Minnesota State Highway 22
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| Trunk Highway 22 |
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| Length: | 166 mi[1] (267 km) | ||||||||
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| Formed: | 1920, 1933, 1960[1] | ||||||||
| North end: |  Richmond |
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| South end: |  Kiester Township |
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| Major cities: | Richmond Litchfield Hutchinson Glencoe Gaylord St. Peter Mankato Wells |
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Minnesota State Highway 22 is a highway in southeast, southwest, and west-central Minnesota, which runs from the intersection of Minnesota Highway 23 and Minnesota 22 in Richmond (west of St. Cloud) and continues south to its southern terminus at the Iowa state line (south of Kiester, Minn.), where it becomes Winnebago County Road R50.
Minnesota Highway 22 is 166-miles in length and passes through the communities of:
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[edit] Notes
Minnesota Highway 22 serves as a north-south arterial route between Richmond, Litchfield, Hutchinson, Glencoe, Gaylord, St. Peter, Mankato, and Wells in southeast, southwest, and west-central Minnesota.
Minnesota Highway 22 passes through the counties of:
Minnesota Highway 22 parallels Minnesota Highway 15 throughout its route. Highway 22 also intersects with Highway 15 at Hutchinson.
Highway 22 crosses the Minnesota River between St. Peter and Kasota.
Highway 22 is a four-lane highway on the east side of Mankato.
[edit] Termini
The northern terminus for Minnesota 22 is its intersection with Minnesota Highway 23 in Richmond (west of St. Cloud) in central Minnesota.
The southern terminus for Minnesota 22 is at the Iowa state line (south of Kiester, Minn.), where it becomes Winnebago County Road R50 (140th Avenue) upon crossing the state line.
[edit] History
Highway 22 was authorized in 1920, 1933, and 1960.
The southernmost section of Highway 22 was added in 1933.
The section of Highway 22 between Mankato and St. Peter follows the original route of U.S. Highway 169. When the parallel route west of the Minnesota River was first completed in the late 1950s, it originally carried the Highway 22 designation for a few years until it was redesignated U.S. 169 and Highway 22 reverted to its original alignment.
From 1934 to 1961, the northern terminus for Highway 22 was at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 55 in Eden Valley. The Highway 22 designation was extended north to Richmond in 1961.
The new alignment section of Highway 22 on the southeast side of Mankato to U.S. Highway 14 was constructed around 1990.
Highway 22 was paved in its entirety by 1953.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. Details of Routes 1-25. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved on 2007-02-24.
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