Minnesota State Highway 19

Trunk Highway 19
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	207.877 mi[2] (334.546 km)
Existed:	1933[1] – 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 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
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 18 MN 20 →

Minnesota State Highway 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	Mile[6][7][2]	Destinations	Notes
South Dakota-Minnesota state line		0.000	SD 30
Lincoln	Hendricks Township	2.331	MN 271
	Ivanhoe	10.395	US 75
Lyon	Marshall	34.786	US 59 / MN 68	West end of MN 68 overlap
		36.472-36.487	MN 23
Redwood	Westline Township	46.596	MN 68	East end of MN 68 overlap
Redwood-Yellow Medicine county line		57.360	MN 67	West end of MN 67 overlap
Redwood	Kintire Township	61.644	CR 7 (old MN 273)
	Redwood Falls	72.087	US 71 / MN 67	East end of MN 67 overlap West end of US 71 overlap
Minnesota River		78.232-78.302	U.S. 71 Bridge[8]
Renville	Morton	78.498	US 71	East end of US 71 overlap
	Cairo Township	92.983	MN 4
Sibley	Winthrop	109.722	MN 15
	Gaylord	117.411	MN 5 west, MN 22 north	West end of MN 5/MN 22 overlap
		MN 5 0.141	MN 22	East end of MN 22 overlap
		118.772	MN 5	East end of MN 5 overlap
	Henderson	134.078	MN 93
Minnesota River		134.387-134.479	Highway 19 Bridge
Scott-Le Sueur county line		137.727	US 169	Interchange
New Prague		150.832	MN 13 / MN 21	West end of MN 13 overlap
Scott-Le Sueur county line		154.886-154.892	MN 13	East end of MN 13 overlap
Rice	Webster Township	169.335-169.438	I-35	Interchange
	Northfield	176.202	MN 3	South end of MN 3 overlap
		176.466	MN 3	North end of MN 3 overlap
Goodhue	Stanton Township	184.328	MN 56	South end of MN 56 overlap
		185.331	MN 56	North end of MN 56 overlap
	Cannon Falls	190.478	US 52
		191.108	MN 20
	Red Wing	207.572	US 61
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. http://web.archive.org/web/20061230045853/http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#19. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 
2. ^ ^{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 October 5, 2010. 
3. ^ "Colvill Memorial Highway". October 22, 1931. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/library/colvill_memorial_highway.jpg. Retrieved 2008-11-12. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Minnesota Statutes 161.14: Names and Designations of Certain Highways". https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/statutes/?id=161.14. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
5. ^ "North Star Highways: Named Highway Route Log". http://home.earthlink.net/~northstarhighways2/Namedam.html. Retrieved 2008-11-12. 
6. ^ "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 5, 2010. 
7. ^ "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 5, 2010. 
8. ^ Weeks III, John A (2008). "US-71 Bridge (Main Channel)". Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography. http://www.johnweeks.com/river_minnesota/pages/mnB15.html. Retrieved October 5, 2010.