempts a road authority from its duty to maintain bridges under chapter 165 or other applicable law.
History:
1991 c 298 art 4 s 3; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.84 — Definitions.

160.84 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Scope.
The terms used in sections 160.84 to 160.98 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02.
Subd. 2.
BOT facility.
"BOT facility" means a build-operate-transfer toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, rehabilitated, and operated by a private operator who holds title to the facility subject to a development agreement providing that title will be transferred to the road authority on expiration of an agreed term.
Subd. 3.
BTO facility.
"BTO facility" means a build-transfer-operate toll facility developed, financed, designed, constructed, improved, or rehabilitated by a private operator who: (1) transfers any interest it may have in the toll facility to the road authority before operation begins; and (2) operates the toll facility for an agreed term under a lease, management, or toll concession agreement.
Subd. 4.
Commissioner.
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Subd. 5.
Development agreement.
"Development agreement" means a written agreement between a road authority and a private operator that provides for the development, financing, design, construction, improvement, rehabilitation, ownership, and operation of a toll facility.
Subd. 6.
Metropolitan area.
"Metropolitan area" has the meaning given it in section 473.121, subdivision 2.
Subd. 7.
Private operator.
"Private operator" means an individual, corporation, partnership, cooperative or unincorporated association, joint venture, or consortium that develops, finances, designs, constructs, improves, rehabilitates, owns, or operates a toll facility subject to sections 160.84 to 160.92.
Subd. 8.
Road authority.
"Road authority" has the meaning given it in section 160.02, subdivision 25, and also refers to a joint powers authority formed under section 160.91.
Subd. 9.
Toll facility.
"Toll facility" means a bridge, causeway, or tunnel, and its approaches; a road, street, or highway; an appurtenant building, structure, or other improvement; land lying within applicable rights-of-way; and other appurtenant rights or hereditaments that together comprise a project for which a road authority or private operator is authorized to develop, finance, design, operate, and impose tolls under sections 160.84 to 160.92.
History:
1993 c 211 s 1; 2008 c 152 art 6 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.845 — Restrictions On Toll Facility.

160.845 RESTRICTIONS ON TOLL FACILITY.
(a) A road authority, including the governing body of a city, or a private operator may not convert, transfer, or utilize any portion of a highway to impose tolls or for use as a toll facility. A road authority, including the governing body of a city, or a private operator may not limit operation of a commercial motor vehicle, as defined in section 169.011, subdivision 16, to a toll facility or otherwise require that a commercial motor vehicle use the tolled portion of a highway.
(b) This section does not apply to (1) any toll facility or high-occupancy vehicle lane constructed, converted, or established before September 1, 2007, (2) any additional lane, including a priced dynamic shoulder lane, high-occupancy vehicle lane, or high-occupancy toll lane, added to a highway after September 1, 2007, and (3) any other general purpose lane that adds capacity.
History:
2008 c 152 art 6 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.86 — Toll Facility Development Agreement; Requirements.

160.86 TOLL FACILITY DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT; REQUIREMENTS.
A development agreement must include the following provisions:
(a) The toll facility must meet the road authority's standards of design and construction for roads and bridges of the same functional classification.
(b) The commissioner must review and approve the location and design of a bridge over navigable waters as if the bridge were constructed by a road authority. This requirement does not diminish the private operator's responsibility for bridge safety.
(c) The private operator shall manage and operate the toll facility in cooperation with the road authority and subject to the development agreement.
(d) The toll facility is subject to regular inspections by the road authority and the commissioner.
(e) The agreement must provide the terms and conditions of maintenance, snow removal, and police services to the toll facility. The road authority must provide the services. The services must meet at least the road authority's standards for facilities of the same functional classification.
(f) The agreement must establish a reasonable rate of return on investment and capital during the term of the agreement.
History:
1993 c 211 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.87 — Toll Facility Cost Recovery.

