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transportation JUNE, 1980 PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL A Principal Arterial is a grade-separated, high with wayzata. INTERMEDIATE ARTERIAL An Intermediate Arterial is a controlled-access, major traffic generators without direct access to residential properties. State Highway 12 is an Intermediate Arterial through Orono although many access and intersection characteristics are typical ot a minor arterial or collector. JURISDICTION: STATE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH: MINIMUM 100 FEET FOR TWO LANE HIGHWAY MINOR ARTERIAL A Minor Arterial is a controlled access, moderate capacity street or highway designed to move vehicles within planning subregions and between adjacent subregions. The Lake Minnetonka Ring Route is a arterial functioning to move, principally commuters and truck traffic, from the western Lake Minnetonka communities into the urbanized areas of the Twin Cities. The minor arterial route channels traffic away from Lake Minnetonka to State Highways 12 and 55, and in the near future, to a direct intersection with Interstate 494 in Plymouth. Land use access is intended to be limited to major traffic generators and local street intersections without direct access to individual residences. JURISDICTION: HENNEPIN COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH: MINIMUM 80 FEET FOR TWO LANE HIGHWAY COLLECTOR A Collector street functions to collect traffic from local streets and move it to neighborhood activity centers or to intersections with minor or intermediate arterials. Local land use access is permitted with other collectors are often controlled with signals or with four way stop signs. Traffic usage is moderate. 4 JURISDICTION: COUNTY OR CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH: 60-66 FEET CMP 7-15 .1