Minnesota State Highway 76

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Trunk Highway 76

Minn076.svg
MN 76 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length36.767 mi [1]  (59.171 km)
Existed1933–present
Major junctions
South endElongated circle 76.svg Iowa 76 at the Iowa state line in Eitzen
Major intersections
North endI-90.svgCounty 12 square.svg I-90  / CR 12 at Pleasant Hill Township
Location
Country United States
State Minnesota
Counties Houston, Winona
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
US 75.svg US 75 MN-77.svg MN 77

Minnesota State Highway 76 (MN 76) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 76 at the Iowa state line (near Eitzen), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Pleasant Hill Township near Winona.

Contents

Highway 76 is 37 miles (60 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 76 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Caledonia, Houston, and Interstate 90.

The route passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest.

Beaver Creek Valley State Park is located 4 miles west of the junction of Highway 76 and Houston County Road 1 at Caledonia. The park entrance is located on County Road 1. [2]

Highway 76 parallels State Highway 26 and State Highway 43 throughout its route.

The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 76 in the Minnesota Statutes. [3]

MN-76 & I-90 junction.jpg
MN-76 & I-90 junction and northern terminus
Iowa State Highway 76-2.jpg
Southern terminus in Eitzen, Minnesota

History

Highway 76 was authorized in 1933. [4]

By 1953, only the section in Houston County was paved. All of Highway 76 was paved by 1963. [4]

Major intersections

MN-76 junction with MN-44 north of Caledonia MN-76.jpg
MN-76 junction with MN-44 north of Caledonia
CountyLocationmi [1] kmDestinationsNotes
Houston Winnebago Township 0.0000.000South plate.svg
Elongated circle 76.svg
Iowa 76 south Waukon
Continuation into Iowa
Caledonia Township 7.83012.601West plate blue.svg
MN-44.svg
MN 44 west Spring Grove
Southern end of MN 44 overlap
Caledonia County 3 square.svg CSAH 3  Brownsville Former MN 249
10.94917.621East plate blue.svg
MN-44.svg
MN 44 east Hokah
Northern end of MN 44 overlap
Houston Township 22.17035.679East plate blue.svg
MN-16.svg
MN 16 east Hokah
Eastern end of MN 16 overlap
Houston 23.03937.078West plate blue.svg
MN-16.svg
County 13 square.svg MN 16 west / CSAH 13  Rushford
Western end of MN 16 overlap
Winona Pleasant Hill Township 36.69159.048I-90.svg I-90  La Crosse, Austin Interchange
36.76759.171County 12 square.svg CSAH 12 Witoka, Ridgeway
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

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  1. 1 2 Minnesota Department of Transportation (August 14, 2014). "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 14, 2015.
  2. Minnesota DNR website for Beaver Creek Valley State Park - Link
  3. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76–100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved November 1, 2010.[ self-published source ]