Minnesota State Highway 42

Trunk Highway 42 marker

Trunk Highway 42
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 30.717 mi[1] (49.434 km)
Existed: 1920 – present
Major junctions
South end: I-90 near Eyota
 
North end: US 61 at Kellogg
Location
Counties: Olmsted, Wabasha
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 41MN 43

Minnesota State Highway 42 (MN 42) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 90 near Eyota and continues north and northeast to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Kellogg.

Highway 42 is 31 miles (50 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 42 serves as a northsouth route between Eyota, Elgin, Plainview, and Kellogg in southeast Minnesota.

The route is also known as Wabasha Street in Plainview and 2nd Avenue in Elgin.

Highway 42 passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest between Plainview and Kellogg in Wabasha County.

Carley State Park is located four miles south of the junction of Highway 42 and Wabasha County Road 4 at Plainview. The park entrance is located on Wabasha County Road 4.[2]

History

State Highway 42 was authorized in 1920 between Eyota and Kellogg.[3] The route was completely paved by 1940. Highway 42 was on its current alignment by 1953.

Highway 42 was extended south of Eyota to Interstate Highway 90 in 2002.[4]

From 1934 to 2002, the southern terminus of Highway 42 was located at its intersection with U.S. Highway 14 on the northern edge of Eyota.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
OlmstedEyota Township0.0000.000 I-90 / CSAH 7 south Austin, La Crosse
3.3795.438 US 14 Rochester, Winona
WabashaPlainview17.79528.638 MN 247 west / CSAH 8 east
Greenfield Township30.71749.434 US 61 Wabasha, Winona
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. Minnesota DNR website for Carley State Park - Link
  3. Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
  4. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 20, 2010.
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