Trunk Highway 21
MN 21 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	38.370 mi[1] (61.751 km)
Existed	1920[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	MN 60 / CR 48 at Faribault
Major intersections	MN 3 at Faribault I-35 at Faribault MN 99 at Erin Township MN 13 / MN 19 at New Prague MN 282 at Jordan
North end	US 169 at Jordan
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Rice, Le Sueur, Scott
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highway System Interstate US State Legislative Scenic
← MN 20 → MN 22

Minnesota State Highway 21 (MN 21) is a 38.370-mile-long (61.751 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 60 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in Jordan, southwest of Shakopee.

Route description

State Highway 21 serves as a north–south route between Faribault, Montgomery, New Prague, and Jordan.

Highway 21 is also known as:

• Broadway Street in Jordan
• Helena Boulevard in Scott County
• 4th Avenue N.W. in New Prague
• Lyndale Avenue in Faribault

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 60 in Faribault. Highway 21 becomes Rice County Road 48 upon crossing its intersection with Highway 60.

History

State Highway 21 was authorized in 1920, running from Zumbrota to St. 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 Prague to Jordan.

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.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
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 19 to US 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       Concurrency terminus

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