Minnesota State Highway 57 (MN 57) is a state highway in southeast
Minnesota
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, which runs from its
interchange with
U.S. Highway 14
U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). For ...
in the city of
Kasson and continues north to its northern terminus at its
intersection
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with
U.S. Highway 52 in the unincorporated community of
Hader in
Wanamingo Township.
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
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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.
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
References
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Transportation in Dodge County, Minnesota
Transportation in Goodhue County, Minnesota