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{{short description|Highway in Minnesota}} {{About|the beltway around portions of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota|other uses|Interstate 494 (disambiguation)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2020}} {{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Infobox road | state = MN | type = I | route = 494 | map = {{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-lat=44.966|frame-long=-93.226|zoom=9|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Interstate 494}}}} | map_custom = yes | map_notes = I-494 highlighted in red | length_mi = 42.94 | length_ref = <ref>{{cite web |last=Starks |first=Edward |date=January 27, 2022 |title=Table 2: Auxiliary Routes of the Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways |url=https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/planning/national_highway_system/interstate_highway_system/routefinder/table02.cfm |access-date=December 23, 2022 |work=FHWA Route Log and Finder List |publisher=[[Federal Highway Administration]]}}</ref> | established = 1985{{citation needed|date=June 2019}} | spur_type = I | spur_of = 94 | direction_a = North | terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MN|I|94|I|694|US|52}} in [[Maple Grove, Minnesota|Maple Grove]] | junction = {{Plainlist| *{{Jct|state=MN|I|394|US|12}} in [[Minnetonka, Minnesota|Minnetonka]] *{{Jct|state=MN|US|212|MN|5}} in [[Eden Prairie, Minnesota|Eden Prairie]] *{{Jct|state=MN|US|169}} in [[Bloomington, Minnesota|Bloomington]] *{{Jct|state=MN|I|35W}} in Bloomington/[[Richfield, Minnesota|Richfield]] *{{Jct|state=MN|MN|5}} in Bloomington *{{Jct|state=MN|I|35E}} in [[Mendota Heights, Minnesota|Mendota Heights]] *{{Jct|state=MN|US|52}} in [[Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota|Inver Grove Heights]] *{{Jct|state=MN|US|10|US|61}} in [[Newport, Minnesota|Newport]] }} | direction_b = East | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MN|I|94|I|694|US|12}} in [[Woodbury, Minnesota|Woodbury]]/[[Oakdale, Minnesota|Oakdale]] | counties = [[Washington County, Minnesota|Washington]], [[Ramsey County, Minnesota|Ramsey]], [[Dakota County, Minnesota|Dakota]], [[Hennepin County, Minnesota|Hennepin]] | previous_type = I | next_type = I | previous_route = 394 | next_route = 535 }} [[File:I-494 Bloomington Richfield at 2nd Ave.jpg|thumb|Pedestrian bridge on I-494 near Lyndale Avenue in Bloomington/Richfield]] '''Interstate 494''' ('''I-494''') is an [[auxiliary Interstate Highway]] making up part of a [[beltway]] of [[Interstate 94 in Minnesota|I-94]], circling through the southern and western portions of the [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul]] metropolitan area in [[Minnesota]]. The {{Convert|42.94|mi|km|adj=on}} road is coupled with [[Interstate 694|I-694]] (which circles the northern edge of the Twin Cities metro area) at each end and composes more than half of the major beltway of the region. I-694/I-494 also act as loop routes for [[Interstate 35E (Minnesota)|I-35E]] and [[Interstate 35W (Minnesota)|I-35W]]. The speed limit on I-494 is {{Convert|60|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. Interstate Highways outside of the loop in Minnesota may be signed as high as {{Convert|70|mph|km/h|abbr=on}}. Most highways inside the loop are signed at speeds of {{Convert|55|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} or lower, though a few exceptions were added in September 2005, allowing speeds of up to {{convert|60|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} in some places. Those roads had been signed at {{convert|60|mph|km/h|abbr=on}} or higher up until the [[1973 oil crisis]].
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