Trunk Highway 79 | ||||
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Route information | ||||
Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
Length: | 12.128 mi[1] (19.518 km) | |||
Existed: | 1933 – present | |||
Major junctions | ||||
West end: | US 59 / MN 55 in Elbow Lake | |||
East end: | I-94 in Evansville Township, near Evansville | |||
Location | ||||
Counties: | Grant, Douglas | |||
Highway system | ||||
Minnesota Trunk Highways
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Minnesota State Highway 79 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 59 / State Highway 55 (co-signed) in the city of Elbow Lake and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 94 and Douglas County Road 41 at Evansville Township near Evansville.
Highway 79 is 12 miles (19 km) in length.
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State Highway 79 serves as an east–west route in west-central Minnesota between Elbow Lake and Evansville.
The city of Evansville is located immediately east of the junction of Interstate 94, Highway 79, and County Road 41.
State Highway 79 was authorized in 1933.[2]
All of the route was paved by 1940.[2]
County | Location | Mile[1] | Destinations | Notes |
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Grant |
Elbow Lake | 0.000 | US 59 / MN 55 | |
0.121 | CR 4 | |||
Elbow Lake Township | 3.024 | CR 21 north | ||
3.519 | CR 21 south | |||
Erdahl Township | 5.241 | CR 24 | ||
7.017 | CR 10 | |||
9.049 | CR 5 | |||
10.014 | CR 19 north, CR 55 south | |||
Douglas |
Evansville Township | 11.666 | CR 25 | |
12.014-12.143 | I-94, CR 41 east | Interchange | ||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • Unopened |