160.87 TOLL FACILITY COST RECOVERY.
Subdivision 1.
Use of toll revenues.
Toll revenues must be applied to repayment of indebtedness incurred for the toll facility; payments to a road authority under the development agreement or a related lease, management, or toll concession agreement; costs of operation necessary to meet applicable standards of the road authority; and reasonable reserves for future capital outlays. The enumeration of uses in this subdivision does not state priorities for the use of these revenues.
Subd. 2.
Residual toll revenues.
Residual toll revenues after the payments specified in subdivision 1 are made belong to the private operator.
Subd. 3.
Continuation of tolls.
After expiration of a lease for a BTO facility, or after title has reverted for a BOT facility, the road authority may continue to charge tolls for the facility.
History:
1993 c 211 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.90 — Law Enforcement On Toll Facilities.

160.90 LAW ENFORCEMENT ON TOLL FACILITIES.
State and local law enforcement authorities have the same powers and authority on a toll facility within their respective jurisdictions as they have on any other highway, road, or street within their jurisdiction. Law enforcement officers have free access to the toll facility at any time to exercise those powers. State and local traffic and motor vehicle laws apply to persons driving or occupying motor vehicles on the toll facility.
History:
1993 c 211 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.91 — Joint Authority Over Toll Facility.

160.91 JOINT AUTHORITY OVER TOLL FACILITY.
Two or more road authorities with jurisdiction over a toll facility may enter into a joint powers agreement under section 471.59, to exercise the powers, duties, and functions of the road authorities related to the toll facility, including negotiation and administration of the development agreement and related lease, management, and toll concession agreements. If all road authorities with jurisdiction over a toll facility concur, title to or authority over the facility may be tendered to the commissioner who may accept the title or authority pursuant to the development agreement and this section.
History:
1993 c 211 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.92 — Toll Facility Replacement Projects.

160.92 TOLL FACILITY REPLACEMENT PROJECTS.
When a highway project in the metropolitan area has been scheduled in the department's six-year work program but is designated as a toll facility, the commissioner shall substitute in the work program a similar highway project in the metropolitan area.
History:
1993 c 211 s 9
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 160 — Roads, General Provisions › Section 160.98 — Prohibition On Road And Bridge Privatization.

160.98 PROHIBITION ON ROAD AND BRIDGE PRIVATIZATION.
A road authority may not sell, lease, execute a development agreement for a BOT facility or BTO facility that transfers an existing highway lane, or otherwise relinquish management of a highway, if the highway is retained or utilized by the buyer, lessor, or operator for highway purposes. Nothing in this section prevents sale, reconveyance, or easements under section 160.274, 161.23, 161.41, 161.411, 161.431, 161.44, 161.442, or any other similar provision.
History:
2008 c 152 art 6 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.01 — Definitions.

161.01
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.01 DEFINITIONS.
For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in section 160.02 shall have the same meanings.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.045 — Highway User Tax Distribution Fund Appropriations; Trunk Highway Fund Appropriations.

161.045 HIGHWAY USER TAX DISTRIBUTION FUND APPROPRIATIONS; TRUNK HIGHWAY FUND APPROPRIATIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Definition.
For purposes of this section, "commissioner" means any commissioner of a state agency that either proposes to spend or spends funds out of the highway user tax distribution fund or the trunk highway fund.
Subd. 2.
General expenditure requirements.
A commissioner may expend highway user tax distribution funds only for highway purposes and may expend trunk highway funds only for trunk highway purposes.
Subd. 3.
Limitations on spending.
(a) A commissioner must not pay for any of the following with funds from the highway user tax distribution fund or the trunk highway fund:
(1) Bureau of Criminal Apprehension laboratory;
(2) Explore Minnesota Tourism kiosks;
(3) Minnesota Safety Council;
(4) driver education programs;
(5) Emergency Medical Services Regulatory Board;
(6) Mississippi River Parkway Commission;
(7) payments to the Department of Information Technology Services in excess of actual costs incurred for trunk highway purposes;
(8) personnel costs incurred on behalf of the governor's office;
(9) the Office of Aeronautics within the Department of Transportation;
(10) the Office of Transit and Active Transportation within the Department of Transportation;
(11) the Office of Passenger Rail;
(12) purchase and maintenance of soft body armor under section 299A.38;
(13) tourist information centers;
(14) parades, events, or sponsorships of events;
(15) the installation, construction, expansion, or maintenance of public electric vehicle infrastructure;
(16) the statewide notification center for excavation services pursuant to chapter 216D; and
(17) manufacturing license plates.
(b) The prohibition in paragraph (a) includes all expenses for the named entity or program, including but not limited to payroll, purchased services, supplies, repairs, and equipment. This prohibition on spending applies to any successor entities or programs that are substantially similar to the entity or program named in this subdivision.
History:
2021 c 31 art 2 s 16; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 11; 2023 c 68 art 4 s 19
NOTE:
This section, as added by Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 11, as amended by Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 19, is effective July 1, 2025. Laws 2021, First Special Session chapter 5, article 4, section 11, the effective date, and Laws 2023, chapter 68, article 4, section 19.
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.083 — Municipal Turnback Account, Expenditure.

