Minnesota State Highway 30

Trunk Highway 30 marker

Trunk Highway 30
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 266 mi[1] (428 km)
Existed: 1933[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: SD 34 near Airlie and Pipestone,
at the Minnesota — South Dakota state line
  U.S. 75 , MN 23 at Pipestone
U.S. 59 at Slayton
MN 4 , MN 60 at St. James
U.S. 169 at Amboy
I-35 at Ellendale
U.S. 218 at Blooming Prairie
, U.S. 63 from Rochester to Stewartville
I-90 near Rochester
U.S. 52 at Chatfield
East end: MN 43 at Rushford
Location
Counties: Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmsted, Fillmore
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 29MN 32

Minnesota State Highway 30 (MN 30) is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 34 at the South Dakota state line near Airlie and Pipestone, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford.

Highway 30 is 266 miles (428 km) in length.

Route description

MN 30 in Amboy

State Highway 30 serves as an eastwest route between Pipestone, Slayton, St. James, Stewartville, Chatfield, and Rushford.

Highway 30 parallels U.S. Highway 14 and Interstate Highway 90 throughout its route.

The Pipestone National Monument is located immediately north of Highway 30 in Pipestone.

Lake Shetek State Park is located near Highway 30 in Murray County on the shore of Lake Shetek. The park is located immediately north of the town of Currie and northeast of Slayton.

Highway 30 passes through the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest in Olmsted and Fillmore counties.

History

State Highway 30 was authorized in 1933.

The section of Highway 30 between the South Dakota state line to State Highway 4 near St. James was originally designated as old State Highway 47 from 1934 to 1963. This section was renumbered 30 in 1963.

In 1940, only the western segment of Highway 30 was paved. In the 1950s, the central portions of Highway 30 were still gravel. Highway 30 was paved in its entirety by 1963.

Future

There are plans to reroute the highway into the City of Rochester, as seen in the Rochester International Airport Area Plan [3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Pipestone 0.0000.000 SD 34Continuation into South Dakota
Pipestone7.71812.421 MN 23West end of MN 23 overlap
7.93712.773 US 75 / MN 23West end of US 75 overlap; east end of MN 23 overlap
8.28513.333 US 75East end of US 75 overlap
MurrayLake Wilson25.67841.325 MN 91West end of MN 91 overlap
25.98341.816 MN 91East end of MN 91 overlap
Slayton Township34.07554.838 MN 267
Slayton35.70957.468 US 59South end of US 59 overlap
Mason Township41.43466.682 US 59North end of US 59 overlap
CottonwoodAmboy Township73.689118.591 US 71
WatonwanNelson Township97.652157.156 MN 4North end of MN 4 overlap
St. James Township104.231167.744 MN 4 / MN 60South end of MN 4 overlap, West end of MN 60 overlap
Rosendale TownshipCR 12Interchange
Fieldon Township113.915183.328 MN 60 / MN 15East end of MN 60 overlap; north end of MN 15 overlap
Antrim Township118.961191.449 MN 15South end of MN 15 overlap
Blue EarthShelby Township131.847212.187 US 169North end of US 169 overlap
132.203212.760 US 169South end of US 169 overlap
Mapleton144.310232.244 MN 22North end of MN 22 overlap
Mapleton Township146.882236.384 MN 22South end of MN 22 overlap
WasecaVivian Township157.936254.173 MN 83
New Richland Township168.464271.117 MN 13
SteeleSummit Township179.566–
179.718
288.983–
289.228
I-35I-35 exit 26; interchange.
Blooming Prairie190.903307.229 US 218North end of US 218 overlap
191.462308.128 US 218South end of US 218 overlap
DodgeHayfield202.561325.990 MN 56
OlmstedRochester221.368356.257 US 63North end of US 63 overlap
High Forest Township I-90I-90 exits 209A-B; interchange.
Stewartville223.892360.319 US 63South end of US 63 overlap
Chatfield239.804385.927 US 52North end of US 52 overlap
Fillmore240.303386.730 US 52
MN 74
South end of US 52 overlap; west end of MN 74 overlap
OlmstedElmira Township244.419393.354 MN 74East end of MN 74 overlap
FillmoreArendahl Township254.517409.605 MN 250
Rushford265.503427.286 MN 43
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 26, 2011.
  2. Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  3. RIA Area Study
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