Trunk Highway 21
Length:	38 mi[1] (61 km)
Formed:	1934[1]
South end:	MN 60 and Rice C.R. 48 at Faribault
Major junctions:	MN 3 at Faribault I-35 at Faribault MN 99 at Erin Township MN 13 at Montgomery MN 13 , MN 19 at New Prague MN 282 at Jordan
North end:	U.S. 169 at Jordan
Minnesota State Highways < MN 20 MN 22 >

Minnesota State Highway 21 is a 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.

Highway 21 is 38 miles (61 km) in length.

[edit] Route description

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

The route passes through the counties of:

• Rice County
• Le Sueur County
• Scott County

Highway 21 is also known as:

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

Highway 21 is built as a four-lane divided highway within Faribault.

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.

[edit] History

State Highway 21 was authorized in 1934.

The northernmost section of Highway 21 between New Prague and Jordan was designated in 1934.

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.

[edit] References

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