MN 60 highlighted in red | ||||
Route information | ||||
Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
Length | 221.532 mi[2] (356.521 km) | |||
Existed | 1934[1]–present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
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Location | ||||
Country | United States | |||
State | Minnesota | |||
Counties | Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Nicollet, Le Sueur, Waseca, Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha | |||
Highway system | ||||
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Trunk Highway 60 (MN 60) is a 221.532-mile-long (356.521 km) highway in southern Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 60 at the Iowa state line (at Bigelow) and continues east-northeast to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (at Wabasha), where the route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the Mississippi River.
Highway 60 is the only state highway in Minnesota which runs from one border to another. The route runs in a general southwest-to-northeast direction.
Its western half forms a large portion of the four-lane expressway connecting Sioux City and the Twin Cities.
Route description
[edit]State Highway 60 serves as an east–west marked route in southern Minnesota between Worthington, Windom, St. James, Mankato, Faribault, Zumbrota, and Wabasha.
Highway 60 runs concurrently with U.S. Highway 59 south of and into Worthington; with U.S. Highway 71 in Windom; with State Highway 4 and State Highway 30 near St. James; with State Highway 15 near Madelia; and with U.S. Highway 169 in the Mankato area.
In North Mankato, Highway 60 moves from a concurrency with U.S. 169 to another one with U.S. Highway 14, continuing east on a four lane expressway until just past Eagle Lake, where the route leaves U.S. 14 and continues briefly north to Madison Lake then northeast towards the city of Faribault. Highway 60 is a two lane highway at this point and for most of the rest of its way to Faribault and Wabasha. The route has a junction with Interstate 35 in Faribault.
From Faribault, Highway 60 continues east towards Zumbrota, where it intersects U.S. Highway 52. The route briefly runs concurrently with U.S. 52 around Zumbrota on a four lane expressway. Highway 60 then leaves U.S. 52 and continues east-northeast towards Wabasha. The route has junction with U.S. Highway 63 in Zumbro Falls and a junction with U.S. Highway 61 in Wabasha. Highway 60 crosses the Mississippi River at Wabasha on the Wabasha-Nelson Bridge. The route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the river into Wisconsin.
History
[edit]State Highway 60 was formed in 1934 by connecting three Minnesota constitutional route segments together. This formed a nearly border-to-border state highway, with its original termini at current U.S. 59 in Worthington and U.S. 61 at Wabasha. The route was extended to the Iowa state line in 1937, and was authorized onto the bridge to Wisconsin in 1943. The last gravel segment on this route was paved by 1960. Expressway segments were completed from St. James to Lake Crystal in 1980, from Worthington to Windom in 2003, from Bigelow to Worthington in 2013, from Butterfield to St. James in 2014, and from Mountain Lake to Butterfield in 2015. The final four-lane expansion from Windom to Mountain Lake was completed in 2018.[3]
Major intersections
[edit]County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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Nobles | Bigelow Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Continuation into Iowa | |||
4.659 | 7.498 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 59 concurrency | |||||
Worthington | 10.707 | 17.231 | ![]() | Formerly US 16 east | ||||
11.249 | 18.104 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 59 concurrency; western end of I-90 BL concurrency; formerly US 16 west | |||||
12.097– 12.120 | 19.468– 19.505 | ![]() | Interchange; I-90 exit 45; eastern end of I-90 BL | |||||
Jackson | Delafield Township | 36.290 | 58.403 | ![]() ![]() | ||||
Cottonwood | Windom | 40.022 | 64.409 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 71 concurrency | |||
40.554 | 65.265 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
41.505 | 66.796 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 71 concurrency | |||||
Watonwan | St. James Township | 65.594 | 105.563 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of MN 4 concurrency; western end of expressway section | |||
St. James | 68.105 | 109.604 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of MN 4 concurrency, western end of MN 30 concurrency | ||||
Rosendale Township | 69.844 | 112.403 | ![]() | Eastern end of expressway section | ||||
Fieldon Township | 77.789 | 125.189 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of MN 30 concurrency, western end of MN 15 concurrency; interchange | ||||
Madelia | 81.780– 81.826 | 131.612– 131.686 | ![]() | Western end of expressway section | ||||
83.043 | 133.645 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
83.468 | 134.329 | ![]() | Eastern end of MN 15 concurrency; eastern end of expressway section | |||||
Blue Earth | Garden City | 93.667 | 150.742 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Partial interchange; westbound exit and entrance; eastbound access via 510th Avenue | |||
South Bend Township | 99.183 | 159.620 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 169 concurrency | ||||
100.863– 100.921 | 162.323– 162.417 | ![]() ![]() | Partial interchange; entrances and eastbound exit; westbound exit via at-grade left turn | |||||
102.095 | 164.306 | ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Mankato | 103.494 | 166.557 | Frontage Road | Eastbound exit and westbound entrance; western end of expressway section | ||||
104.378 | 167.980 | Riverfront Drive | Former MN 66 | |||||
Nicollet | North Mankato | 104.356 | 167.945 | Lookout Drive, Center Street | Center Street not signed westbound | |||
105.005 | 168.989 | North Mankato, Mankato, Downtown | Eastern end of expressway section | |||||
North Mankato–Mankato line | 107.096 | 172.354 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 169 concurrency, western end of US 14 concurrency; interchange; western end of freeway section | ||||
Blue Earth | Mankato | 108.228 | 174.176 | ![]() | ||||
108.836 | 175.155 | Riverfront Drive | ||||||
109.881– 109.913 | 176.836– 176.888 | ![]() | ||||||
110.846 | 178.389 | ![]() | ||||||
113.713 | 183.003 | ![]() | Eastern end of freeway section | |||||
Le Ray Township | 117.454 | 189.024 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 14 concurrency | ||||
Waseca |
No major junctions | |||||||
Le Sueur | Waterville | 134.590 | 216.602 | ![]() | ||||
Rice | Warsaw Township | 145.834 | 234.697 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of Alt. I-35 concurrency | |||
Faribault | 148.856 | 239.561 | ![]() | I-35 exit 56 | ||||
149.828 | 241.125 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of Alt. I-35 concurrency | |||||
148.965 | 239.736 | Central Avenue | Formerly MN 3; previously US 65 / MN 218 | |||||
151.659 | 244.072 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
Goodhue | Kenyon | 165.464 | 266.288 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | Western end of MN 56 concurrency | |||
166.018 | 267.180 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of MN 56 concurrency | |||||
Wanamingo | 175.922 | 283.119 | ![]() | |||||
Zumbrota | 181.266 | 291.719 | ![]() ![]() | Western end of US 52 concurrency; interchange; western end of freeway section | ||||
182.655 | 293.955 | ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||
183.703 | 295.641 | ![]() ![]() | Eastern end of US 52 concurrency; interchange; eastern end of freeway section | |||||
Wabasha | Zumbro Falls | 196.051 | 315.514 | ![]() | ||||
Wabasha | 220.051 | 354.138 | ![]() ![]() | |||||
Mississippi River | 221.532 | 356.521 | Michael Duane Clickner Memorial Bridge | |||||
![]() ![]() | Continuation into Wisconsin | |||||||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 51-75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2006-12-16.[self-published source]
- ^ a b Minnesota Department of Transportation (May 10, 2016). "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
- ^ Fischenich, Mark. "After lifetimes of work, Hwy 60 is complete". Mankato Free Press. Retrieved 2023-01-29.