Minnesota State Highway 67

Trunk Highway 67
MN 67 highlighted in red, former alignment in blue
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	85.076 mi (136.917 km)
Existed	1933–present
Major junctions
West end	US 75 near Canby
Major intersections	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
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Yellow Medicine, Redwood
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Legislative Scenic
← MN 66 → MN 68

Minnesota State Highway 67 (MN 67) is a 83.026-mile-long (133.617 km) 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.

Route description

Highway 67 serves as an east–west and north–south route in southwest Minnesota between Canby, Clarkfield, Granite Falls, Redwood Falls, and Morgan.

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

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

History

Trunk Highway 93
Location	Redwood Falls to Morgan
Length	13 mi (21 km)
Existed	1934–1963

Highway 67 was authorized in 1920 from present-day Highway 19 south of Echo to Granite Falls.^[1] In 1934, it was extended westward to U.S. 75 at Canby. The route was expanded east to Redwood Falls and southeast to Morgan c. 1963.^[2]

Highway 67 was paved from Granite Falls to U.S. Highway 75 by 1940. The route was completely paved by 1953.^[2]

In April 2019, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MN-DOT) closed Highway 67 in both directions approximately 8 miles southeast of the intersection of 67 and State Highway 23 in Granite Falls. The closure was necessary due to unstable ground deep underneath the roadbed, causing large cracks to appear in the road surface and rendering it impassable for traffic. A detour is in place, following (from southeast to northwest) Yellow Medicine County Road 2 and State Highway 274 between Echo and Granite Falls. MN-DOT permanently rerouted Highway 67 along this detour and closed off the failed section on September 27, 2022.^[3] The main entrance to Upper Sioux Agency State Park is still accessible on the old roadway (which was redesignated as Minnesota State Highway 167) traveling southeast from Granite Falls.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Yellow Medicine	Oshkosh Township	0.000	0.000	US 75 – Madison, Canby	Western terminus
	Clarkfield	19.039	30.640	US 59
	Stony Run Township	31.259	50.306	US 212 west – Montevideo	Northern end of US 212 concurrency
	Granite Falls	32.358	52.075	US 212 east / MN 23 east	Eastern end of US 212 concurrency; northern end of MN 23 concurrency
		32.571	52.418	MN 167 east	Formerly MN 67
	Minnesota Falls Township	34.738	55.905	MN 23 west – Marshall	Southern end of MN 23 concurrency
	Echo Township	56.936	91.630	MN 19 west – Marshall	Western end of MN 19 concurrency
Redwood	Redwood Falls	71.895	115.704	US 71 north / MN 19 east	Eastern end of MN 19 concurrency; northern end of US 71 concurrency
		72.350	116.436	US 71 south	Southern end of US 71 concurrency
	Morgan	85.076	136.917	MN 68 – Sleepy Eye, Marshall	Eastern terminus; roadway continues as MN 68
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

This page was last edited on 16 February 2024, at 00:04