Minnesota State Highway 76

Trunk Highway 76
Highway 76 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(7)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	36.767 mi[1] (59.171 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
South end:	IA 76 at the Iowa state line
	MN 44 at Caledonia MN 16 at Houston
North end:	I-90, CR 12 at Pleasant Hill Township
Location
Counties:	Houston, Winona
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← US 75 MN 77 →

Minnesota State Highway 76 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 76 at the Iowa state line (near Eitzen), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Pleasant Hill Township near Winona.

Highway 76 is 37 miles (60 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 76 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Caledonia, Houston, and Interstate 90.

The route passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest.

Beaver Creek Valley State Park is located 4 miles west of the junction of Highway 76 and Houston County Road 1 at Caledonia. The park entrance is located on County Road 1.^[2]

Highway 76 parallels State Highway 26 and State Highway 43 throughout its route.

The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 76 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 76 was authorized in 1933.^[4]

By 1953, only the section in Houston County was paved. All of Highway 76 was paved by 1963.^[4]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Iowa-Minnesota state line		0.000	Iowa 76
Houston	Caledonia Township	7.897	MN 44	South end of MN 44 overlap
	Caledonia	MN 44: 52.833	CR 3	Old MN 249
		10.970	MN 44	North end of MN 44 overlap
		11.711	CR 1
	Caledonia Township	12.725	CR 10
	Sheldon Township	20.706	CR 4
	Houston Township	22.192	MN 16	East end of MN 16 overlap
	Houston	23.076	MN 16	West end of MN 16 overlap
	Houston Township	23.565	CR 9
Winona	Pleasant Hill Township	36.761-36.875	I-90	Interchange
		36.909	CR 12
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 6" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d6.pdf. Retrieved November 1, 2010. 
2. ^ Minnesota DNR website for Beaver Creek Valley State Park - Link
3. ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved November 1, 2010. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76-100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm#76. Retrieved November 1, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}