Minnesota State Highway 19
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
| Length: | 207.877 mi[1] (334.546 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1933[2] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 SD 30 near Ivanhoe and Hendricks,at the Minnesota-South Dakota state line | |||
 U.S. 75 at Ivanhoe  U.S. 59 , MN 23 at Marshall U.S. 71 at Redwood Falls  MN 5 , MN 22 at Gaylord.svg.png){kind=small} U.S. 169 near Henderson  MN 13 , MN 21 at New Prague I-35 near Lonsdale , Little Chicago MN 3 at Northfield  U.S. 52 , MN 20 at Cannon Falls | ||||
| East end: |
 U.S. 61 at Red Wing | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Renville, Sibley, Le Sueur, Scott, Rice, Dakota, Goodhue | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 19 (MN 19) is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 30 at the South Dakota state line near Ivanhoe and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Red Wing.
The route essentially crosses the state of Minnesota, ending at Red Wing, about five miles (8 km) west of the bridge to Wisconsin.
Highway 19 is 208 miles (335 km) in length.
Route description
State Highway 19 serves as an east–west route between Ivanhoe, Marshall, Redwood Falls, New Prague, Northfield, Cannon Falls, and Red Wing in southwest and southeast Minnesota.
Highway 19 parallels U.S. Highway 14 and U.S. Highway 212 for part of its route.
The route passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest in Goodhue County.
The Rush River State Wayside Park is located on Highway 19 in Sibley County. The park is located west of Henderson.
History
State Highway 19 was authorized in 1933.
The last section of Highway 19 to be paved was in the mid-1950s, east of New Prague.
The stretch of Highway 19 between Red Wing and Gaylord was established as the Colvill Memorial Highway in 1931,[3] and is still known by that name today.[4] It is named in honor of Colonel William J. Colvill, who led the 1st Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in the Battle of Gettysburg.[5]
A new interchange was constructed in 2002 at the junction of Highway 19 and U.S. Highway 169 near Henderson.
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Lincoln | Hendricks Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | SD 30 west – White | Continuation into South Dakota |
| 2.331 | 3.751 |  .svg.png){kind=small} MN 271 north / CSAH 1 – Hendricks | |||
| Ivanhoe | 10.395 | 16.729 | US 75 – Lake Benton, Benton | ||
| Lyon | Marshall | 34.786 | 55.983 |  US 59 / MN 68 west – Ghent, Slayton, Clarkfield | Western end of MN 68 overlap |
| 36.472– 36.487 | 58.696– 58.720 | MN 23 – Granite Falls, Pipestone | |||
| Redwood | Westline Township | 46.596 | 74.989 | MN 68 east – Milroy | Eastern end of MN 68 overlap |
| Yellow Medicine–Redwood county line | Echo–Vesta township line | 57.360 | 92.312 |  MN 67 west – Granite Falls | Western end of MN 67 overlap |
| Redwood | Redwood Falls | 72.087 | 116.013 | US 71 / MN 67 | Eastern end of MN 67 overlap; western end of US 71 overlap |
| Minnesota River | 78.232– 78.302 | 125.902– 126.015 | US 71 Bridge[6] | ||
| Renville | Morton | 78.498 | 126.330 | US 71 | Eastern end of US 71 overlap |
| Fairfax | 92.983 | 149.642 |  MN 4 | ||
| Sibley | Winthrop | 109.722 | 176.580 |  MN 15 | |
| Gaylord | 117.411 | 188.955 | MN 5 west, MN 22 north | Western end of MN 5/MN 22 overlap | |
| MN 22 | Eastern end of MN 22 overlap | ||||
| 118.772 | 191.145 | MN 5 | Eastern end of MN 5 overlap | ||
| Henderson | 134.078 | 215.778 |  MN 93 | ||
| Minnesota River | 134.387– 134.479 | 216.275– 216.423 | Highway 19 Bridge | ||
| Scott–Le Sueur county line | | 137.727 | 221.650 |  US 169 | Interchange |
| New Prague | 150.832 | 242.741 | MN 13 / MN 21 | Western end of MN 13 overlap | |
| | 154.886– 154.892 | 249.265– 249.275 | MN 13 | Eastern end of MN 13 overlap | |
| Rice | Webster Township | 169.335– 169.438 | 272.518– 272.684 | I-35 – Minneapolis, St. Paul, Albert Lea | I-35 exit 69; interchange. |
| Northfield | 176.202 | 283.570 | MN 3 | South end of MN 3 overlap | |
| 176.466 | 283.994 | MN 3 | North end of MN 3 overlap | ||
| Goodhue | Stanton Township | 184.328 | 296.647 |  MN 56 | South end of MN 56 overlap |
| 185.331 | 298.261 | MN 56 | North end of MN 56 overlap | ||
| Cannon Falls | 190.478 | 306.545 | US 52 | ||
| 191.108 | 307.559 | .svg.png){kind=small} MN 20 / CSAH 20 | |||
| Red Wing | 207.572 | 334.055 | US 61 | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
- ↑ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ↑ "Colvill Memorial Highway". October 22, 1931. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ "Minnesota Statutes 161.14: Names and Designations of Certain Highways". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ "North Star Highways: Named Highway Route Log". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
- ↑ Weeks III, John A (2008). "US-71 Bridge (Main Channel)". Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography. Retrieved October 5, 2010.
