Interstate 35W (Minnesota)

Interstate 35W
Interstate 35W highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	41.778 mi (67.235 km)
Major junctions
South end:	I-35 / I-35E in Burnsville
	MN 13 in Burnsville I-494 / MN 5 in Bloomington and Richfield MN 62 in Richfield and Minneapolis I-94 in Minneapolis MN 36 / MN 280 in Roseville I-694 from New Brighton to Arden Hills US 10 in Mounds View
North end:	I-35 / I-35E in Columbus
Location
Counties:	Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Anoka
Highway system
Interstate Highway System Main Auxiliary Suffixed Business Future Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← I-35E MN 36 →

MN 13 in Burnsville

Interstate 35W (I-35W) is an Interstate Highway in the U.S. state of Minnesota, passing through downtown Minneapolis. It is one of two through routes for Interstate 35 through the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, the other being Interstate 35E through downtown Saint Paul. I-35 splits into two branch routes: I-35W, which serves Minneapolis, and I-35E, which serves St. Paul.

Traveling north, I-35 splits at Burnsville, and the I-35W route runs north for 41 miles, carrying its own separate sequence of exit numbers. It runs through the city of Minneapolis before rejoining with I-35E to re-form I-35 in Columbus near Forest Lake. I-35W supplanted sections of old U.S. Highway 8 northeast of Minneapolis and old U.S. Highway 65 south of Minneapolis that have since been removed from the U.S. highway system.