Minnesota State Highway 40

Trunk Highway 40
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 72.723 mi[2] (117.036 km)
Existed: 1933[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SD 20 near Marietta, MN - Revillo,SD
at Minnesota — South Dakota state line
  US 75 at Madison
US 59 / MN 7 at Milan
East end: CR 5 at Willmar
Location
Counties: Lac qui Parle, Chippewa, Kandiyohi
Highway system

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Minnesota State Highway 40 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 20 at the South Dakota state line near Marietta and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 12 in Willmar.

Highway 40 is 73 miles (117 km) in length.

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Route description

Highway 40 serves as an east–west route between Madison and Willmar in west-central Minnesota.

The route is also known as:

Highway 40 crosses Lac qui Parle Lake west of Milan.

Lac qui Parle State Park is located 7 miles (11 km) south of the junction of Highway 40 and U.S. 59 at Milan. The park entrance is located on Chippewa County Road 13 near U.S. 59 at Watson.[3]

Highway 40 parallels U.S. Highway 12 and U.S. Highway 212 throughout its route in west-central Minnesota. Highway 40 also intersects with Highway 12 at its eastern terminus in Willmar.

History

Most of Highway 40 was authorized in 1933.

The section of the route between U.S. Highway 75 at Madison and the South Dakota state line was authorized circa 1950.[1]

Highway 40 was still gravel in 1940. The route was mostly paved by 1953, except for just west of Willmar. Highway 40 was completely paved by 1958.[1]

In 2009, its eastern terminus was moved from U.S. 12 in Willmar to County Road 5 (30th Street SW).[1]

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
South Dakota-Minnesota state line 0.000 SD 20
Lac Qui Parle
 Marietta 1.850 CR 7 (1st Avenue)  
Arena Township 6.900 CR 13  
Madison 12.595 US 75 South end of US 75 overlap
12.674 US 75 North end of US 75 overlap
13.174 CR 19 (1st Avenue)  
Cerro Gordo Township 19.058 CR 20  
19.297 CR 25  
Hantho Township 24.061 MN 119  
28.177 CR 33  
Minnesota River / Lac qui Parle
 28.577-28.619 Milan Bridge[4]
Chippewa
 Milan 32.394 US 59 / MN 7  
Big Bend Township 38.818 CR 9  
Mandt Township 41.733 MN 29 West end of MN 29 overlap
Grace Township 47.719 MN 29 north, CR 6 south East end of MN 29 overlap
Louriston Township 53.696 MN 277 south, CR 4 north  
Louriston Twp. / Woods Twp. 58.713 CR 2  
Woods Township 59.679 CR 2  
Kandiyohi
 St. Johns Township 65.689 CR 7  
67.687 CR 1  
Willmar 71.686 CR 55 (45th Street SW)  
72.705 CR 5 (30th Street SW)  
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ a b c d Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50. Retrieved February 24, 2007. 
  2. ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d8.pdf. Retrieved October 18, 2010. 
  3. ^ Minnesota DNR website for Lac qui Parle State Park - Link
  4. ^ Weeks III, John A (2008). "Milan Bridge". Highways, Byways, and Bridge Photography. http://www.johnweeks.com/river_minnesota/pages/mnD04.html. Retrieved October 18, 2010.