Minnesota State Highway 22

Trunk Highway 22
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	166.325 mi[2] (267.674 km)
Existed:	1920[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	CR R50 at the Minnesota – Iowa state line
	I-90 near Wells and Kiester MN 109 at Wells MN 30 at Mapleton US 14 at Mankato US 169 / MN 99 at St. Peter MN 5 / MN 19 at Gaylord US 212 at Glencoe MN 7 / MN 15 at Hutchinson US 12 / MN 24 at Litchfield MN 55 at Eden Valley
North end:	MN 23 at Richmond
Location
Counties:	Faribault, Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Sibley, McLeod, Meeker, Stearns
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 21 MN 23 →

Minnesota State Highway 22 is a highway in south-central and central Minnesota, which runs from Winnebago County Road R50 at the Iowa state line near Kiester and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Richmond, west of St. Cloud.

Highway 22 is 166 miles (267 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 22 serves as a north–south route between Wells, Mankato, St. Peter, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Litchfield, and Richmond.

Highway 22 parallels State Highway 15 throughout its route. Highway 22 also intersects with Highway 15 at Hutchinson.

The route crosses the Minnesota River between St. Peter and Kasota.

Highway 22 is built as a four-lane divided highway on the east side of Mankato.

The southern terminus for Highway 22 is at the Iowa state line, near Kiester, where Highway 22 becomes Winnebago County Road R50 (140th Avenue) upon crossing the state line.

History

State Highway 22 was authorized in 1920 from St. Peter to Paynesville.^[3] In 1934, it was extended south to the Iowa state line, and its northernmost section between Eden Valley and Paynesville became part of State Highway 55.

The section of Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter follows the original route of U.S. Highway 169. When the parallel route west of the Minnesota River was first completed in the late 1950s, it originally carried the Highway 22 designation for a few years until it was redesignated U.S. 169 and Highway 22 reverted to its original alignment.^[1]

From 1934 to 1961, the northern terminus for Highway 22 was at its intersection with State Highway 55 in Eden Valley. The Highway 22 designation was extended north to Richmond in 1961.^[1]

Highway 22 was paved in its entirety by 1953.^[1]

The new alignment section of Highway 22 on the southeast side of Mankato to U.S. Highway 14 was constructed circa 1990.^[1]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[4][5][2]	Destinations	Notes
Minnesota-Iowa state line		0.000	CR R50
Faribault	Foster Township	12.072-12.183	I-90
	Wells	18.270	MN 109	South end of MN 109 overlap
		18.444	MN 109	North end of MN 109 overlap
Blue Earth	Mapleton Township	32.475	MN 30	South end of MN 30 overlap
	Mapleton	35.062	MN 30	North end of MN 30 overlap
	Mankato	50.560	MN 83
		52.563-52.658	US 14 / MN 60	Interchange
Le Sueur-Nicollet county line		63.470-63.592	Minnesota River
Nicollet	St. Peter	64.074	US 169 / MN 99	South end of US 169 / MN 99 overlap
		US 169: 66.426	MN 99	North end of MN 99 overlap
		65.934	US 169	North end of US 169 overlap
	New Sweden Township	79.597	MN 111
Sibley	Gaylord	89.846	MN 5 / MN 19	East end of MN 5 / MN 19 overlap
		89.987	MN 5 / MN 19	West end of MN 5 / MN 19 overlap
McLeod	Glencoe Township	103.338	US 212	West end of US 212 overlap
	Glencoe	106.633	US 212	East end of US 212 overlap
	Hutchinson	121.192	MN 7	East end of MN 7 overlap
		122.120	MN 15
	Acoma Township	129.945	MN 7	West end of MN 7 overlap
Meeker	Litchfield	143.080	US 12	South end of US 12 overlap
		US 12: 99.945	MN 24
	Litchfield Township	145.125	US 12	North end of US 12 overlap
	Eden Valley	156.901	MN 55
Stearns	Richmond	167.063	MN 23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#22. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved October 9, 2010. 
3. ^ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 9, 2010. 
4. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved October 23, 2010. 
5. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d8.pdf. Retrieved October 9, 2010.