Business Loop I-35 - Pine City

This business route follows a portion of old U.S. 61 for a distance of approximately 2.9 miles through Pine City while I-35 bypasses the city to the west. Business Loop I-35 travels east along Hillside Avenue SW (CSAH 7) from Exit 169 to Main Street. Main Street, signed also as Historic U.S. 61, takes the route north through the Pine City business district and across the Snake River to Henriette Road NW (CSAH 11). CSAH 11 leads Business Loop I-35 back to I-35 at Exit 171.

Business Loop I-35 in Pine City was approved by the Pine County Board on Sept. 18, 2012. Subsequent actions by the AASHTO Special Committee on Route Numbering followed suit on November 16, 2012. City officials were hopeful that designating a business loop for Pine City would result in an increase in traffic, similar to the increase experienced with the establishment of Business Loop I-35 at Faribault (pinecitykid, 2013).