#interstate 94

1974

Interstate 94 in Downtown Minneapolis.

Photos from the Star Tribune Photographs archival collection (M/A 0332). Campaign brochure from the Minneapolis and Hennepin County Vertical Subject Files.

Made it home last weekend. What should have been a 35-38 hour drive turned into 45+ hours. Got stuck driving through that massive winter storm that passed through the Midwest. For 8-10 hours we were stuck in single file traffic, doing 25-35 mph through most of Minnesota, and Wisconsin. We must have passed 50+ semi trucks off the road, and tons of cars. Lucky for us eastbound traffic on 94 stayed moving. Never again will I race, drive through a winter storm of that size in its entirety.

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This view looks across the residential neighborhoods bordering Interstate 94 in Minneapolis, an area shaped heavily by mid-20th-century highway construction. When I-94 was built between the 1950s and early 1970s, it cut through several established communities—including parts of Cedar-Riverside, Seward, and Phillips—reshaping street grids, housing patterns, and long-standing cultural districts. The snow-covered homes clustered above the highway reflect a mix of older housing stock and later infill development that emerged after the corridor was completed. The elevated ramps and interchanges shown here connect local streets to one of the region’s primary east–west routes, linking downtown Minneapolis with St. Paul and the wider interstate system.

I94 merge - Taken with my first DSLR camera ~2003-2004, this picture captures a textbook merge from I35 south to I94 east via the East 7th street bridge.

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