Category Archives: Construction Updates
Construction Kelly Lake
The bridge is out at Kelly Lake. Please see attached pdf file for the directions. Thank you. This should be done by end of October. The City Of Hibbing will help with signage.detourkeewatin
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TRAIL CLOSED IN TOWER: The reconstruction of the Tower to Soudan Mesabi Trail section is beginning now and the trail is closed for the duration of construction. The work taking place prior to this notice was not trail work but an upgrade of the sewer system running through the corridor. The Mesabi Trail can be…
Read moreFuture Construction/Resurfacing
Segments slated for reconstruction in the next couple of years: Buhl to Kinney (Hwy 25) Ely in town half-mile segment from the trailhead location on Hwy 169 to the Kiosk Eveleth to Gilbert
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2023 Construction Plans
We’re still buried in snow. But just to get you excited – 2023 construction plans include about five miles between McKinley to Biwabik, and about five of the seven miles between Hwy 26 (north of Embarrass) and Tower. That will leave the Mesabi Trail just a couple of miles short of the original vision of…
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Trail Complete from Tower to Ely
The extended fall allowed completion of the last three miles into Ely – the trail is now continuous from Tower to Ely! Use caution on this new section, signage probably won’t go up until spring. Only two sections left! McKinley to Biwabik is scheduled for 2023 – the last 7 miles into to Tower “may”…
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Another Section DONE – Wolf Creek to Hwy 169
One more section of trail is now open on the way to Ely – from Wolf Creek (just past Eagles Nest) to Hwy 169 (use caution, signage still to be installed). You can now ride continuous trail from Tower to Hwy 88, just short of Ely. They are working on the last section into Ely…but…
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2022 Trail Construction
Sixteen miles of trail were completed in 2021 as planned. Four segments of trail are planned for the 2022 construction season: Two miles from the Darwin Meyers Wildlife Management Area along CR 21 into Embarrass. Three miles from Wolf Creek (near Eagles Nest) to Hwy 169 (on the way to Ely). Three miles from CR…
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New Trail in Embarrass
Nine miles of new trail is completed heading north out of Embarrass, dead ending at Hwy 26 in Kugler Township – leaving the trail about 5 miles short of Tower. This new addition gives us 24 miles of continuous trail from Biwabik to Kugler Township. Note on the way to Embarrass, when you pass over…
Read more2021 New Construction
Sixteen miles of new trail are planned for the coming season: Two miles south and nine miles north of Embarrass – this creates a 24 mile continuous stretch from Biwabik to about nine miles past Embarrass…the trail dead ends here about six miles short of Tower. Two miles from Trygg Road to Eagles Nest Township…
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2020 Construction
Three sections of Trail are scheduled for construction this summer, actual completion dates are not available…but we will keep you posted. 9.5 miles from Embarrass to Kugler Township – this will leave about 6 miles left to connect to Tower. No route identified for the remaining 6 miles yet. Two miles from the section just…
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The Mesabi Trail™ has been funded in part by the LCCMR and the Minnesota Environmental and Natural Resources Trust Fund.