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U.S. Department
of Transportation
Federal Highway
Administration

Associate Administrator
John Baxter
202-366-9494
john.baxter@dot.gov
www.fhwa.dot.gov/flh/

Federal Lands Highway
provides planning,
design, and engineering
services to support the
highways and bridges
that provide access to
and within federally
owned lands.

Federal Lands Divisions

Eastern
Federal Lands

Eastern Federal Lands

Division Engineer
Melisa Ridenour
703-404-6201
melisa.ridenour@fhwa.dot.gov
dot.gov
www.efl.fhwa.dot.gov

Septemer 2007
See FLH website for sources

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Fact Sheet


Minnesota FLHP

MN FLHP road miles: 5,578
Funding Authorized FY 98 – 07: $97,140,000
Federal land acreage as percentage of total state area: 11.6%*
MN population: 5,167,101

Minnesota State

  • National Park Service (5 units)

  • U.S. Forest Service (2)

  • Bureau of Indian Affairs/ Tribal Governments (11)

  • U.S. Fish andWildlife Service (20)

  • This percentage includeds Federal lands that are not part of the FLHP core program and not depicted on the map

Photo of Ash River Trail in Voyageurs National ParkThe Federal Lands Highway Program in Minnesota. Water dominates the landscape of Voyageurs National Park, where more than 30 lakes fill glacier carved rock basins. Between these lakes and adjacent rocky knobs and ridges extend bogs, marshes and beaver ponds.This is the same landscape that greeted the “voyageurs” of the 18th and 19th century fur trade.

The old, narrow dirt road to the Ash River Visitor Center and boat ramp was dangerous and often impassable due to inclement weather. Eastern Federal Lands designed a modern scenic road, the Ash River Trail, with adequate passing areas, scenic overlooks, and year-round access to Kabetogama Lake for boating, ice fishing, and snowmobiling. Innovative engineering and environmental sensitivity were necessary in traversing the park’s unique terrain. A series of pipes and granular material that permitted a free exchange of water under the roadway from both sides of a wetland were constructed to provide road stability and minimize impacts to the pristine wetlands.The project received the 1998 Biennial Award for Design Excellence on Public Lands.

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