161.083 MUNICIPAL TURNBACK ACCOUNT, EXPENDITURE.
Except as hereinafter provided, all money accruing to the municipal turnback account shall be expended in accordance with rules of the commissioner of transportation in paying a municipality having a population of 5,000 or more for the reconstruction and improvement of former trunk highways, or portions thereof, that have reverted to such municipality in accordance with law, and have become a part of the municipal state-aid street system.
History:
1965 c 672 s 3; 1967 c 187 s 2; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.084 — Surplus Funds In Turnback Accounts.

161.084 SURPLUS FUNDS IN TURNBACK ACCOUNTS.
On determining at any time that there are surplus funds in either the county or municipal turnback account that are not needed for the purposes specified herein, the commissioner shall notify the commissioner of management and budget in writing of such determination, and such surplus funds, in the amount specified by the commissioner, shall be transferred to the county state-aid highway fund, or the municipal state-aid street fund, as the case may be, and apportioned as provided by law.
History:
1965 c 672 s 4; 1973 c 492 s 14; 1986 c 444; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 109
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.085 — Appropriation From Turnback Accounts.

161.085 APPROPRIATION FROM TURNBACK ACCOUNTS.
Moneys in the county turnback account and the municipal turnback account are hereby appropriated annually to the commissioner of transportation for the purposes of carrying out the terms of sections 161.081 to 161.084.
History:
1965 c 672 s 5; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1996 c 455 art 3 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.089 — Report On Dedicated Fund Expenditures.

161.089 REPORT ON DEDICATED FUND EXPENDITURES.
By January 15 of each odd-numbered year, the commissioners of transportation and public safety, in consultation with the commissioner of management and budget, must jointly submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation finance. The report must list detailed expenditures and transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for the previous two fiscal years and must include information on the purpose of each expenditure. The report must include a separate section that lists detailed expenditures and transfers from the trunk highway fund and highway user tax distribution fund for cybersecurity.
History:
1Sp2019 c 3 art 3 s 6; 1Sp2021 c 5 art 4 s 13
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.09 — Department Orders, Files, And Records.

161.09
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.09 DEPARTMENT ORDERS, FILES, AND RECORDS.
Subdivision 1.
Custodian.
The official acts and determinations of the commissioner shall be denominated orders. The commissioner shall be the custodian of and shall preserve such orders and the records and files of the Transportation Department and its predecessor departments. Subject to reasonable rules, the orders, records, and files shall be open to public inspection.
Subd. 2.
Copies as evidence.
Copies of the orders, records, and files, certified by the commissioner as true copies, shall be received in evidence in any court in this state with the same force and effect as the originals.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 9; 1978 c 674 s 18; 1985 c 248 s 70
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.095 — Travel Expense For Job Applicants.

161.095 TRAVEL EXPENSE FOR JOB APPLICANTS.
Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the state of Minnesota, Department of Transportation, may pay the necessary moving and travel expenses including the necessary travel expenses to and from interviews arranged by the Department of Transportation, incurred by job applicants for technical positions recruited by the Department of Transportation.
History:
1959 c 379 s 1,2; 1976 c 166 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.10 — Investigations, Recommendations, Reports.

