DAY SEVEN - Solar Car Driving Miles Available – 120.4
Worthington, Minnesota to Shakopee, Minnesota– US 60/ US 169
Saturday, July 23, 2016
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Pre-Race Instructions
(1) Return to roundabout and take US 60 East.
(2) After 1.6 miles, the shoulders broaden. This will be our “unload” point.
(3) Start after unloading solar cars
0.0Road is four lane divided highway with shoulder
4.0Brewster
6.2One Windmill
14.9Lake on left
16.4Road loses shoulders. This is still a four lane divided highway
18.0Road becomes a little bumpy
20.6City of Wilder
Note: good road shoulder within this small community
24.9City of Windom
25.0Cottonwood County
25.6Road is four lanes undivided in town
25.7West Fork Des Moines River
26.0Light
26.2Fulda Credit Union
26.3Light
Note: Bumpy road ahead
27.2Shopko on right. Stop for Rest Stop.
REST STOP
0.0Turn right back onto US 60.
Note: bump at road
0.6Road becomes two lanes with shoulders
Note: shoulders are bumpy
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7.8Road widens to four lane divided highway with shoulders
8.6Overpass
10.7Dip in road
11.0Road improves. Good shoulders
17.0Bump, followed by overpass
22.8Road becomes bumpy
27.5Travel under overpass
30.6Rest Area on left [Restrooms]
31.8Road surface degrades
33.3Small hill
34.7Road improves
34.9Road “Y’s” to left. Continue following US 60
38.5Madelia – “Pride of the Prairie”
41.3Note: large paved area in the center of the road if you need to stop for repair
42.8Big Earth County
43.2Uphill.
Note: shoulders get smaller
49.4Lake Crystal
49.9Overpass
50.5Dairy Queen on right!
51.0Lake on right
51.4Uphill
54.5Uphill – smaller shoulders
56.2Road becomes US 60 and US 169.
Note: we will be following US 169 ahead
58.1Big downhill
59.0Uphill to Mankato, MN
59.8Big downhill. Please use care! Slow!
60.6Bridge.
61.2Exit at Clark Station on right to Minnesota State University. Trailer your solar cars at any location convenient to your team.
We will be trailering solar cars to a Highway Rest Area fourteen miles east of the Nicollet Government Center (St. Peter, MN). The Rest Area is just before you reach the very large building on the right.
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0.0US 169 is four lane divided highway with shoulders
3.7City of Henderson
4.0Uphill
4.4Scott County
7.4Uphill
8.9Big downhill
10.2Belle Plaine – High School on left
12.5Uphill
16.0Road has small shoulders
17.8City of Jordan
Stop light at MN 282
18.8Slight uphill with new concrete shoulder (wide)
20.3New shoulder ends. Should is now rough.
21.8NOTE: Many businesses have entrances to Highway 169. Use caution and watch for cars entering.
23.8Slight uphill
24.8Orange cones are in the middle of the shoulder marking some repair work
25.8Stop light
26.8Should is rough. Watch for depressions.
27.8Narrow, rough shoulder
31.8Exit Canterbury Road (County Road 83)
Turn left at the bottom of the ramp on Canterbury Road. Remain in the left lane in preparation for a left turn
on 12th Avenue East (approximately 0.1 miles). Note: McDonalds on your left.
31.9Turn left on 12th Avenue East. Note: You will see the Canterbury Downs Horse Track on the right.
32.0Drive 0.1 miles and turn into the Seagate Technologies parking lot to finish the race.
END OF RACE at Seagate Technologies
Trailering Instruction to St. Thomas Academy
0.0 Continue on US 169 North
5.6Continue on US 169 to Bloomington
7.0Bloomington Perry Bridge
11.1Road “Y’s” Take I-494 East
21.6Eagan, Minnesota [Location for Holiday Inn]
23.6Mendota Heights
24.5Exit 69 on Dodd Road
Light at Dodd Road. Turn left.
25.2Mendota Heights Road. Turn left
25.5Lake Drive
St. Thomas Academy
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To Holiday Inn
(1) Return to I-494
(2) Exit 71 onto Pilot Knob Road
(3) Drive South and Holiday Inn is in sight
(4) Drive North and Fairfield Marriott is in-sight