Minnesota State Highway 46
State highway in Minnesota, United States
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Minnesota State Highway 46 (MN 46) is a 46.377-mile-long (74.637 km) highway in north-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 2 near Deer River (northwest of Grand Rapids) and continues northwest to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 1 in Northome.
Trunk Highway 46 | ||||
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 MN 46 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 46.377 mi[1] (74.637 km) | |||
| Existed | 1933–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 2 in Morse Township,near Deer River | |||
| North end |  MN 1 in Northome | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Itasca, Koochiching | |||
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Route description
Highway 46 serves as a northwest–southeast route between the communities of Deer River, Squaw Lake, and Northome.
The roadway passes through the Chippewa National Forest in Itasca County.
The northern terminus for Highway 46 is its intersection with State Highway 1 in Northome, 5 blocks from U.S. Highway 71.
The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 165 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It is not marked with this number.
History
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Itasca | Morse Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 2 – Deer River, Grand Rapids, Bemidji | |
| Bowstring Lake | 10.194 | 16.406 |     CSAH 37 / Great River Road (National Route) south | South end of Great River Road overlap | |
| 11.459 | 18.441 |   CSAH 9 (Winnie Dam Road) / Great River Road (National Route) north | North end of Great River Road overlap | ||
| Koochiching | Northome | 46.380 | 74.641 |   MN 1 to US 71 – Red Lake, Effie | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||