161.10
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.10 INVESTIGATIONS, RECOMMENDATIONS, REPORTS.
When practicable the commissioner shall investigate and determine the location of road material in the state, ascertain the most approved methods of construction and improvement of roads, investigate the most approved laws in relation to roads in other states and hold public meetings throughout the state when deemed advisable. On or before November 15 on each even-numbered year the commissioner shall make a printed report to the governor stating the condition, management, and financial transactions of the Transportation Department, including a statement of the expense incurred in maintaining such department; the number of miles of roads built or improved during the preceding two fiscal years and their cost; the general character and location of material suitable for road construction; the general character and needs of the roads of the state; the name, location, size, and description of each state trail, state water access site, and state rest area established by the commissioner since the last report; and recommend such legislation as the commissioner deems advisable.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 10; 1969 c 540 s 8; 1975 c 353 s 40; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 7 art 2 s 23
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.11 — Compensation Insurance.

161.11
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.11 COMPENSATION INSURANCE.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner may purchase.
The commissioner may procure on the open market a policy of insurance covering the payment of benefits accruing under the Workers' Compensation Act to employees of the Department of Transportation engaged in work on highways other than trunk highways pursuant to any agreements made for such work by the commissioner with any political subdivision or agency of the state.
Subd. 2.
Payment of premium and reimbursement.
The commissioner may pay the premiums for any said policy of insurance out of the trunk highway fund. The political subdivision or agency of the state for whom work is performed by employees of the Department of Transportation pursuant to any agreement therefor made with the commissioner shall pay to the trunk highway fund that portion of the premium for said policy of insurance directly attributable to the work performed for it.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 11; 1975 c 359 s 23; 1976 c 166 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.117 — Trunk Highways; Additional Routes.

161.117 TRUNK HIGHWAYS; ADDITIONAL ROUTES.
Subdivision 1.
New routes added.
There may be added by order of the commissioner of transportation to the trunk highway system new routes described as follows:
Subd. 2.
Route No. 380.
Beginning at a point on Route No. 390 at its intersection with Shepard Road in the city of St. Paul; thence extending in a northeasterly direction generally following along the course of Shepard Road to a point on Route No. 112; thence extending in a northeasterly direction to a point on Route No. 392 easterly of the downtown area of St. Paul; providing a connector route between Route No. 390 and Route Nos. 112 and 392.
Subd. 3.
Route No. 382.
Beginning at a point on Route No. 390 at its junction with Route No. 111, thence extending in a general northerly direction, within the corridor of the right-of-way already acquired on May 31, 1975, for Route No. 390, to a point on Short Line Road; thence extending in a northeasterly direction within said corridor of right-of-way to the intersection of Pleasant Avenue and Kellogg Boulevard in the city of St. Paul.
Subd. 4.
Route No. 383.
Beginning at a point on Route No. 393 in the city of Bloomington and continuing in a northerly direction above the present alignment of Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 18 to its intersection with Route No. 3 in or near the city of Brooklyn Park.
Subd. 5.
Route No. 384.
Beginning at a point on Route No. 393 in the city of Eden Prairie and continuing in an easterly direction along the present alignment of Hennepin County State-Aid Highway 62 to its intersection with Route No. 116.
Subd. 6.
[Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24]
History:
1975 c 203 s 19; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 740 s 1; 1986 c 452 s 29
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.122 — Restrictions On Marked Trunk Highway 51.

161.122 RESTRICTIONS ON MARKED TRUNK HIGHWAY 51.
The location, designation, marking and numbering of Legislative Route No. 125, marked Trunk Highway 51, as that route is established, located, designated, marked, and traveled southerly of University Avenue within the city of St. Paul, shall not be changed by the commissioner of transportation.
Nothing in this section shall be construed to restrict the study of options under consideration regarding the completion of Interstate 35E.
History:
1981 c 345 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.1245 — Highway Construction; Authorizations And Restrictions.

