Minnesota State Highway 4

"MN 4" redirects here. MN 4 may also refer to Minnesota's 4th congressional district or to MN 4 (biostratigraphic zone).

Trunk Highway 4
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	167.136 mi[1] (268.979 km)
Existed:	1920 – present
Major junctions
South end:	Iowa 4 at the Iowa state line
	I-90 at Sherburn MN 30 / MN 60 at St. James US 14 / MN 68 at Sleepy Eye MN 19 at Fairfax US 212 at Hector MN 7 at Cosmos US 12 at Grove City MN 23 / MN 55 at Paynesville
North end:	I-94 near Sauk Centre and Melrose
Location
Counties:	Martin, Watonwan, Brown, Nicollet, Renville, Meeker, Kandiyohi, Stearns
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 3 MN 5 →

Minnesota State Highway 4 is a highway in southwest and west-central Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 4 at the Iowa state line (near Dunnell, MN and Estherville, IA), and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate Highway 94 near Sauk Centre and Melrose.

Highway 4 is 167 miles (269 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 4 serves as a north–south route between Sherburn, Saint James, Sleepy Eye, Fairfax, Hector, Paynesville, and Meire Grove in southwest and west-central Minnesota.

Highway 4 parallels U.S. Highway 71 and State Highway 15 throughout its route.

Fort Ridgely State Park is located on Highway 4 in Nicollet County on the Minnesota River. The park is located south of Fairfax and northwest of New Ulm.^[2]

History

The segment of Highway 4 between Paynesville and Interstate 94 is part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 4, established in 1920; the remainder of Highway 4 was authorized in 1933.^[3]

The route was completely paved by 1961.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[4][5][1]	Destinations	Notes
Iowa-Minnesota state line		0.000	Iowa 4
Martin	Sherburn	13.367-13.535	I-90
Watonwan	St. James Township	34.378	MN 60	West end of MN 60 concurrency
		35.510	MN 60 / MN 30	East end of MN 60 concurrency South end of MN 30 concurrency
	Nelson Township	42.092	MN 30	North end of MN 30 concurrency
Brown	Sleepy Eye	62.998	US 14 / MN 68	South end of MN 68 concurrency
	Home Township	66.020	MN 68	North end of MN 68 concurrency
Brown-Nicollet county line		72.680-72.774	Minnesota River
Nicollet	No major junctions
Renville	Cairo Township	79.399	MN 19
	Hector	94.212	US 212
Meeker	Cosmos	108.147	MN 7
	Grove City	123.011	US 12	West end of US 12 concurrency
	Swede Grove Township	123.620	US 12	East end of US 12 concurrency
	Union Grove Township	135.633	MN 55	East end of MN 55 concurrency
Stearns	Paynesville	108.569 (MN-55)	MN 23
Kandiyohi	Roseville Township	143.193	MN 55	West end of MN 55 concurrency
Stearns	Melrose Township	165.719-165.804	I-94
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Logpoint Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved September 18, 2010. 
2. ^ Minnesota DNR website for Fort Ridgely State Park - Link
3. ^ ^{a b} Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 1-25". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r1-25.htm#4. Retrieved September 18, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}
4. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved September 18, 2010. 
5. ^ "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 September 18, 2010.