Minnesota State Highway 67

Trunk Highway 67 marker

Trunk Highway 67
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 83.026 mi (133.617 km)
Existed: 1933 – present
Major junctions
West end: US 75 in Oshkosh Township,
near Canby
 

US 59 at Clarkfield
US 212 / MN 23 at Granite Falls

US 71 / MN 19 at Redwood Falls
East end: MN 68 at Morgan
Location
Counties: Yellow Medicine, Redwood
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 66MN 68

Minnesota State Highway 67 (MN 67) is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 in Oshkosh Township near Canby and continues east and southeast to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 68 in Morgan.

Highway 67 is 83 miles (134 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 67 serves as an eastwest and northsouth route in southwest Minnesota between Canby, Clarkfield, Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, and Morgan.

The highway is officially marked as an eastwest route by its highway shields from beginning to end.

Upper Sioux Agency State Park is located on Highway 67, eight miles southeast of Granite Falls.[1]

Highway 67 runs together with State Highway 19 for 14 miles (23 km), west of Redwood Falls.

History

Highway 67 was authorized in 1920 from present-day Highway 19 south of Echo to Granite Falls.[2] In 1934, it was extended westward to U.S. 75 at Canby. The route was expanded east to Redwood Falls and southeast to Morgan circa 1963.[3]

Highway 67 was paved from Granite Falls to U.S. Highway 75 by 1940. The route was completely paved by 1953.[3]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Yellow MedicineOshkosh Township0.0000.000 US 75, CR 4
Omro Township7.08811.407 CR 11 (300th Street)
Tyro Township14.06422.634 CR 9 (370th Street)
Clarkfield19.03930.640 US 59
Friendship Township22.08235.538 CR 8
Hazel Run Township28.09245.210 CR 43
Stony Run Township31.25950.306 US 212North end of US 212 overlap
Granite Falls32.35852.075 US 212 / MN 23East end of US 212 overlap
North end of MN 23 overlap
32.57152.418 MN 23South end of MN 23 overlap
Sioux Agency Township42.09167.739 CR 21
43.78070.457 CR 18
46.79875.314 CR 2
Echo49.78380.118 CR 1
Echo Township54.80288.195 MN 19, CR 46West end of MN 19 overlap
RedwoodKintireSheridan
township line
CR 7Old MN 273
SheridanRedwood Falls
township line
CR 6 south
Delhi Township CR 6 north
Redwood Falls69.761112.269 US 71 / MN 19East end of MN 19 overlap
North end of US 71 overlap
70.216113.002 US 71South end of US 71 overlap
Paxton Township73.438118.187 CR 1
Three LakesMorgan
township line
78.964127.080 CR 13
Morgan82.796133.247 CR 2 (Carlton Avenue)
82.942133.482 MN 68
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. Minnesota DNR web page for Upper Sioux Agency State Park - Link
  2. Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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