Minnesota State Highway 79

Trunk Highway 79 marker

Trunk Highway 79

Route information

Maintained by Mn/DOT

Length:

12.128 mi^[1] (19.518 km)

Existed:

1933 – present

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Minnesota State Highway 79 (MN 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.

Route description

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	mi^[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Grant	Elbow Lake	0.000	0.000	US 59 / MN 55
	Elbow Lake	0.121	0.195	CR 4
	Elbow Lake Township	3.024	4.867	CR 21 north
	Elbow Lake Township	3.519	5.663	CR 21 south
	Erdahl Township	5.241	8.435	CR 24
		7.017	11.293	CR 10
		9.049	14.563	CR 5
		10.014	16.116	CR 19 north, CR 55 south
Douglas	Evansville Township	11.666	18.775	CR 25
Douglas	Evansville Township	12.014– 12.143	19.335– 19.542	I-94, CR 41 east	Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 2, 2010.
1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 76–100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 2, 2010.

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