Minnesota State Highway 30

{{Infobox road

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|map_notes=MN 30 highlighted in red

|established=1933

|length_mi=265.503

|length_ref={{cite web|url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf |title=Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 26, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914220734/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf |archivedate=September 14, 2012 }}

|direction_a=West

|direction_b=East

|terminus_a={{Jct|state=SD|SD|34}} near Airlie, at the
Minnesota — South Dakota state line

|terminus_b={{Jct|state=MN|MN|43}} at Rushford

|junction={{Jct|state=MN|US|75|MN|23}} at Pipestone
{{Jct|state=MN|US|59}} at Slayton
{{Jct|state=MN|US|169}} at Amboy
{{Jct|state=MN|I|35}} at Ellendale
{{Jct|state=MN|US|218}} at Blooming Prairie
{{Jct|state=MN|US|63}} from Rochester to Stewartville
{{Jct|state=MN|I|90}} near Rochester
{{Jct|state=MN|US|52}} at Chatfield

|counties=Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele, Dodge, Olmsted, Fillmore

|previous_type=MN

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|next_type=MN

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}}

Minnesota State Highway 30 (MN 30) is a {{convert|265.503|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 34 at the South Dakota state line near Airlie, west of Pipestone, and continues to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford.

Route description

File:MN_30_in_Amboy,_MN.jpg]]

State Highway 30 serves as an east–west route between Pipestone, Slayton, St. James, Stewartville, Chatfield, and Rushford.

Highway 30 parallels U.S. Highway 14 and Interstate Highway 90 throughout its route.

The Pipestone National Monument is located immediately north of Highway 30 in Pipestone.

Lake Shetek State Park is located near Highway 30 in Murray County on the shore of Lake Shetek. The park is located immediately north of the town of Currie and northeast of Slayton.

Highway 30 passes through the Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest in Olmsted and Fillmore counties.

History

State Highway 30 was established in 1933, originally running from Highway 15 to Rushford. It replaced former State Highway 41 from Blooming Prairie to Hayfield. The road was completely gravel at this time except where it overlapped other highways.{{cite map|title=1933 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota |date=April 1, 1933 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |cartography=McGill-Warner Co. |section=H-22 through Q-22 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mdt/id/225/rec/14 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{cite map |title=1934 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota |date=May 1, 1934 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |cartography=McGill-Warner Co. |section=H-22 through Q-22 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/mdt/id/210/rec/15 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}

By 1946, the road was still unpaved except for short sections in and near some towns.{{cite map |title=1946 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=May 1, 1946 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |section=H-22 through Q-22 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/237/rec/26 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} The first extended paving was done from Cummingsville to Rushford in 1948 and 1949.{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county55/5505.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 5505 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county23/2305.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 2305 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} The remainder of the highway was paved throughout the 1950s; by 1960 it was fully paved.{{Cite map |title=1960 Official Road Map, Minnesota |year=1960 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Co. |section=G-19 through O-19 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/1198/rec/40 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} In 1955, the highway was re-routed east of Chatfield to overlap with Highway 74.

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|route=47

|location=Southern Minnesota

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|deleted=1961

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In 1961, Highway 30 was extended westward, along the route of what had previously been State Highway 47. (This highway number was simultaneously re-used on another highway in east-central Minnesota.) This extension was paved except for the section between U.S. 71 and the Cottonwood-Watonwan county line;{{Cite map |title=1961 Official Road Map, Minnesota |year=1961 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Co. |section=B-19 through G-19 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/1201/rec/41 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{cite map |title=1962 Official Road Map - Minnesota |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |year=1962 |section=B-19 through G-19 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/1204/rec/42 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} this section was paved in 1965.{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county17/1702.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1702 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}

