Trunk Highway 21 | ||||
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MN 21 highlighted in red
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 38.370 mi[2] (61.751 km) | |||
| Existed | 1920[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   MN 60 / CR 48 at Faribault | |||
| Major intersections |  MN 3atFaribault I-35atFaribault MN 99atErin Township  MN 13 / MN 19atNew Prague MN 282atJordan | |||
| North end |  US 169atJordan | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Rice, Le Sueur, Scott | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 21 (MN 21) is a 38.370-mile-long (61.751 km) highwayinMinnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 60inFaribault and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169inJordan, southwest of Shakopee.
State Highway 21 serves as a north–south route between Faribault, Montgomery, New Prague, and Jordan.
Highway 21 is also known as:
The Lyndale Avenue portion in Faribault is built as a four-lane divided highway.
The southern terminus for Highway 21 is its intersection with State Highway 60inFaribault. Highway 21 becomes Rice County Road 48 upon crossing its intersection with Highway 60.
State Highway 21 was authorized in 1920, running from ZumbrotatoSt. Peter.[3] In 1934, the segment east of Faribault became State Highway 60, and the segment west of Shieldsville became State Highway 99. Highway 21 was then extended northwest to Highway 13 at Montgomery, then north through New PraguetoJordan.
The southernmost section of Highway 21 through Faribault is second-generation old U.S. Highway 65 (constructed in the late 1950s), which was connected to a divided highway coming off Interstate Highway 35 in the 1960s.
Highway 21 was paved north of State Highway 19 by 1940. The remainder of Highway 21 was paved in the late 1940s.
| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Rice | Faribault | 0.000 | 0.000 |     MN 60 (4th Street) / CSAH 48 / I-35 BL south / I-35 Alt. south – Owatonna, Kenyon, Mankato | South end of Alt. I-35 and BL 35 overlap |
| 1.165 | 1.875 | MN 3 (20th Street Northwest) / Park Avenue – Northfield | |||
| 1.884– 2.121 | 3.032– 3.413 |  I-35 / I-35 BL ends – Minneapolis, Saint Paul, Albert Lea | Interchange; north end of BL 35 overlap | ||
| Wells Township | 2.537 | 4.083 |   CSAH 46 / I-35 Alt. north | North end of Alt. I-35 overlap | |
| Erin Township | 9.153 | 14.730 | MN 99 – Le Center | ||
| Le Sueur | Montgomery | 18.370 | 29.564 |  MN 13 south / CR 161 – Waterville | South end of MN 13 concurrency |
| Le Sueur–Scott county line | New Prague | 26.407 | 42.498 | MN 13 north / MN 19toUS 169 – Northfield | North end of MN 13 concurrency |
| Scott | Jordan | 35.829 | 57.661 | MN 282 (2nd Street) | |
| 36.673 | 59.019 | US 169 – Shakopee | |||
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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