161.1245 HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION; AUTHORIZATIONS AND RESTRICTIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Routes No. 382 and No. 392.
The commissioner of transportation is authorized to construct a four-lane parkway with limited access along the right-of-way of Route No. 382 in the city of St. Paul. The commissioner shall not construct any highway on Route No. 382 or connection to Route No. 392 other than that described in this subdivision.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1982 c 628 s 3]
Subd. 3.
Route No. 3.
The commissioner of transportation shall not authorize the construction of any traffic lanes on Trunk Highway marked 3 from Trunk Highway marked 110 in Dakota County to East Seventh Street in the city of St. Paul in addition to those in existence on January 1, 1978.
Subd. 4.
Route No. 396.
Notwithstanding any state law to the contrary, the commissioner of transportation shall extend, without undue delay, the interstate route commonly known as I-35 by construction of Route No. 396 described in section 161.12 in accordance with federal regulations for receiving federal aid made available by the United States to the state of Minnesota for highway purposes.
History:
1978 c 740 s 4; 1982 c 628 s 2; 1984 c 477 s 2; 2001 c 191 s 2
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.125 — Sound Abatement Along Highways.

161.125 SOUND ABATEMENT ALONG HIGHWAYS.
Subdivision 1.
Implementation.
The commissioner of transportation shall implement noise abatement measures within or along the perimeter of freeways and expressways contingent on the availability of funding, in accordance with section 116.07, subdivision 2a.
Subd. 2.
[Repealed, 1977 c 454 s 49]
Subd. 3.
Sound-abatement measures.
(a) For the purpose of this section, sound-abatement measures include but are not limited to the following:
(1) traffic-management measures, including reduced speed limits or exclusion and rerouting of excessively noisy vehicles;
(2) design and construction measures, including use of sound-absorbing road surface materials, landscaping and planning, acquisition of buffer zones or noise insulation of buildings on abutting property;
(3) enforcement of the motor vehicle source noise limits of the Pollution Control Agency and of the federal Bureau of Motor Carrier Safety; and
(4) other measures designed for the purpose of reducing motor vehicle source noise or reducing the effects of that noise.
(b) The commissioner of public safety shall cooperate with the commissioner of transportation in implementing any sound-abatement measures that include law enforcement activities.
History:
1975 c 203 s 20; 1976 c 164 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1977 c 454 s 13,14; 1978 c 791 s 18; 1981 c 357 s 49; 1983 c 326 s 1; 1995 c 265 art 2 s 16; 2009 c 86 art 1 s 24; 2023 c 68 art 5 s 6
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.139 — Highway Designation Costs.

161.139 HIGHWAY DESIGNATION COSTS.
The commissioner shall not adopt a design or erect a sign to mark or memorialize a highway or bridge, pursuant to designation by the legislature, unless the commissioner is assured of the availability of funds from nonstate sources sufficient to pay all costs related to designing, erecting, and maintaining the signs. The commissioner may remove a sign that marks or memorializes a highway or bridge as designated by the legislature if:
(1) the sign requires maintenance, repair, or replacement;
(2) the commissioner has made a reasonable effort to obtain funds for maintenance, repair, or replacement from nonstate sources; and
(3) the funds obtained under clause (2) are insufficient to pay all related costs.
History:
1996 c 455 art 3 s 5; 2009 c 23 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.141 — Northwest Angle, Connecting Highway; Federal Approval.

161.141 NORTHWEST ANGLE, CONNECTING HIGHWAY; FEDERAL APPROVAL.
Subdivision 1.
Agreement.
The commissioner of transportation may enter into an agreement with the authorized authorities of the province of Manitoba, Canada providing for an equitable division of costs and responsibilities to be borne by the state of Minnesota and the province of Manitoba for the establishment, location, construction, maintenance, and operation of a highway through the province of Manitoba, thereby connecting the Northwest Angle with other parts of the state of Minnesota.
Subd. 2.
Required condition.
The agreement shall contain an express provision that it shall not be binding on the state of Minnesota until approved by the Congress of the United States. The agreement shall contain the further express provision that the agreement shall not be binding on the state of Minnesota unless the Congress of the United States appropriates to the state of Minnesota a sum of money sufficient to pay Minnesota's share of the cost of the highway.
Subd. 3.
Implementation.
Upon approval of Congress and the appropriation of money by Congress as provided in subdivision 2, the commissioner may proceed to carry out the terms of the agreement provided for in subdivision 1.
History:
1959 c 132 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.148 — Great River Road, Location Of Route.

