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(Redirected from Constitutional Route 39 (Minnesota)) State highway in Minnesota, United States

Trunk Highway 22 markerTrunk Highway 22
MN 22 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length166.325 mi (267.674 km)
Existed1920–present
Tourist
routes		Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway
Major junctions
South end CR R50 at the Minnesota – Iowa state line near Kiester
Major intersections
North end MN 23 at Richmond
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesFaribault, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
← MN 21→ MN 23

Minnesota State Highway 22 (MN 22) is a 166.325-mile-long (267.674 km) highway in south-central and central Minnesota, which runs from Winnebago County Road R50 at the Iowa state line near Kiester and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Richmond, west of St. Cloud.

Route description

MN 22 concurrent with US 169 and MN 99 in St. Peter

State Highway 22 serves as a north–south route between Wells, Mankato, St. Peter, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Litchfield, and Richmond.

Highway 22 parallels State Highway 15 throughout its route. Highway 22 also intersects with Highway 15 at Hutchinson.

The route crosses the Minnesota River between St. Peter and Kasota.

Highway 22 is built as a four-lane divided highway on the east side of Mankato.

The southern terminus for Highway 22 is at the Iowa state line, near Kiester, where Highway 22 becomes Winnebago County Road R50 (140th Avenue) upon crossing the state line.

History

State Highway 22 was authorized in 1920 from St. Peter to Paynesville. In 1934, it was extended south to the Iowa state line, and its northernmost section between Eden Valley and Paynesville became part of State Highway 55.

The section of Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter follows the original route of U.S. Highway 169. When the parallel route west of the Minnesota River was first completed in the late 1950s, it originally carried the Highway 22 designation for a few years until it was redesignated U.S. 169 and Highway 22 reverted to its original alignment.

From 1934 to 1961, the northern terminus for Highway 22 was at its intersection with State Highway 55 in Eden Valley. The Highway 22 designation was extended north to Richmond in 1961. Highway 22 will be redone from Mapleton to CO RD 90 just south of Mankato starting March 27, 2017, with the project finalizing in 2019. It will be a 3 part project, with the first stage being Mapleton to Beauford in 2017. In 2018 from Beauford to CO RD 90. Finally in 2019 the Victory Drive Memorial will be finished.

Highway 22 was paved in its entirety by 1953.

The new alignment section of Highway 22 on the southeast side of Mankato to U.S. Highway 14 was constructed c. 1990.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
FaribaultKiester Township0.0000.000 CR R50Continuation into Iowa
Foster Township10.73717.280
CSAH 16 east		Southern end of CSAH 16 overlap; formerly US 16
11.80118.992
CSAH 16 west / CR 118		Northern end of CSAH 16 overlap; formerly US 16
12.072–
12.183		19.428–
19.607		 I-90 – Albert Lea, Blue EarthI-90 Exit 138
Wells18.27029.403
MN 109 west – Airport		Southern end of MN 109 overlap
18.44429.683
MN 109 east / CSAH 29 – Alden		Northern end of MN 109 overlap
Blue EarthMapleton Township32.47552.263
MN 30 east / CSAH 29 – New Richland		Southern end of MN 30 overlap
Mapleton35.06256.427
MN 30 west / CSAH 21 – Amboy		Northern end of MN 30 overlap
Mankato50.56081.368
MN 83 east / CSAH 60 – St. Clair
52.05383.771 CSAH 17 (Madison Avenue)Formerly US 14 / MN 60
52.563–
52.658		84.592–
84.745		 US 14 / MN 60Interchange
Le SueurKasota62.622100.780 CSAH 21 / Minnesota River Valley Scenic BywaySouthern end of Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway overlap
NicolletSt. Peter64.074103.117

US 169 south / MN 99 west		Southern end of US 169 / MN 99 overlap

MN 99 east / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway – Le Center		Northern end of MN 99 / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway overlap
65.934106.110
US 169 north		Northern end of US 169 overlap
New Sweden Township79.597128.099 MN 111 / CR 60 – Nicollet
SibleyGaylord89.846144.593
MN 5 / MN 19 east		Eastern end of MN 5 / MN 19 overlap
89.987144.820

MN 19 west / MN 5 ends		Western end of MN 5 / MN 19 overlap
McLeodGlencoe Township103.338166.306
US 212 west – Brownton		Western end of US 212 overlap
Glencoe106.633171.609
US 212 east – Minneapolis		Eastern end of US 212 overlap
Hutchinson121.192195.040
MN 7 east – Silver Lake		Eastern end of MN 7 overlap
122.120196.533 MN 15 – Ridgewater College
Acoma Township129.945209.126
MN 7 west – Cosmos, Montevideo		Western end of MN 7 overlap
MeekerLitchfield143.080230.265
US 12 east		Southern end of US 12 overlap
MN 24 – Kimball
Litchfield Township145.125233.556
US 12 west – Willmar		Northern end of US 12 overlap
Eden Valley156.901252.508 MN 55 – Kimball, Paynesville
StearnsRichmond167.063268.862 MN 23 / CSAH 9 – Cold Spring, Roscoe
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML file (edit • help) Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 22KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
  2. ^ "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
  3. Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 9, 2010.
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