Minnesota State Highway 22 (MN 22) is a

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in south-central and central

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, which runs from

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County Road R50 at the

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state line near Kiester and continues north to its northern terminus at its

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with State Highway 23 in

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, west of St. Cloud.

Route description

State Highway 22 serves as a north–south route between

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Mankato Mankato ( ) is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the state of Minnesota. The population was 44,488 according to the 2020 census, making it the 21st-largest city in Minnesota, and the 5th-largest outside of the Minnea ...

St. Peter ) (Simeon, Simon) , birth_date = , birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire , death_date = Between AD 64–68 , death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire , parents = John (or Jonah; Jona) , occupation ...

, Gaylord, Glencoe, Hutchinson, Litchfield, and

. Highway 22 parallels State Highway 15 throughout its route. Highway 22 also intersects with Highway 15 at Hutchinson. The route crosses the

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between

and Kasota. Highway 22 is built as a four-lane

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on the east side of

. The southern terminus for Highway 22 is at the

state line, near Kiester, where Highway 22 becomes

County Road R50 (140th Avenue) upon crossing the state line.

History

State Highway 22 was authorized in 1920 from St. Peter to Paynesville. In 1934, it was extended south to the Iowa state line, and its northernmost section between Eden Valley and Paynesville became part of State Highway 55. The section of Highway 22 between

and

follows the original route of

U.S. Highway 169 U.S. Route 169 (US 169) is a north-south U.S highway that currently runs for 966 miles (1,555 km) from the city of Virginia, Minnesota to Tulsa, Oklahoma at Memorial Drive. Route description Oklahoma US 169 is a major north–south ...

. When the parallel route west of the

was first completed in the late 1950s, it originally carried the ''Highway 22'' designation for a few years until it was redesignated U.S. 169 and Highway 22 reverted to its original alignment. From 1934 to 1961, the northern terminus for Highway 22 was at its

with State Highway 55 in Eden Valley. The Highway 22 designation was extended north to

in 1961. Highway 22 will be redone from Mapleton to CO RD 90 just south of Mankato starting March 27, 2017, with the project finalizing in 2019. It will be a 3 part project, with the first stage being Mapleton to Beauford in 2017. In 2018 from Beauford to CO RD 90. Finally in 2019 the Victory Drive Memorial will be finished. Highway 22 was paved in its entirety by 1953. The new alignment section of Highway 22 on the southeast side of

U.S. Highway 14 U.S. Route 14 (abbreviated U.S. 14 or US 14), an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles (2,250 km), but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles (2,300 km). Fo ...

was constructed .

Major intersections

References

{{Reflist 022 Transportation in Stearns County, Minnesota Transportation in Meeker County, Minnesota Transportation in McLeod County, Minnesota Transportation in Sibley County, Minnesota Transportation in Nicollet County, Minnesota Transportation in Blue Earth County, Minnesota Transportation in Le Sueur County, Minnesota Transportation in Faribault County, Minnesota U.S. Route 169