- Minnesota State Highway 4
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"MN 4" redirects here. MN 4 may also refer to Minnesota's 4th congressional district or to MN 4 (biostratigraphic zone).
Trunk Highway 4 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 Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 3
MN 5 →
Minnesota State Highway 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.
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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.[3]
The route was completely paved by 1961.[3]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[4][5][1] Destinations Notes Iowa-Minnesota state line 0.000 Iowa 4
Martin Sherburn 13.367-13.535 I-90
Watonwan St. James Township 34.378 MN 60
West end of MN 60 concurrency 35.510 MN 60 / MN 30
East end of MN 60 concurrency
South end of MN 30 concurrencyNelson Township 42.092 MN 30
North end of MN 30 concurrency Brown Sleepy Eye 62.998 US 14 / MN 68
South end of MN 68 concurrency Home Township 66.020 MN 68
North end of MN 68 concurrency Brown-Nicollet county line 72.680-72.774 Minnesota River Nicollet No major junctions Renville Cairo Township 79.399 MN 19
Hector 94.212 US 212
Meeker Cosmos 108.147 MN 7
Grove City 123.011 US 12
West end of US 12 concurrency Swede Grove Township 123.620 US 12
East end of US 12 concurrency Union Grove Township 135.633 MN 55
East end of MN 55 concurrency Stearns Paynesville 108.569 (MN-55) MN 23
Kandiyohi Roseville Township 143.193 MN 55
West end of MN 55 concurrency Stearns Melrose Township 165.719-165.804 I-94
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Logpoint 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 September 18, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park - Link
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#4. Retrieved September 18, 2010.[unreliable source]
- ^ "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 September 18, 2010.
- ^ "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 September 18, 2010.
Categories:- State highways in Minnesota
- Transportation in Stearns County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Meeker County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Renville County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Brown County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Watonwan County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Martin County, Minnesota
- Transportation in Nicollet County, Minnesota
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