Minnesota State Highway 91 (MN 91) is a

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in southwest

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. It runs from

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County Road L14 at the

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state line near Ellsworth northward to

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at Russell.

Route description

Highway 91 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between Russell, Lake Wilson,

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, Ellsworth, and the Iowa state line. It is an important corridor for north–south truck traffic in the region. Highway 91 is also known as Broadway Street in Ellsworth. The route follows Maine Avenue in

. It follows College Avenue and Minnesota Avenue in Lake Wilson. Highway 91 has an interchange with

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. The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 91 in the Minnesota Statutes.

History

Highway 91 was authorized in 1933. Previously, Ellsworth and Lismore in Nobles County had been connected via a gravel road constructed . In July 1938, a bridge near

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was washed out by floods and was replaced with a detour. In 1942, only a portion of Highway 91 north of

was paved. Highway 91 was paved between Adrian and the

state line by 1953. The remainder of the route was paved by 1960. A section of the route underwent extensive rehabilitation from 2019 to 2020. The project included repaving of the roadway, along with bridge and

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replacement and an upgrade of the sidewalks in Lake Wilson. The cost of the project was reduced by bundling the separate projects, which spanned the three counties through which the route travels, into a single bid. The bridge over

was replaced in 2021.

Major intersections

References

External links

{{Attached KML, display=title,inline 091 Transportation in Nobles County, Minnesota Transportation in Murray County, Minnesota Transportation in Lyon County, Minnesota