Minnesota State Highway 60

Trunk Highway 60 marker

Trunk Highway 60
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 219 mi[1] (352 km)
Existed: 1934[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: IA 60 at Bigelow,
at the Minnesota - Iowa state line
  I-90 / U.S. 59 at Worthington
U.S. 71 / MN 62 at Windom
MN 4 / MN 30 at St. James
MN 15 at Madelia
U.S. 169 / U.S. 14 at Mankato
I-35 / MN 21 at Faribault
U.S. 52 / MN 58 at Zumbrota
U.S. 63 at Zumbro Falls
U.S. 61 at Wabasha
East end: WIS 25 near Nelson, WI
at the Mississippi River,
the Minnesota - Wisconsin state line
Location
Counties: Nobles, Jackson, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Nicollet,
Le Sueur, Waseca, Rice, Goodhue, Wabasha
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
US 59US 61

Minnesota State Highway 60 (MN 60) is a highway in southern Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 60 at the Iowa state line (at Bigelow) and continues east-northeast to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line (at Wabasha), where the route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the Mississippi River.

Highway 60 is the only state highway in Minnesota which runs from one border to another. The route runs in a general southwest-to-northeast direction.

The route is 219 miles (352 km) in length. Its southwest segment is a portion of the transportation corridor connecting Sioux City and the Twin Cities.

Route description

State Highway 60 serves as an eastwest marked route in southern Minnesota between Worthington, Windom, St. James, Mankato, Faribault, Zumbrota, and Wabasha.

From Bigelow to North Mankato, much of the highway is a four lane expressway. The last remaining two lane segment, between Windom and Mountain Lake, is scheduled for expansion to four lanes in 2017.

Highway 60 runs concurrent with U.S. Highway 59 south of and into Worthington; with U.S. Highway 71 in Windom; with State Highway 4 and State Highway 30 near St. James; with State Highway 15 near Madelia; and with U.S. Highway 169 in the Mankato area. In North Mankato, Highway 60 moves from a concurrency with U.S. 169 to another one with U.S. Highway 14.

From its concurrency with U.S. 14 in North Mankato, Highway 60 continues east with U.S. 14 on a four lane expressway until just past Eagle Lake, where the route leaves U.S. 14 and continues briefly north to Madison Lake, then northeast towards the city of Faribault. Highway 60 is a two lane highway at this point and for most of the rest of its way to Faribault and Wabasha. The route has a junction with Interstate 35 in Faribault.

From Faribault, Highway 60 continues east towards Zumbrota, where it intersects U.S. Highway 52. The route briefly runs concurrent with U.S. 52 around Zumbrota on a four lane expressway. Highway 60 then leaves U.S. 52 and continues east-northeast towards Wabasha. The route has junction with U.S. Highway 63 in Zumbro Falls and a junction with U.S. Highway 61 in Wabasha. Highway 60 crosses the Mississippi River at Wabasha on the Wabasha-Nelson Bridge. The route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the river into Wisconsin.

History

State Highway 60 was formed in 1934 by connecting three Minnesota constitutional route segments together. This formed a nearly border-to-border state highway, with its original termini at current U.S. 59 in Worthington and U.S. 61 at Wabasha. The route was extended to the Iowa state line in 1937, and was authorized onto the bridge to Wisconsin in 1943. The last gravel segment on this route was paved by 1960. Expressway segments were completed from St. James to Lake Crystal in 1980, from Worthington to Windom in 1997, from Bigelow to Worthington in 2013, and from St. James to Mountain Lake in 2015.

Major intersections

All exits are unnumbered.

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Nobles 00 Iowa 60 Sioux CityContinuation into Iowa
 58 US 59 south Sanborn, Iowa
Worthington1016 US 59 north Slayton
1016 I-90 Sioux Falls, FairmontInterchange
JacksonWilder3556 MN 86 Lakefield
CottonwoodWindom3963 US 71 Jackson, Redwood Falls
3963 MN 62 Fulda
WatonwanSt. James63101 MN 4 south SherburnInterchange
66106 MN 4 north / MN 30 west St. James, Sleepy EyeInterchange
 75121 MN 15 south / MN 30 east Fairmont, AmboyInterchange
Madelia80129 MN 15 New UlmInterchange
Blue Earth 97156 US 169 south Winnebago
Mankato100161 MN 68 New Ulm
102164 MN 66 Good ThunderInterchange
NicolletNorth Mankato104167 US 14 west / US 169 north New Ulm, MinneapolisInterchange
Blue EarthMankato108174 MN 22 St. Peter, MapletonInterchange
 120193 US 14 east Waseca, Owatonna
Le SueurWaterville137220 MN 13 Waseca, Montgomery
RiceFaribault152245 I-35 Minneapolis, Albert LeaInterchange
152245 MN 21 to MN 3 Northfield
153246 MN 299 north Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
MN 298 south Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
GoodhueKenyon168270 MN 56 Randolph, Dodge Center
Wanamingo178286 MN 57 Wanamingo, Mantorville
Zumbrota184296 US 52 north Cannon Falls, St. PaulInterchange
184296 MN 58 Zumbrota, Red WingInterchange
186299 US 52 south Pine Island, RochesterInterchange
WabashaZumbro Falls198319 US 63 Lake City, Rochester
Wabasha219352 US 61 Lake City, Winona
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 51-75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
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