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<br />The IMetropo!itan C01tncj1' cli~fifies l'~~t~~.lJSin? a .hi~~ar:hical cla.ssifica~ion
<br />scheine. This schem, .'., at ~,. geneJa1k'cl~~lfi~atl~ns: pnnclpal artenal, mmor
<br />artedal, collector, and a >~ .siqet a~ Sl1Own~ FigureVI-L . The existing annual
<br />ave~ge daily traffic vO),.ts <~'F) f,r~e.~~iRal arterials, minor arterials, and
<br />major collectors at repr~, ",,' ti'~ 10c~i~~~~~?JmseY.l;lre. als9 shown in Figure VI-I
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<br />Trun1c Highway 1O/169f( " 1<f'1;69) iS~l~ifi~~asa,pri.ncipalarteria1. It is the only
<br />princ#pal arterial in RatWt )i rtJtl'PingnQ~\v, "d s,?utheast roughly parallel to the
<br />Missjssippi River at th~ tth~end of RltIn' It is the most dominant link in the
<br />:roadtay system ofRan:(s :. 1110/169 c~e is a four lane divided highway with
<br />sevetfal cross street inters foxl., It is the only four-lane roadway through or within
<br />Ram$ey. Intersecti~ , ~,trong iop.levard (CSiAH 83), Ramsey Boulevard
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<br />acts. r\Figur~.. VI-I illustrates these
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<br />tr'her, are five roadways:;t1ja~ari~lassiti~as1Porart~~als: TH47, County Road 56
<br />(CR p6), CR 116, a portil>~ Of~SAI[5f~0~en,~Otllevard) between 175th Lane
<br />and Ramsey Boulev~.~ C$},\H 24'.'1ll~ ~~nol"iarterial roadways in Ramsey are
<br />chanXcterized as having;ntoithfP~gh traf{ic~l~swith additional turn. lanes provided
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<br />e Clt 2'7,~R~'7, CR63, mostofCSAH 5, CSAH 7,
<br />vard);T~aj~t collector roadways in Ramsey are
<br />. two;thtotJgh,ttaffic lanes,ppssibly. with additional
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<br />'?arkingisflJ;Sl{aIly permitted, as is access to abutting
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<br />and ltSAH 83 (Armst:rO ......p3
<br />eharabterized as typically .,
<br />turn ~es provided at iptlt+
<br />with fierials or other callfclo
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<br />In. fofro.' ulating this ~.,II,.".'Ofat..I.'.O...",..p., '.. PI~...,.. .'lPtpje~.t'Part..iCiPants identified three traffic
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<br />1. Cpngestion typicallYoFoprs'lop TH 19l1~9 4Fgthe morning and afternoon peak
<br />p~ods, and this cOJ)gjsfo~tcndstow<3rse~outs,ide of Ramsey near the TH 169
<br />bridge in Anoka. f':: . '.
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