Minnesota State Highway 3 routed on the Lafayette Freeway through South St. Paul / West St. Paul to downtown Saint Paul. Nearby US 52 was routed on a stretch of Robert Street during this period of time. The Lafayette Freeway was completely constructed in 1994, US 52 was then rerouted along that route and MN 3 was shortened to its current northern terminus at its junction with MN 62 in Inver Grove Heights. Minnesota State Highway 3 Minnesota State Highway 3 (MN 3) is a state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 21 in Faribault and continues north to its
Minnesota State Highway 28 upon crossing the state line. MN 28 parallels MN 27 throughout its route until MN 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with MN 28. The Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located on MN 28 in Traverse County at Browns Valley. The highway overlaps MN 27 for the last of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street. MN 28 is legally defined as Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes.