County Road 61 (Hennepin County, Minnesota)
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CR 61 in Chanhassen
CR 4 in Eden Prairie
CR 1 in Eden Prairie
I-494 / MN 5 in Eden Prairie
CR 39 in Eden Prairie
US 212 in Eden Prairie
MN 62 in Eden Prairie, Minnetonka
CR 3 in Minnetonka, Hopkins
MN 7 in Minnetonka
CR 5 in Minnetonka
I-394 in Minnetonka
CR 6 in Plymouth
MN 55 in Plymouth
CR 9 in Plymouth
CR 10 in Plymouth
I-94 / I-694 in Maple Grove County Road 61 | |
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 CR 61 highlighted in red | |
| Route information | |
| Maintained by Hennepin County Transportation Department | |
| Length | 24.853 mi[1] (39.997 km) |
| Existed | 1960s–present |
| Major junctions | |
| South end | CR 61 in Chanhassen |
| CR 4 in Eden Prairie
I-94 / I-694 in Maple Grove | |
| North end |   CR 130 / CR 202 in Maple Grove |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Minnesota |
| County | Hennepin |
| Highway system | |
Hennepin County Road 61 or County State-Aid Highway 61 (CR 61, CSAH 61) is a 24.853-mile-long (39.997 km) major route along the east side of Interstate 494 (I-494) in Hennepin County, Minnesota. The route travels through the west suburbs of the Twin Cities through Maple Grove, Plymouth, Minnetonka, Hopkins and Eden Prairie.
Hennepin County Road 61 goes by many names. From its northern junction with CR 130 in Maple Grove, County Road 61 (CR 61) is also known as Hemlock Lane, with an interchange at I-94. Just north of its junction with CR 10 (Bass Lake Road) and the boundary with Plymouth it becomes Northwest Boulevard and continues under that name until its junction with State Highway 55 (MN 55), intersecting with CR 47 (Pineview Lane North) and CR 9 (Rockford Road). Between MN 55 and the boundary with Minnetonka it is known as Xenium Lane, intersecting with CR 6. Between the Minnetonka boundary and CR 5 (Minnetonka Boulevard), it is known as Plymouth Road, intersecting with I-394 and Cedar Lake Road. South of Minnetonka Boulevard, it changes names again to Shady Oak Road and continues into Eden Prairie, intersecting with MN 7, MN 62 and ends at US Highway 212 (US 212), but Shady Oak Road itself continues for a short distance into the "Golden Triangle" area of Eden Prairie and ends at Valley View Road. Once US 212 was shifted onto its new freeway alignment in 2008 through Eden Prairie and Chaska, the old alignment (Flying Cloud Drive) took on the designation of CR 61 continuing to the county line with Carver County.[2]
