Interstate 35E (Minnesota)

Interstate 35E
I-35E highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	39.340 mi[1] (63.312 km)
NHS	Entire route
Restrictions	Trucks over 9,000 lb (4,100 kg) gross weight prohibited between MN 5 and I-94[2]
Major junctions
South end	I-35 / I-35W in Burnsville
Major intersections	I-494 in Mendota Heights I-94 / US 10 / US 52 in Saint Paul I-694 / US 10 in Little Canada
North end	I-35 / I-35W in Columbus, near Forest Lake
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Dakota, Ramsey, Anoka
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Minnesota Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Legislative Scenic
← I-35 → I-35W

Interstate 35E (I-35E) is an Interstate Highway in the US state of Minnesota, passing through downtown Saint Paul. It is one of two through routes for I-35 through the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, the other being I-35W through Minneapolis. Thus, both ends of I-35E are shared with I-35W and I-35.

During the early years of the Interstate Highway System, branching Interstates with directional suffixes, such as N, S, E, and W, were common nationwide. On every other Interstate nationwide, these directional suffixes have been phased out by redesignating the suffixed route numbers with a loop or spur route number designation (such as I-270 in Maryland, which was once I-70S) or, in some cases, were assigned a different route number (such as I-76, which was once I-80S). In the case of I-35 in the Twin Cities area, since neither branch is clearly the main route and both branches return to a unified Interstate beyond the cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul, officials at the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) have allowed the suffixes of E and W in Minnesota to remain in the present day. I-35 also splits into I-35E and I-35W in Dallas–Fort Worth, Texas, for similar reasons as the I-35 split in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul area.

Similar to the Texas split, the Minnesota version of I-35E continues the exit numbers of I-35, while those of I-35W begin with 1 just north of the split. I-35E also carries the legislative route of I-35—unsigned legislative route 390—through the Twin Cities. On the other hand, the portion of I-35E through the West Seventh neighborhood of Saint Paul is a controversial four-lane parkway that heavy trucks are prohibited from using.

I-35E in Minnesota is 39 miles (63 km) in length.