{{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 = 46 |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 46}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=MN 46 highlighted in red | established = 1933 | length_mi = 46.377 | length_ref = <ref name=logpoint2/> | section=115 | subsection=96 | direction_a = South | direction_b = North | terminus_a = {{jct|state=MN|US|2}} in Morse Township,<br>near Deer River | terminus_b = {{jct|state=MN|MN|1}} in Northome | counties = Itasca, Koochiching | previous_type=MN | previous_route=45 | next_type=MN | next_route=47 }} '''Minnesota State Highway 46''' ('''MN 46''') is a {{convert|46.377|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} highway in north-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 2 near Deer River (northwest of Grand Rapids) and continues northwest to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 1 in Northome.
==Route description== Highway 46 serves as a northwest–southeast route between the communities of Deer River, Squaw Lake, and Northome.
The roadway passes through the Chippewa National Forest in Itasca County.
The northern terminus for Highway 46 is its intersection with State Highway 1 in Northome, 5 blocks from U.S. Highway 71.
The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 165 in the Minnesota Statutes.<ref name=161.115>{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 |title=161.115, Additional Trunk Highways |work=Minnesota Statutes |publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota |date=2010 |accessdate=October 21, 2010}}</ref> It is not marked with this number.
==History== Highway 46 was authorized in 1933.<ref name=riner>{{riner |route=46 |access date=October 21, 2010}}</ref>
By 1953, there was one remaining gravel section in the middle of this route. It was completely paved by 1958.<ref name=riner/>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=logpoint2>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=October 21, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174621/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |archivedate=December 4, 2008 }}</ref>}} {{MNint |county=Itasca |cspan=3 |ctdab=Itasca |location=Morse Township |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|2|city1=Deer River|city2=Grand Rapids|city3=Bemidji}}}} {{MNint |location=Bowstring Lake |lspan=2 |mile=10.194 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|37|county1=Itasca|GRR|National|dir2=south}} |notes=South end of Great River Road overlap }} {{MNint |mile=11.459 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|9|county1=Itasca|name1=Winnie Dam Road|GRR|National|dir2=north}} |notes=North end of Great River Road overlap }} {{MNint |county=Koochiching |location=Northome |mile=46.380 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|1|to2=y|US|71|city1=Red Lake|city2=Effie}}}} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{reflist}}
046 Category:Transportation in Itasca County, Minnesota Category:Transportation in Koochiching County, Minnesota