161.148 GREAT RIVER ROAD, LOCATION OF ROUTE.
Subdivision 1.
Commissioner's responsibility.
The commissioner of transportation shall designate, establish and locate the Great River Road described in and authorized by section 161.142, with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission and, when the location is not on the trunk highway system, with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road.
Subd. 2.
Alternate routes.
The commissioner of transportation may designate, establish, locate and mark alternate routes of the Great River Road with the approval of the Mississippi River Parkway Commission upon highways of the trunk highway system and when not located upon the trunk highway system with the approval of the political subdivision having jurisdiction of the road.
Subd. 3.
Expenditures limitation.
Funds shall not be expended on any alternate route or routes provided for by subdivision 2 except to the extent of any surplus in federal funds provided for the route designated under subdivision 1 or as provided by agreement with the United States government.
Subd. 4.
[Repealed, 1978 c 495 s 5]
History:
1974 c 34 s 1; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1978 c 495 s 2-4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.15 — Specific Location; Limitation On Deviations.

161.15
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.15 SPECIFIC LOCATION; LIMITATION ON DEVIATIONS.
The commissioner may specifically and definitely locate all of the routes of the trunk highway system, but in so locating same, the commissioner shall not deviate from the starting points or terminals as set forth in the route description; nor shall there be any deviation from the various cities named in the routes through which such routes shall pass.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 15; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1986 c 444
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.162 — Definitions.

161.162 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
The terms in sections 161.162 to 161.167 have the meanings given them in this section and section 160.02.
Subd. 2.
Final layout.
(a) "Final layout" means geometric layouts and supplemental drawings that show the location, character, dimensions, access, and explanatory information about the highway construction or improvement work being proposed. "Final layout" includes, where applicable, traffic lanes, shoulders, trails, intersections, signals, bridges, approximate right-of-way limits, existing ground line and proposed grade line of the highway, turn lanes, access points and closures, sidewalks, proposed design speed, noise walls, transit considerations, auxiliary lanes, interchange locations, interchange types, sensitive areas, existing right-of-way, traffic volume and turning movements, location of stormwater drainage, location of municipal utilities, project schedule and estimated cost, and the name of the project manager.
(b) "Final layout" does not include a cost participation agreement. For purposes of this subdivision "cost participation agreement" means a document signed by the commissioner and the governing body of a municipality that states the costs of a highway construction project that will be paid by the municipality.
Subd. 3.
Final construction plan.
"Final construction plan" means the set of technical drawings for the construction or improvement of a trunk highway provided to contractors for bids.
Subd. 4.
Governing body.
"Governing body" means the elected council of a municipality.
Subd. 5.
Municipality.
"Municipality" means a statutory or home rule charter city.
History:
2001 c 191 s 3; 2002 c 364 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.163 — Highway Project Review.

161.163 HIGHWAY PROJECT REVIEW.
Subdivision 1.
Projects requiring review.
Sections 161.162 to 161.167 apply only to projects that alter access, increase or reduce highway traffic capacity, or require acquisition of permanent rights-of-way.
Subd. 2.
Traffic safety measures.
Nothing contained in sections 161.162 to 161.167 limits the power of the commissioner to regulate traffic or install traffic-control devices or other safety measures on trunk highways located within municipalities regardless of their impact on access or traffic capacity or on the need for additional right-of-way.
Subd. 3.
Construction program.
Nothing contained in sections 161.162 to 161.167 limits the commissioner's discretion to determine priority and programming of trunk highway projects.
History:
2001 c 191 s 4
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.166 — Commissioner Action; Other Highways.

