Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Aerial, Minneapolis looking south toward Lyndale Ave. & 35W (65)

Rapidly increasing numbers of commuters from the suburbs into Minneapolis and St. Paul required the building of an efficient highway system. The late 1950s saw the development of the Twin Cities freeway system, including the stretch of 35W (then highway 65) shown in this 1955 photograph.

Creator: Minneapolis Star Journal Tribune
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1955
Identifer: location MH5.9 RF1 p13

Aerial, Minneapolis looking south toward Lyndale Ave. & 35W (65)