Highway 47 was originally established November 2, 1920 from Pipestone to Slayton.{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114 |work=Minnesota Statutes |title=§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways |publisher=Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes |author=Minnesota State Legislature |date=2010 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} It was extended west to the South Dakota state line and east to Highway 4 north of St. James in 1933. The entire highway was gravel at this time. In 1939, it was realigned to take a direct route to Darfur from U.S. 71, bypassing Comfrey.{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county83/8307.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 8307 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{cite map |title=1939 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System |date=May 1, 1939 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |cartography=McGill-Warner Co. |section=F-21 through G-21 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/255/rec/20 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{cite map |title=1940 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=May 1, 1940 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |section=B-22 through H-21 |url=http://cdm16022.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/mdt/id/249/rec/22 |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} By 1940, the roadway was paved from the state line to Westbrook. Paving from Westbrook to U.S. 71 was performed in 1950 and 1951,{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county17/1701.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1701 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}} and through Watonwan County in 1955.

In the late 1970s, Highway 30's overlap with Highway 60 was upgraded to a four-lane expressway.{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/docs/projlog/county83/8309.pdf |title=Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 8309 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |accessdate=December 2, 2018}}

Future

There are plans to reroute the highway into the City of Rochester to better serve the Rochester International Airport and improve conditions on U.S. 63.{{citation |url=https://www.co.olmsted.mn.us/planning/trnsprtnplng/th63riastudy/Documents/Study%202/Study2Final.pdf |title=Rochester International Airport Sub Area Transportation Study and TH 63 South Corridor Transportation Plan; Study Report #2 |date=May 2010 |publisher=SRF Consulting Group |location=Minneapolis |accessdate=December 1, 2018}}

Major intersections

{{MNint

|county=Pipestone

|cspan=4

|location=Sweet Township

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=SD|SD|34|dir1=west|city1=Madison}}

|notes=Western terminus; continuation into South Dakota}}

{{MNint

|location=Pipestone

|lspan=3

|type=concur

|mile=7.718

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|23|dir1=west|city1=Jasper}}

|notes=Western end of MN 23 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|mile=7.937

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|75|dir1=north|MN|23|dir2=east|city1=Lake Benton|city2=Marshall}}

|type=concur

|notes=Western end of US 75 concurrency; eastern end of MN 23 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|type=concur

|mile=8.285

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|75|dir1=south|city1=Luverne}}

|notes=Eastern end of US 75 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Murray

|cspan=5

|location=Lake Wilson

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=25.678

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|91|dir1=north}}

|notes=Western end of MN 91 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|mile=25.983

|type=concur

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|91|dir1=south|city1=Chandler}}

|notes=Eastern end of MN 91 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Slayton Township

|mile=34.075

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|267|dir1=south|city1=Iona}}

|notes=Northern terminus of MN 267}}

{{MNint

|location=Slayton

|type=concur

|mile=35.709

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|59|dir1=south|CSAH|8|county2=Murray|city1=Worthington}}

|notes=Southern end of US 59 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Mason Township

|type=concur

|mile=41.434

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|59|dir1=north|city1=Marshall}}

|notes=Northern end of US 59 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Cottonwood

|location=Amboy Township

|mile=73.689

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|71|city1=Windom|city2=Redwood Falls}}}}

{{MNint

|county=Watonwan

|cspan=6

|location=Nelson Township

|type=concur

|mile=97.652

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|4|dir1=north|CSAH|30|county2=Watonwan|city1=Sleepy Eye|city2=La Salle}}

|notes=Northern end of MN 4 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=St. James

|type=concur

|mile=

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN-Bus|60|dir1=west|CSAH|56|county2=Watonwan}}

|notes=Western end of MN 60 Bus. concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=St. James Township

|type=concur

|mile=104.231

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|4|dir1=south|MN|60|dir2=west|CSAH|27|county3=Watonwan|city1=Sherburn|city2=Windom}}

|notes=Southern end of MN 4 concurrency, western end of MN 60 concurrency; eastern end of MN 60 Bus.}}

