Minnesota State Highway 76

Trunk Highway 76
MN 76 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(7)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	36.767 mi (59.171 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
South end:	IA 76 at the Iowa state line
	MN 44 at Caledonia MN 16 at Houston
North end:	I-90, County 12 at Pleasant Hill Township
Location
Counties:	Houston, Winona
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← US 75 MN 77 →

Minnesota State Highway 76 (MN 76) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 76 at the Iowa state line (near Eitzen), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Pleasant Hill Township near Winona.

Highway 76 is 37 miles (60 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 76 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Caledonia, Houston, and Interstate 90.

The route passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest.

Beaver Creek Valley State Park is located 4 miles west of the junction of Highway 76 and Houston County Road 1 at Caledonia. The park entrance is located on County Road 1.^[1]

Highway 76 parallels State Highway 26 and State Highway 43 throughout its route.

The route is legally defined as Legislative Route 76 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[2]

History

Highway 76 was authorized in 1933.^[3]

By 1953, only the section in Houston County was paved. All of Highway 76 was paved by 1963.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Houston	0.000	0.000	Iowa 76	Continuation into Iowa
	Caledonia Township	7.897	12.709	MN 44	South end of MN 44 overlap
	Caledonia			CR 3	Old MN 249
		10.970	17.655	MN 44	North end of MN 44 overlap
		11.711	18.847	CR 1
	Caledonia Township	12.725	20.479	CR 10
	Sheldon Township	20.706	33.323	CR 4
	Houston Township	22.192	35.715	MN 16	East end of MN 16 overlap
	Houston	23.076	37.137	MN 16	West end of MN 16 overlap
	Houston Township	23.565	37.924	CR 9
Winona	Pleasant Hill Township	36.761– 36.875	59.161– 59.345	I-90	Interchange
		36.909	59.399	County 12
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing