Minnesota State Highway 42

For the route located in Dakota and Scott Counties numbered 42, see County Road 42 (Minnesota).

Trunk Highway 42
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	30.717 mi[1] (49.434 km)
Existed:	1920 – present
Major junctions
South end:	I-90 at Eyota Township, near Eyota
	US 14 at Eyota MN 247 at Plainview
North end:	US 61 at Kellogg
Location
Counties:	Olmsted, Wabasha
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 41 MN 43 →

Minnesota State Highway 42 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 90 near Eyota and continues north and northeast to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Kellogg.

Highway 42 is 31 miles (50 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 42 serves as a north–south route between Eyota, Elgin, Plainview, and Kellogg in southeast Minnesota.

The route is also known as Wabasha Street in Plainview and 2nd Avenue in Elgin.

Highway 42 passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest between Plainview and Kellogg in Wabasha County.

Carley State Park is located four miles south of the junction of Highway 42 and Wabasha County Road 4 at Plainview. The park entrance is located on Wabasha County Road 4.^[2]

History

State Highway 42 was authorized in 1920 between Eyota and Kellogg.^[3] The route was completely paved by 1940. Highway 42 was on its current alignment by 1953.

Highway 42 was extended south of Eyota to Interstate Highway 90 in 2002.^[4]

From 1934 to 2002, the southern terminus of Highway 42 was located at its intersection with U.S. Highway 14 on the northern edge of Eyota.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Olmsted	Eyota Township	-	I-90, CR 7 south
		0.000	US 14
		1.514	CR 9
	Viola Township	4.531	CR 2
		5.842	CR 2
Wabasha	Elgin Township	9.661	CR 25
	Plainview	14.449	MN 247 west, CR 8 east
	Plainview Township	15.549	CR 4
	Highland Township	19.308	CR 14 north
		20.108	CR 14 east
	Greenfield Township	27.372	US 61
	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 October 20, 2010. 
2. ^ Minnesota DNR website for Carley State Park - Link
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 20, 2010. 
4. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#42. Retrieved October 20, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}