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'U.S. Highway 212' is a spur of U.S. Highway 12. Though it currently never intersects U.S. 12, it once had an eastern terminus at U.S. 12 in St. Paul, Minnesota. It runs for 949 miles (1,527 km) from Minnesota Highway 62 at Edina, Minnesota to Yellowstone National Park.
U.S. 212 passes through the states of Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Montana. It goes through the cities of Watertown, South Dakota and Billings, Montana.
The section of Highway 212 between Red Lodge, Montana and Cooke City, Montana is known as the Beartooth Highway, which the late CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt called "the most beautiful drive in America."
The 160 miles of Highway 212 in Minnesota are officially designated ''Minnesota Veterans Memorial Highway''. ''Yellowstone Trail'' is the original name designation for this same stretch of U.S. 212 from the auto trail days. ''Yellowstone Trail'' was one of the first designated names written into law in the state, but not now marked anywhere along the Minnesota portion of U.S. 212.

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U.S. 212 in Minneapolis southwest suburbs

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U.S. 212 in Minneapolis southwest suburbs

Between Chaska and Eden Prairie, Minnesota, U.S. Highway 212 is being realigned to a new freeway alignment, 18 miles in length. Part of this new alignment is already constructed between Valley View Road (Hennepin County Road 39) and Dell Road and is temporarily designated as State Highway 312 until such time as the freeway is completed. This new freeway will have a designated shoulder on both sides that will be exclusive service to buses for a planned Bus Rapid Transit route starting from Carver, MN and points onward along the freeway. This would help congestion from the exploding populations of the places that the new freeway will serve.
On April 29, 2002, former U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta was in the Twin Cities for an announcement regarding transportation in Minnesota. Mineta presented a $2.9 million check (Federal Highway Administration grant) to state transportation officials. The $2.9 million is part of the $238 million funding for the new 18-mile freeway alignment of U.S. Highway 212 in Chaska, Chanhassen, and Eden Prairie.
The groundbreaking celebration on August 20, 2005 was held in Chaska. Elected officials at the ceremony included U.S. Senator Norm Coleman, former U.S.
Rep. Mark Kennedy, U.S. Rep. John Kline, U.S. Rep. Jim Ramstad and Lieutenant Governor Carol Molnau.
Lieutenant Governor and Transportation Commissioner Carol Molnau said, "When the Legislature approved the $900 million Transportation Finance Bill secured by the Pawlenty Administration during 2003, we were able to advance Highway 212 as a 'design-build' project by eight years from its originally scheduled start between 2010 and 2015."
The $238 million project is scheduled to be completed by 2008, however it will be completed much sooner because construction workers have made great progress.

Legal Definitions

The Minnesota section of U.S. 212 is defined as Routes 155, 12, 187, and 260 in Minnesota Statutes §§ 161.114(2) and 161.115(86), (118), and (191).[1],[2]
The South Dakota section of U.S. 212 is defined at South Dakota Codified Laws § 31-4-206.[3]

See also

★ List of U.S. Routes

External links

★ Highway 212 in Minnesota - new freeway alignment - website - Link