Minnesota State Highway 30

Template:Infobox MN state highway Minnesota State Highway 30 is a highway in southwest and southeast Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 34 at the South Dakota border (near Airlie, Minnesota) and continues east to its eastern terminus at Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford.

Minnesota Highway 30 is 253 miles (407 km) in length and passes through the communities of:

Rushford Chatfield Stewartville (at I-90) Hayfield Blooming Prairie Ellendale (at I-35) New Richland

Mapleton Amboy Lewisville St. James (at Hwy.60) Darfur Jeffers Storden

Westbrook Dovray Currie Slayton Hadley Lake Wilson Pipestone Airlie

Notes

Minnesota Highway 30 serves as an east-west arterial route between Rushford, Chatfield, Stewartville, St. James, Slayton, and Pipestone in southwest and southeast Minnesota.

Minnesota Highway 30 passes through the counties of:

Fillmore County Olmsted County Dodge County Steele County Waseca County

Blue Earth County Watonwan County Cottonwood County Murray County Pipestone County

Minnesota Highway 30 parallels U.S. Highway 14 and Interstate Highway 90 throughout its route.

Highway 30 passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest in Fillmore and Olmsted counties.

Parks

Lake Shetek State Park is located near Highway 30 in Murray County on the shore of Lake Shetek. The park is located immediately north of the town of Currie and northeast of Slayton.
(Minnesota DNR website for Lake Shetek State Park - Link)

The Pipestone National Monument is located north of Highway 30 in Pipestone.
(National Park Service website for Pipestone National Monument - Link)

Termini

The eastern terminus for Minnesota 30 is its intersection with Minnesota Highway 43 in Rushford in southeast Minnesota.

The western terminus for Minnesota 30 is in Sweet Township at the South Dakota border (near Pipestone, or just southwest of Airlie), where it becomes South Dakota Highway 34 upon crossing the state line.

History

Highway 30 was authorized in 1920 and 1933.

Highway 30 was originally designated Minn.Highway 47 from the South Dakota state line to Minn.Highway 4 (near St. James). This section was renumbered Highway 30 in 1963.

In 1940, only the western segment of Highway 30 was paved. In the 1950s, the central portions of Highway 30 were still gravel. Highway 30 was paved in its entirety by 1963.