State highway in Minnesota, United States
Minnesota State Highway 22
(
MN 22
) is a 166.325-mile-long (267.674 km)
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
.
Route description
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MN 22 concurrent with US 169 and MN 99 in
St. Peter
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
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State Highway 22 was authorized in 1920 from St. Peter to
Paynesville
.
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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.
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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.
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Highway 22 will be redone from Mapleton to CO RD 90 just south of Mankato starting March 27, 2017, with the project finalizing in 2019. It will be a 3 part project, with the first stage being Mapleton to Beauford in 2017. In 2018 from Beauford to CO RD 90. Finally in 2019 the Victory Drive Memorial will be finished.
Highway 22 was paved in its entirety by 1953.
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The new alignment section of Highway 22 on the southeast side of
Mankato
to
U.S. Highway 14
was constructed
c.
1990
.
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Major intersections
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References
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