16th Street West (Minot, North Dakota)
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16th Street West, or simply 16th Street in local vernacular, is a major north-south city route in Minot, North Dakota
. It is the second-largest north-south route in the city after Broadway, and has four lanes between 4th Avenue NW and the Dakota Square Mall
.
Major locations along the street include educational institutions such as the Magic City Campus of Minot High School
, the Quentin N. Burdick
Job Corps
Center, and Longfellow Elementary School, and the shopping districts around Dakota Square Mall and Arrowhead Shopping Center. Many businesses along 4th Avenue NW and 20th Avenue SW are located close to 16th Street, including Oak Park Center along 4th Avenue.
With the opening in 2002 of an underpass under the Canadian Pacific Railway
, it opened up a fourth route in the city for traffic to freely pass moving trains – and only the second such crossing to have four lanes of traffic.
Beyond 21st Avenue NW it continues as a private gravel road, though a route is now being surveyed to continue the road northward to intersect with the US 83 bypass.
Minot, North Dakota
Minot is a city located in north central North Dakota in the United States. It is most widely known for the Air Force base located approximately 15 miles north of the city. With a population of 40,888 at the 2010 census, Minot is the fourth largest city in the state...
. It is the second-largest north-south route in the city after Broadway, and has four lanes between 4th Avenue NW and the Dakota Square Mall
Dakota Square Mall
-Overview:The largest mall within , is the third biggest mall in North Dakota, boasting 70 shops, with four major anchor stores, a food court and a nine-screen Carmike Cinema with stadium seating...
.
Major locations along the street include educational institutions such as the Magic City Campus of Minot High School
Minot High School
Minot High School is the public high school in Minot, North Dakota, USA, divided between two main campuses: Magic City and Central...
, the Quentin N. Burdick
Quentin N. Burdick
Quentin Northrup Burdick was a United States Senator from North Dakota from August 8, 1960 until his death in 1992. Prior to that he had served in the United States House of Representatives from January 3, 1959 to August 8, 1960. He was the son of NPL North Dakota Congressman Usher L...
Job Corps
Job Corps
Job Corps is a program administered by the United States Department of Labor that offers free-of-charge education and vocational training to youth ages 16 to 24.-Mission and purpose:...
Center, and Longfellow Elementary School, and the shopping districts around Dakota Square Mall and Arrowhead Shopping Center. Many businesses along 4th Avenue NW and 20th Avenue SW are located close to 16th Street, including Oak Park Center along 4th Avenue.
With the opening in 2002 of an underpass under the Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific Railway
The Canadian Pacific Railway , formerly also known as CP Rail between 1968 and 1996, is a historic Canadian Class I railway founded in 1881 and now operated by Canadian Pacific Railway Limited, which began operations as legal owner in a corporate restructuring in 2001...
, it opened up a fourth route in the city for traffic to freely pass moving trains – and only the second such crossing to have four lanes of traffic.
Beyond 21st Avenue NW it continues as a private gravel road, though a route is now being surveyed to continue the road northward to intersect with the US 83 bypass.