Minnesota State Highway 21

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Trunk Highway 21 marker
Trunk Highway 21
MN 21 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length38.370 mi[2] (61.751 km)
Existed1920[1]–present
Major junctions
South end MN 60 / CR 48 at Faribault
Major intersections MN 3 at Faribault
I-35 at Faribault
MN 99 at Erin Township
MN 13 / MN 19 at New Prague
MN 282 at Jordan
North end US 169 at Jordan
Location
CountiesRice, Le Sueur, Scott
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
MN 20 MN 22

Minnesota State Highway 21 (MN 21) is a 38.370-mile-long (61.751 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 60 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in Jordan, southwest of Shakopee.

Route description[]

State Highway 21 serves as a north–south route between Faribault, Montgomery, New Prague, and Jordan.

Highway 21 is also known as:

The Lyndale Avenue portion in Faribault is built as a four-lane divided highway.

The southern terminus for Highway 21 is its intersection with State Highway 60 in Faribault. Highway 21 becomes Rice County Road 48 upon crossing its intersection with Highway 60.

History[]

State Highway 21 was authorized in 1920, running from Zumbrota to St. Peter.[3] In 1934, the segment east of Faribault became State Highway 60, and the segment west of Shieldsville became State Highway 99. Highway 21 was then extended northwest to Highway 13 at Montgomery, then north through New Prague to Jordan.

The southernmost section of Highway 21 through Faribault is second-generation old U.S. Highway 65 (constructed in the late 1950s), which was connected to a divided highway coming off Interstate Highway 35 in the 1960s.

Highway 21 was paved north of State Highway 19 by 1940. The remainder of Highway 21 was paved in the late 1940s.

Major intersections[]

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
RiceFaribault0.0000.000 MN 60
1.1651.875 MN 3
1.884–
2.121
3.032–
3.413
I-35Interchange
Wells Township2.5374.083CR 46
Shieldsville Township7.11511.450CR 10 (Dodd Road)
Erin Township9.15314.730 MN 99
Montgomery Township10.72517.260CR 4 (Independence Avenue)
Le SueurMontgomery18.37029.564 MN 13South end of MN 13 concurrency
CR 26 east (Boulevard Avenue)
CR 26 west (Lexington Avenue)
Lanesburgh TownshipCR 28
New Prague26.40742.498 MN 13
MN 19
North end of MN 13 concurrency
ScottHelena Township28.43445.760CR 2 (260th Street West)
Sand Creek Township34.08554.854CR 11 (Delmar Avenue)
Jordan35.82957.661 MN 282
36.67359.019 US 169
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved February 24, 2007.
  2. ^ a b "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 5, 2010.
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