161.166 COMMISSIONER ACTION; OTHER HIGHWAYS.
Subdivision 1.
Applicability.
This section applies to trunk highways that are not interstate highways.
Subd. 2.
Action on approved final layout.
If the appeal board recommends approval of the final layout or does not submit its findings or recommendations within 60 days of the hearing, in which case the final layout is deemed approved, the commissioner may prepare substantially similar final construction plans and proceed with the project. If the final construction plans change access or traffic capacity or require additional acquisition of right-of-way from the final layout approved by the appeal board, the commissioner shall submit the portion of the final construction plan that shows the changes, to the governing body for its approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2.
Subd. 3.
Action on final layout approved with changes.
(a) If the appeal board approves the final layout with modifications, the commissioner may:
(1) prepare final construction plans including the modifications, notify the governing body, and proceed with the project;
(2) decide not to proceed with the project; or
(3) prepare a new final layout and resubmit it to the governing body for approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2.
(b) If the final construction plans contain changes in access or traffic capacity or require additional acquisition of permanent right-of-way from the final layout reviewed by the appeal board or the governing body, the commissioner shall resubmit the portion of the final construction plans that shows the changes, to the governing body for its approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2.
Subd. 4.
Action on disapproved final layout.
If the appeal board disapproves the final layout, the commissioner may:
(1) decide not to proceed with the project; or
(2) prepare a new final layout and submit it to the governing body for approval or disapproval under section 161.164, subdivision 2.
Subd. 5.
Final construction plans issued.
The commissioner shall send a complete set of final construction plans to the municipality at least 45 days before the bid opening for informational purposes.
History:
2001 c 191 s 7; 2020 c 83 art 1 s 51
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.167 — Reimbursement Of Expenses.

161.167 REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES.
Members of the appeal board shall submit to the commissioner an itemized list of the expenses incurred in disposing of matters presented to them. The appeal board members shall be reimbursed for all reasonable expenses incurred by them in the performance of their duties. The commissioner shall pay these costs out of the trunk highway fund.
History:
2001 c 191 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.18 — Prior Easements Vest In State.

161.18
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.18 PRIOR EASEMENTS VEST IN STATE.
When any road or highway, including any city street or portion thereof, is taken over by the state as a trunk highway, the state as to any such road, street, or highway or portion thereof, without compensation paid therefor, shall be vested with all rights, titles, easements, and appurtenances thereto appertaining, held by or vested in any of the political subdivisions of the state prior to the time such road, street, or highway is taken over by the state.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 18; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.19 — Certain Records Obtained And Filed.

161.19
MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 500 art 6 s 13]
161.19 CERTAIN RECORDS OBTAINED AND FILED.
Upon the written request of the commissioner the court administrator of any court, the auditor of any county, the clerk of any town, or the recorder or clerk of any city shall furnish a copy of the proceedings, documents, and plats, if any, relating to the establishment of any road or the procuring of the right-of-way of any road which has been or may be taken over by the state of Minnesota as a trunk highway. The copy shall be filed in the records of the commissioner and shall be prima facie evidence of the existence of the road as described therein. The legal fee for the copies shall be paid from the trunk highway fund.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 19; 1973 c 123 art 5 s 7; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.21 — Studies.

161.21 STUDIES.
Subdivision 1.
Location and design of highways.
The commissioner may make or cause to be made such studies and investigations as the commissioner deems necessary for the purpose of determining the most advantageous location and design of trunk highways from the standpoint of both present and future traffic needs, and in making such determinations the commissioner may take into consideration the probable future development of both urban and rural areas and the effect of such development on future traffic needs as indicated by such studies and investigations and the location and design with respect to bikeway establishment.
Subd. 2.
Cooperation with other governmental units.
Such studies and investigations may also be carried out by the commissioner in cooperation with any governmental authority or agency of this state or of any other state, the federal government or any of its agency, including the National Academy of Sciences, whenever federal law or federal rules and regulations require such studies in order for Minnesota to receive federal aid.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 21; 1963 c 115 s 1; 1973 c 620 s 3; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2017 c 3 art 3 s 25
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.231 — Appropriation; Proceeds From State Property.

161.231 APPROPRIATION; PROCEEDS FROM STATE PROPERTY.
There is appropriated annually from the fund or account in the state treasury to which the money from the sale, lease, conveyance, or disposal of state property is credited a sufficient amount of money to carry out the state's obligations under the provisions of sections 15.16, 117.135, 117.226, 161.16, 161.202, 161.23, subdivision 3, 161.24, 161.241, 161.43, 161.433, 161.44, 161.442, and 272.68, subdivision 3, including the inventorying, marketing, and property management activities required to sell, lease, rent, permit, convey, or otherwise dispose of the land or the interest in the land. At the discretion of the commissioner of transportation, money in the account at the end of each biennium may cancel to the trunk highway fund.
History:
Ex1971 c 3 s 75; 2015 c 75 art 2 s 8
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.241 — Relocation Of Railroad Tracks, Acquisition Of Land.

