{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road| state=MN | type=MN | route = 41 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Minnesota State Highway 41}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=MN 41 highlighted in red | established = 1933 | length_mi = 9.382 | length_ref = <ref name=logpoint5/> | direction_a = South | direction_b = North | terminus_a ={{Jct|state=MN|US|169|CSAH|county2=Scott|78}} at Jackson Township | terminus_b ={{Jct|state=MN|MN|7}} at Shorewood | |junction={{Jct|state=MN|US|212}} at Chaska<br>{{Jct|state=MN|MN|5}} at Chanhassen | counties=Scott, Carver, Hennepin | previous_type=MN | previous_route=40 | next_type=MN | next_route=42 }} '''Minnesota State Highway 41''' ('''MN 41''') is a {{convert|9.382|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 169 in Jackson Township near Shakopee and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 7 in Shorewood.
==Route description== Highway 41 is {{convert|9|mi|km}} in length and serves as a north–south arterial route between the communities of Chaska and Chanhassen.
The route crosses the Minnesota River between Jackson Township and Chaska.
41 is also known as ''Chestnut Street'' in Chaska and ''Hazeltine Boulevard'' in Chanhassen.
Highway 41 has an intersection with ''Chaska Boulevard'' (Old Highway 212) in downtown Chaska.
41 has an interchange with the U.S. 212 freeway in Chaska.
The Minnesota Landscape Arboretum is located immediately west of the junction of Highway 41 and Highway 5 in Chanhassen / Chaska. The Arboretum entrance is located on Highway 5.<ref>[http://www.arboretum.umn.edu/ U of M website for Minnesota Landscape Arboretum - Link]</ref>
==History== Highway 41 was posted in 1934 between U.S. 212 at Chaska and State Highway 7 at Shorewood.<ref name=riner>{{riner |route=41 |access date=October 20, 2010}}</ref>
The section of Highway 41 between U.S. 169 at Jackson Township and U.S. 212 at Chaska was authorized in 1950.<ref name=riner/>
The original section of Highway 41 between U.S. 212 and Highway 7 was paved by 1940.<ref name=riner/>
The original Minnesota River bridge between Jackson Township and Chaska opened in 1960.<ref name=oldbridge>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnweeks.com/river_minnesota/pages/mnA14.html |title=Old Chaska Bridge |author=Weeks III, John A |work=Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography |accessdate=October 20, 2010}}</ref> A new four-lane bridge was completed in 2007.<ref name=bridge>{{cite web |url=http://www.johnweeks.com/river_minnesota/pages/mnA13.html |title=Chaska Bridge |author=Weeks III, John A |work=Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography |accessdate=October 20, 2010}}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=logpoint5>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 5 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 20, 2010 |accessdate=October 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627123446/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |archivedate=June 27, 2011 }}</ref>}} {{MNint |county=Scott |location=Jackson Township |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|169|CSAH|78|county2=Scott}} |notes=Diverging diamond interchange}} {{jctbridge |river=Minnesota River |mile=1.497 |mile2=1.597 |bridge=Chaska Bridge}} {{MNint |county=Carver |cspan=6 |location=Chaska |lspan=5 |mile=2.026 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|61|county1=Carver}} |notes=Formerly US 212}} {{MNint |mile=3.113 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|10|name1=Engler Boulevard|county1=Carver}}}} {{MNint |mile=3.778 |mile2=3.876 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|212}} |notes=Interchange}} {{MNint |mile=4.737 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|14|name1=Pioneer Trail|county1=Carver}}}} {{MNint |mile=6.230 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|18|name1=Lyman Boulevard|county1=Carver}} |notes=Roundabout}} {{MNint |location=Chanhassen |mile=7.215 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|5|name1=Arboretum Boulevard|city1=Victoria|location2=I-494}}}} {{MNint |county=Hennepin |location=Shorewood |mile=9.362 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|7|city1=Hutchinson|location2=Minneapolis}}}} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{reflist}}
041 Category:Transportation in Scott County, Minnesota Category:Transportation in Carver County, Minnesota Category:Transportation in Hennepin County, Minnesota Category:Chanhassen, Minnesota