{{MNint

|location=Rosendale Township

|mile=

|road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|12|county1=Watonwan|city1=St. James}}

|notes=Interchange}}

{{MNint

|location=Fieldon Township

|type=concur

|mile=113.915

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|60|dir1=east|MN|15|dir2=north|city1=Madelia}}

|notes=Eastern end of MN 60 concurrency; northern end of MN 15 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Antrim Township

|type=concur

|mile=118.961

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|15|dir1=south|city1=Fairmont}}

|notes=Southern end of MN 15 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Blue Earth

|cspan=4

|location=Shelby Township

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=131.847

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|169|dir1=north|city1=Mankato}}

|notes=Northern end of US 169 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|type=concur

|mile=132.203

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|169|dir1=south|city1=Blue Earth}}

|notes=Southern end of US 169 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Mapleton

|type=concur

|mile=144.310

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|22|dir1=north|CSAH|21|county2=Blue Earth|city1=Mankato}}

|notes=Northern end of MN 22 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Mapleton Township

|type=concur

|mile=146.882

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|22|dir1=south|CSAH|29|county2=Blue Earth|city1=Wells}}

|notes=Southern end of MN 22 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Waseca

|cspan=2

|location=Vivian Township

|mile=157.936

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|83|dir1=north|CSAH|28|county2=Waseca|CSAH|3|county3=Waseca|to3=y|city1=Waldorf}}

|notes=Southern terminus of MN 83}}

{{MNint

|location=New Richland Township

|mile=168.464

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|13|city1=Albert Lea|city2=Waseca}}}}

{{MNint

|county=Steele

|cspan=3

|location=Summit Township

|ctdab= Steele

|mile=179.566

|mile2=179.718

|road={{jct|state=MN|I|35|city1=Albert Lea|city2=Minneapolis|city3=St. Paul}}

|notes=I-35 Exit 26; interchange}}

{{MNint

|location=Blooming Prairie

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=190.903

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|218|dir1=north|CSAH|16|county2=Steele|city1=Owatonna}}

|notes=Northern end of US 218 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|type=concur

|mile=191.462

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|218|dir1=south|city1=Austin}}

|notes=Southern end of US 218 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Dodge

|location=Hayfield

|mile=202.561

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|56|location1=I-90|city2=Dodge Center}}}}

{{MNint

|county=Olmsted

|cspan=4

|location=Rochester

|type=concur

|mile=221.368

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|63|dir1=north|CSAH|16|county2=Olmsted|city1=Rochester}}

|notes=Northern end of US 63 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=High Forest Township

|mile=

|mile2=

|road={{jct|state=MN|I|90|city1=Austin|location2=La Crosse}}

|notes=I-90 Exits 209A-B; interchange}}

{{MNint

|location=Stewartville

|type=concur

|mile=223.892

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|63|dir1=south}}

|notes=Southern end of US 63 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|location=Chatfield

|lspan=2

|type=concur

|mile=239.804

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|52|dir1=north|city1=Rochester}}

|notes=Northern end of US 52 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Fillmore

|type=concur

|mile=240.303

|road={{jct|state=MN|US|52|dir1=south|CSAH|2|county2=Fillmore|MN|74|dir3=begins|city1=Preston}}

|notes=Southern end of US 52 concurrency; western end of MN 74 currency; southern terminus of MN 74}}

{{MNint

|county=Olmsted

|location=Elmira Township

|type=concur

|mile=244.419

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|74|dir1=north|city1=St. Charles}}

|notes=Eastern end of MN 74 concurrency}}

{{MNint

|county=Fillmore

|cspan=2

|location=Arendahl Township

|mile=254.517

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|250|dir1=south|CSAH|32|county2=Fillmore|city1=Lanesboro}}

|notes=Northern terminus of MN 250}}

{{MNint

|location=Rushford

|mile=265.503

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|43}}

|notes=Eastern terminus}}

References

External links

[http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#30 Highway 30 at The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page]

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Category:Transportation in Pipestone County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Murray County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Cottonwood County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Watonwan County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Blue Earth County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Waseca County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Steele County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Dodge County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Category:Transportation in Fillmore County, Minnesota