Minnesota State Highway 19

Trunk Highway 19
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	207.877 mi[1] (334.546 km)
Existed:	1933[2] – 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 US State Legislative routes ← MN 18 MN 20 →

Minnesota State Highway 19 (MN 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	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lincoln	Hendricks Township	0.000	0.000	SD 30 west – White	Continuation into South Dakota
		2.331	3.751	MN 271 north / CSAH 1 – Hendricks
	Ivanhoe	10.395	16.729	US 75 – Lake Benton, Benton
Lyon	Marshall	34.786	55.983	US 59 / MN 68 west – Ghent, Slayton, Clarkfield	Western end of MN 68 overlap
		36.472– 36.487	58.696– 58.720	MN 23 – Granite Falls, Pipestone
Redwood	Westline Township	46.596	74.989	MN 68 east – Milroy	Eastern end of MN 68 overlap
Yellow Medicine–Redwood county line	Echo–Vesta township line	57.360	92.312	MN 67 west – Granite Falls	Western end of MN 67 overlap
Redwood	Redwood Falls	72.087	116.013	US 71 / MN 67	Eastern end of MN 67 overlap; western end of US 71 overlap
Minnesota River		78.232– 78.302	125.902– 126.015	US 71 Bridge[6]
Renville	Morton	78.498	126.330	US 71	Eastern end of US 71 overlap
	Fairfax	92.983	149.642	MN 4
Sibley	Winthrop	109.722	176.580	MN 15
	Gaylord	117.411	188.955	MN 5 west, MN 22 north	Western end of MN 5/MN 22 overlap
				MN 22	Eastern end of MN 22 overlap
		118.772	191.145	MN 5	Eastern end of MN 5 overlap
	Henderson	134.078	215.778	MN 93
Minnesota River		134.387– 134.479	216.275– 216.423	Highway 19 Bridge
Scott–Le Sueur county line		137.727	221.650	US 169	Interchange
	New Prague	150.832	242.741	MN 13 / MN 21	Western end of MN 13 overlap
		154.886– 154.892	249.265– 249.275	MN 13	Eastern end of MN 13 overlap
Rice	Webster Township	169.335– 169.438	272.518– 272.684	I-35 – Minneapolis, St. Paul, Albert Lea	I-35 exit 69; interchange.
	Northfield	176.202	283.570	MN 3	South end of MN 3 overlap
		176.466	283.994	MN 3	North end of MN 3 overlap
Goodhue	Stanton Township	184.328	296.647	MN 56	South end of MN 56 overlap
		185.331	298.261	MN 56	North end of MN 56 overlap
	Cannon Falls	190.478	306.545	US 52
		191.108	307.559	MN 20
	Red Wing	207.572	334.055	US 61
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 24, 2011.
2. Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Archived from the original on 2006-12-30. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
3. "Colvill Memorial Highway". October 22, 1931. Archived from the original on February 13, 2007. Retrieved 2008-11-12.
4. "Minnesota Statutes 161.14: Names and Designations of Certain Highways". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
5. "North Star Highways: Named Highway Route Log". Retrieved 2008-11-12.
6. Weeks III, John A (2008). "US-71 Bridge (Main Channel)". Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography. Retrieved October 5, 2010.