An historic US highway terminus in Minneapolis

Photo credits: Monte Castleman; Jeff Morrison

The photo below is looking north on 3rd Avenue at Washington Avenue:

Castleman, 2004

The tower in the foreground is the Milwaukee Road Depot; the bend in the distance is where the road goes over the Mississippi River. This downtown intersection has marked the endpoints of several US routes over the years. US 12 used to be routed along Washington. Originally US 55 came in from the south (like the red truck) and ended at this intersection (he's turning west onto historic US 12). Then in 1934 the US 55 designation was eliminated, but US 65 (which until then had been routed into St. Paul instead of Minneapolis) was changed such that it followed the former route of US 55 and ended at this same intersection. Meanwhile, the US 8 designation had been extended south to this point as well - it came in from the north on 3rd. The photo below is looking at the same intersection from the opposite direction - you can see the skywalk from which the photo above was taken:

Morrison, May 2007

That's the former end of US 8, and straight ahead has been the beginning of both US 55 and US 65. You can click on the links in the chart above to view the entire history of the endpoints for each route.