161.241 RELOCATION OF RAILROAD TRACKS, ACQUISITION OF LAND.
Subdivision 1.
Acquisition.
Whenever the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a trunk highway will require the acquisition by the state of lands or interests in lands owned by a railroad company, and will require the railroad company to relocate its tracks in order to provide right-of-way for the trunk highway, the commissioner of transportation may either reimburse the railroad company for replacement lands including all reasonable costs directly related to acquiring the replacement lands, necessary for relocation of its tracks or may acquire, by purchase, gift, or eminent domain proceedings, the lands or interests in lands necessary for the relocation of such tracks. Such acquisition is deemed to be for a trunk highway purpose. The commissioner and the railroad company shall mutually agree whether the replacement lands will be provided by the commissioner or acquired by the railroad company.
Subd. 2.
Agreement.
The lands to be acquired from the railroad company, and the lands necessary for the relocation of the railroad tracks to be acquired by the state, shall be described in a voluntary agreement between the railroad company and the commissioner. Such agreement shall set forth the consideration to be paid for the lands involved. The consideration may be an even exchange of land if the market value is equal, or there may be money payment or services to be rendered by one party or the other to the agreement in addition to the exchange of land, depending on the relative market values of the lands involved. Any money paid to the state shall be credited to the trunk highway fund.
Subd. 3.
Form of conveyance.
The commissioner shall convey to the railroad company, by quitclaim deed, lands or interests in lands acquired by the state pursuant to the provisions of subdivisions 1 to 3.
Subd. 4.
Highway lands no longer needed.
The commissioner shall convey to a railroad company, by quitclaim deed, lands owned by the state in fee for trunk highway purposes, but no longer needed for such purposes, when the lands are needed by a railroad company for the relocation of its tracks which is required by the construction, reconstruction, or improvement of a trunk highway. The consideration must be set forth in a voluntary agreement between the railroad company and the commissioner of transportation and must be as provided in subdivision 2.
Subd. 5.
[Repealed, 1976 c 163 s 63]
History:
1963 c 704 s 1-3; 1976 c 166 s 7; 1983 c 143 s 3,4; 2003 c 102 s 1
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.25 — Temporary Trunk Highway Detour; Haul Road.

161.25 TEMPORARY TRUNK HIGHWAY DETOUR; HAUL ROAD.
If, for the purpose of constructing or maintaining any trunk highway, the use of any public street or highway is necessary for a detour or haul road, the commissioner may designate any such street or highway as a temporary trunk highway detour or as a temporary trunk highway haul road, and shall thereafter maintain the same as a temporary trunk highway until the commissioner revokes the designation. Prior to revoking the designation the commissioner shall restore such streets or highways to as good condition as they were prior to the designation of same as temporary trunk highways. Upon revoking the designation, the street or highway shall revert to the subdivision charged with the care thereof at the time it was taken over as a temporary trunk highway.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 25; 1986 c 444; 1994 c 635 art 2 s 3
2023 Minnesota Statutes › Chapters 160 - 174A — Transportation › Chapter 161 — Trunk Highways › Section 161.26 — Highway Maintained Across Portion Of Adjoining State.

161.26 HIGHWAY MAINTAINED ACROSS PORTION OF ADJOINING STATE.
When a state trunk highway route is so located that in order to properly connect the designated objectives it is advisable to construct and maintain the highway across a portion of an adjoining state, the commissioner is authorized to expend trunk highway funds therefor in the same manner as other expenditures for trunk highway purposes are made. No such highway or portion thereof shall be established or constructed in any adjoining state until the adjoining state shall first pass legislation consenting thereto and granting the commissioner necessary jurisdiction over the portion of the highway located in the adjoining state.
History:
1959 c 500 art 2 s 26