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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 minor 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 but is regulated as to location and number with direct access to be avoided whenever alternative local street access is available. Intersections with other collectors are olten controlled with signals or with four-way stop signs. Traffic usage is moderate. JURISDICTION: COUNTY OR CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH: 60-66 FEET SCENIC PARKWAY Scenic parkway is a designation and classification used by the Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and applied by Orono to those roads which traverse especially scenic and environmentally significant areas of the City. The scenic parkway is typically a narrow, curv)'. slow speed road which provides access to recreational areas and speeial vistas of scenic attractions. High volume through traffic and commercial traffic is not appropriate on scenic parkways because these users do not benefit from the attraction and because the physical nature of the roadway is not conducive to efficient through traffic movement. Because of environmental sensitivity, scenic parkways cannot be rebuilt into higher capacity collectors or minor arterials without adversely affecting the natural setting, the scenic quality of the road and/or the property rights of abutting landowners. Because of the natural topography of the area, scenic parkways also provide some of the traf fic and local access functions of both local and collector streets. JURISDICTION: COUNTY OR CITY RIGHT-OF-WAY WIDTH; 50-66 FEET I I CMP 4A - 20