Minnesota State Highway 57

Trunk Highway 57
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	24.578 mi (39.554 km)
Existed:	1934[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	U.S. 14 at Kasson
	MN 60 at Wanamingo
North end:	U.S. 52 at Hader, in Wanamingo Township
Location
Counties:	Dodge, Goodhue
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 56 MN 58 →

MN 57 at mile 10, just north of Berne

Minnesota State Highway 57 (MN 57) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 14 in the city of Kasson and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 52 in the unincorporated community of Hader in Wanamingo Township.

Highway 57 is 25 miles (40 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 57 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Kasson, Mantorville, Wanamingo, and Hader.

Highway 57 is a two-lane undivided highway its entire length, except for a small portion in the city of Kasson. The route begins in Kasson, and heads through the center of town. Two miles north of Kasson, the route enters historic Mantorville and goes by some landmarks, such as the Hubbell House. North of Mantorville, Highway 57 is very lightly traveled and doesn't enter another incorporated city for twenty miles (32 km). The route intersects State Highway 60 at Wanamingo. Highway 57 then heads north four more miles to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 52 in Hader.

Highway 57 is also known as Mantorville Avenue in the city of Kasson. The route is also known as Main Street in the cities of Mantorville and Wanamingo.

History

Highway 57 was first commissioned as Minnesota Constitutional Route 57 in 1920. Constitutional Route 57 only extended from Highway 14 in Kasson to Mantorville. The remainder of the route north to Hader was authorized in 1934. Highway 57 was completely paved by 1958. The route was extended south of the original terminus in Kasson in 1980 to meet the U.S. 14 bypass.^[2]

Highway 57 was the shortest constitutional route in the 1920 Minnesota highway plan, then only three miles in length between Kasson and Mantorville.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Dodge	Kasson	0.000– 0.127	0.000– 0.204	US 14 - Rochester, Owatonna	Diamond interchange with intersections on MN 57
		0.455	0.732	CR 34 (Main Street)	Old US 14
	Mantorville Township	3.800	6.116	CR 16
	Milton Township	9.921	15.966	CR 24 east – Pine Island
		10.067	16.201	CR 24 west – West Concord
Goodhue	Cherry Grove Township	14.427	23.218	CR 11
	Wanamingo	19.502	31.385	MN 60 – Kenyon, Zumbrota
	Wanamingo Township	24.395	39.260	US 52 – Cannon Falls, Zumbrota
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

1. Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 51-75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved July 10, 2007.
2. Froehlig, Adam. "Minnesota Highway 57". Minnesota Highway Endings. Retrieved July 10, 2007.