Minnesota State Highway 30

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 Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 29 MN 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 east–west 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

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Pipestone		0.000	0.000	SD 34	Continuation into South Dakota
	Pipestone	7.718	12.421	MN 23	West end of MN 23 overlap
		7.937	12.773	US 75 / MN 23	West end of US 75 overlap; east end of MN 23 overlap
		8.285	13.333	US 75	East end of US 75 overlap
Murray	Lake Wilson	25.678	41.325	MN 91	West end of MN 91 overlap
		25.983	41.816	MN 91	East end of MN 91 overlap
	Slayton Township	34.075	54.838	MN 267
	Slayton	35.709	57.468	US 59	South end of US 59 overlap
	Mason Township	41.434	66.682	US 59	North end of US 59 overlap
Cottonwood	Amboy Township	73.689	118.591	US 71
Watonwan	Nelson Township	97.652	157.156	MN 4	North end of MN 4 overlap
	St. James Township	104.231	167.744	MN 4 / MN 60	South end of MN 4 overlap, West end of MN 60 overlap
	Rosendale Township			CR 12	Interchange
	Fieldon Township	113.915	183.328	MN 60 / MN 15	East end of MN 60 overlap; north end of MN 15 overlap
	Antrim Township	118.961	191.449	MN 15	South end of MN 15 overlap
Blue Earth	Shelby Township	131.847	212.187	US 169	North end of US 169 overlap
		132.203	212.760	US 169	South end of US 169 overlap
	Mapleton	144.310	232.244	MN 22	North end of MN 22 overlap
	Mapleton Township	146.882	236.384	MN 22	South end of MN 22 overlap
Waseca	Vivian Township	157.936	254.173	MN 83
	New Richland Township	168.464	271.117	MN 13
Steele	Summit Township	179.566– 179.718	288.983– 289.228	I-35	I-35 exit 26; interchange.
	Blooming Prairie	190.903	307.229	US 218	North end of US 218 overlap
		191.462	308.128	US 218	South end of US 218 overlap
Dodge	Hayfield	202.561	325.990	MN 56
Olmsted	Rochester	221.368	356.257	US 63	North end of US 63 overlap
	High Forest Township			I-90	I-90 exits 209A-B; interchange.
	Stewartville	223.892	360.319	US 63	South end of US 63 overlap
	Chatfield	239.804	385.927	US 52	North end of US 52 overlap
Fillmore		240.303	386.730	US 52 MN 74	South end of US 52 overlap; west end of MN 74 overlap
Olmsted	Elmira Township	244.419	393.354	MN 74	East end of MN 74 overlap
Fillmore	Arendahl Township	254.517	409.605	MN 250
	Rushford	265.503	427.286	MN 43
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 26, 2011.
2. Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
3. RIA Area Study