Trunk Highway 169 | ||||
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 MN 169 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 48.853 mi[2] (78.621 km) | |||
| Existed | April 22, 1933[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  US 53 at Wuori Township, north of Virginia | |||
 MN 1 at Vermilion Lake Township MN 135 at Tower MN 1 at Ely | ||||
| North end |  CR 18 at Fall Lake Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | St. Louis, Lake | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 169 (MN 169) is a 48.853-mile-long (78.621 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 53 in Wuori Township (immediately north of the city of Virginia) and continues northeast to its northern terminus at the intersection of Lake County Road 18 and Power Dam Road in Fall Lake Township (6-miles east of Ely). State Highway 169 becomes Lake County Road 18 at this point.
State Highway 169 is numbered as an extension of U.S. Highway 169, using the same mileage that began at the Iowa state line.
The route runs concurrent with State Highway 1 for 26 miles (42 km) from Vermilion Lake Township (west of Tower) to Ely.