State Highway 5 serves as a northeast–southwest route between Gaylord, Norwood Young America, Chanhassen, Eden Prairie, Bloomington, Richfield, downtown Saint Paul, and Maplewood. The State Highway runs though 5 counties. The highway is officially marked as an east–west route by its highway shields from beginning to end. Part of Highway 5 is designed as a
freeway near the
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport. Just to the west of that segment, Highway 5 runs
concurrent with
I-494 for between its
junction with
I-494 near the Airport and the
Minnesota River to its junction with
I-494 and
U.S. 212 in
Eden Prairie. Highway 5 is considered a significant transit corridor, known as the
Riverview Corridor, to downtown
Saint Paul from the airport and points farther south and west. There has been discussion of creating a
bus rapid transit or
light rail line along the highway, much like the
METRO Blue Line currently runs rails into downtown Minneapolis along
State Highway 55. Highway 5 is also known as
Fort Road and
West 7th Street in the city of St. Paul. of Highway 5 is officially designated the
Augie Mueller Memorial Highway. This designation is signed from its intersection with
State Highway 101 in
Chanhassen southwesterly to its intersection with
State Highway 19 in
Gaylord. Legally, State Highway 5 is defined as
legislative routes 45, 52, 102, 109, 111, and 121 in the Minnesota Statutes. The route is not marked with those numbers. ==History==