Minnesota State Highway 4
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
| 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 near Sauk Centre and Melrose | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Martin, Watonwan, Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Stearns | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 4 (MN 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 route between Sherburn, Saint James, Sleepy Eye, Fairfax, Hector, Paynesville, and Meire Grove in southwest and west-central Minnesota.
Highway 4 parallels U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 15 throughout its route.
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.[2]
History
The segment of Highway 4 between Paynesville and Interstate 94 is part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 4, established in 1920; the remainder of Highway 4 was authorized in 1933. Between Saint James and the Iowa border, Highway 4 followed very closely the former Minneapolis & St Louis Railway the remains of which are clearly visible on the west side of the highway between Minnesota Highway 60 and Sherburn, Minnesota. Grain elevators in Echols, Ormsby, Trimont, and Sherburn are aligned with the former M&StL route through each of these towns.[3]
The route was completely paved by 1961.[3]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Martin | | 0.000 | 0.000 | Iowa 4 | Continuation into Iowa | |||
| Sherburn | 13.367– 13.535 | 21.512– 21.782 | I-90 | I-90 exit 87. | ||||
| Watonwan | St. James Township | 34.378 | 55.326 | MN 60 | West end of MN 60 concurrency | |||
| 35.510 | 57.148 | MN 60 / MN 30 | East end of MN 60 concurrency South end of MN 30 concurrency | |||||
| Nelson Township | 42.092 | 67.741 | MN 30 | 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 | ||||
| Nicollet |
No major junctions | |||||||
| 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 | MN 23 | ||||||
| Kandiyohi | Roseville Township | 143.193 | 230.447 | MN 55 | West end of MN 55 concurrency | |||
| Stearns | Melrose Township | 165.719– 165.804 | 266.699– 266.836 | I-94 | I-94 exit 131. | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
- 1 2 "Statewide Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 December 2011.
- ↑ Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park - Link
- 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1–25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved September 18, 2010.