MNDOT Plans Intersection Improvements For Highway 37/5 Two intersections along a popular "Iron Range shortcut" are going to see some safety improvements. In advance of the work, the Minnesota Department of Transportation has scheduled a public meeting to discuss the scope of the work and solicit comments from the general public. That meeting will happen on Tuesday, January 26 - and like most meetings since the response to the COVID-19 Pandemic, it will be held in a virtual fashion with the ability for people to click-in to join the meeting. Highway 37 is the roadway that generally travels east and west - connecting Hibbing (and other communities to the west) with Highway 53. Highway 5 crosses Highway 37 using two different intersections - at some distance apart - using "T-intersections"; the northern "leg" of Highway 5 connects to Highway 37 near the Thirsty Moose Bar and Grill while the southern "leg" connects to Highway 37 a little further west - closer to the Chisholm-Hibbing Range Regional Airport.