Minnesota State Highway 79

Trunk Highway 79
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	12.128 mi[1] (19.518 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	US 59 / MN 55 in Elbow Lake
East end:	I-94 in Evansville Township, near Evansville
Location
Counties:	Grant, Douglas
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 78 MN 80 →

Minnesota State Highway 79 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 59 / State Highway 55 (co-signed) in the city of Elbow Lake and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 94 and Douglas County Road 41 at Evansville Township near Evansville.

Highway 79 is 12 miles (19 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 79 serves as an east–west route in west-central Minnesota between Elbow Lake and Evansville.

The city of Evansville is located immediately east of the junction of Interstate 94, Highway 79, and County Road 41.

History

State Highway 79 was authorized in 1933.^[2]

All of the route was paved by 1940.^[2]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Grant	Elbow Lake	0.000	US 59 / MN 55
		0.121	CR 4
	Elbow Lake Township	3.024	CR 21 north
		3.519	CR 21 south
	Erdahl Township	5.241	CR 24
		7.017	CR 10
		9.049	CR 5
		10.014	CR 19 north, CR 55 south
Douglas	Evansville Township	11.666	CR 25
		12.014-12.143	I-94, CR 41 east	Interchange
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 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved November 2, 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76-100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm#79. Retrieved November 2, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}