Minnesota State Highway 4: Difference between revisions
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Revision as of 00:45, 18 October 2010
 Trunk Highway 4 | ||||
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 167.136 mi[1] (268.979 km) | |||
| Existed | 1920–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |  Iowa 4 at the Iowa state line | |||
 I-90 at Sherburn  MN 30 / MN 60 at St. James  US 14 / MN 68 at Sleepy Eye MN 19 at Fairfax US 212 at Hector MN 7 at Cosmos US 12 at Grove City  MN 23 / MN 55 at Paynesville | ||||
| North end |    I-94 / US 52 / CR 65 near Sauk Centre and Melrose | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 4 is a highway in southwest and west-central Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 4 at the Iowa state line (near Dunnell, MN and Estherville, IA), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 94 near Sauk Centre and Melrose.
Highway 4 is 167 miles (269 km) in length.
Route description
State Highway 4 serves as a north–south arterial route between Sherburn, Saint James, Sleepy Eye, Fairfax, Hector, Paynesville, and Meire Grove in southwest and west-central Minnesota.
The route passes through the counties of:
State Highway 4 parallels U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 15 throughout its route in southwest and west-central Minnesota.
Fort Ridgely State Park is located on Highway 4 in Nicollet County on the Minnesota River. The park is located south of Fairfax and northwest of New Ulm.
Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park - Link
History
The segment between Paynesville and I-94 is part of Constitutional Route 4, established in 1920; the remainder of State Highway 4 was authorized in 1933.[2]
The route was completely paved by 1961.[2]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[3][4][1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Iowa-Minnesota border | 0.000 | Iowa 4
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| Martin | Sherburn | 13.367-13.535Error: mi is not a number | I-90 | ||
| Watonwan | St. James Township | 34.378 | 55.326 |  MN 60 / CR 57 | West end of MN 60 concurrency |
| 35.510 | 57.148 |  MN 60 / MN 30 / CR 27 | East end of MN 60 concurrency South end of MN 30 concurrency | ||
| Nelson Township | 42.092 | 67.741 |  MN 30 / CR 3 | North end of MN 30 concurrency | |
| Brown | Sleepy Eye | 62.998 | 101.385 | US 14 / MN 68 | South end of MN 68 concurrency |
| Home Township | 66.020 | 106.249 | MN 68 | North end of MN 68 concurrency | |
| Brown-Nicollet county line | 72.680-72.774 | Minnesota River | |||
| Renville | Cairo Township | 79.399 | 127.780 | MN 19 | |
| Hector | 94.212 | 151.620 | US 212 | ||
| Meeker | Cosmos | 108.147 | 174.046 | MN 7 | |
| Grove City | 123.011 | 197.967 | US 12 | West end of US 12 concurrency | |
| Swede Grove Township | 123.620 | 198.947 | US 12 | East end of US 12 concurrency | |
| Union Grove Township | 135.633 | 218.280 | MN 55 | East end of MN 55 concurrency | |
| Stearns | Paynesville | 108.569 (MN-55)Error: mi is not a number | MN 23 | ||
| Kandiyohi | Roseville Township | 143.193 | 230.447 | MN 55 | West end of MN 55 concurrency |
| Stearns | Melrose Township | 165.719-165.804Error: mi is not a number | I-94 / US 52 / CR 65 | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Logpoint Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved September 18, 2010.[self-published source]
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved September 18, 2010.