Minnesota State Highway 57 is a highway in southeast Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, which runs from its interchange

Interchange (road)

In the field of road transport, an interchange is a road junction that typically uses grade separation, and one or more ramps, to permit traffic on at least one highway to pass through the junction without directly crossing any other traffic stream. It differs from a standard intersection, at which...

 with U.S. Highway 14

U.S. Route 14

U.S. Route 14 , an east–west route, is one of the original United States highways of 1926. It currently has a length of 1,398 miles , but it had a peak length of 1,429 miles . For much of its length, it runs roughly parallel to Interstate 90.As of 2004, the highway's eastern terminus is in...

 in the city of Kasson

Kasson, Minnesota

Kasson is a city in Dodge County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 5,931 at the 2010 census. The city is located 13 miles west of Rochester, Minnesota along U.S. Route 14 and is one of the endpoints of Minnesota State Highway 57. The Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern Railroad's main...

 and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection

Intersection (road)

An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...

 with U.S. Highway 52

U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota

U.S. Highway 52 enters the state of Minnesota at the unincorporated community of Prosper, north of the town of Burr Oak, Iowa. The route is marked north–south in Minnesota along its independent segment from the Iowa state line to downtown St. Paul...

 in the unincorporated community of Hader

Hader, Minnesota

Hader is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 52 in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.-History:When Hader was founded by Otis F. Smith in 1857, it was built in order to be the county seat. However, these plans failed; the plat was not fulfilled, and few buildings were...

 in Wanamingo Township.

Highway 57 is 25 miles (40.2 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 57 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Kasson, Mantorville, Wanamingo, and Hader.

Highway 57 is a two-lane undivided highway its entire length, except for a small portion in in the city of Kasson. The route begins in Kasson, and heads through the center of town. Two miles north of Kasson, the route enters historic Mantorville

Mantorville, Minnesota

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,054 people, 371 households, and 286 families residing in the city. The population density was 741.3 people per square mile . There were 378 housing units at an average density of 265.8 per square mile...

 and goes by some landmarks, such as the Hubbell House. North of Mantorville, Highway 57 is very lightly traveled and doesn't enter another incorporated city for twenty miles (32 km). The route intersects State Highway 60

Minnesota State Highway 60

Minnesota State Highway 60 is a highway in southern Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 60 at the Iowa state line and continues east-northeast to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line , where the route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the Mississippi River.Highway 60 is...

 at Wanamingo

Wanamingo, Minnesota

Wanamingo is a city in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States, along the North Fork of the Zumbro River. The population was 1,086 at the 2010 census.The ethanol company POET LLC started on the farm of Lowell and Jeff Broin in 1983 near the community....

. Highway 57 then heads north four more miles to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 52

U.S. Route 52 in Minnesota

U.S. Highway 52 enters the state of Minnesota at the unincorporated community of Prosper, north of the town of Burr Oak, Iowa. The route is marked north–south in Minnesota along its independent segment from the Iowa state line to downtown St. Paul...

 in Hader

Hader, Minnesota

Hader is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 52 in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.-History:When Hader was founded by Otis F. Smith in 1857, it was built in order to be the county seat. However, these plans failed; the plat was not fulfilled, and few buildings were...

.

Highway 57 is also known as Mantorville Avenue in the city of Kasson. The route is also known as Main Street in the cities of Mantorville and Wanamingo.

History

Highway 57 was first commissioned as Minnesota Constitutional Route 57 in 1920. Constitutional Route 57 only extended from Highway 14 in Kasson to Mantorville. The remainder of the route north to Hader

Hader, Minnesota

Hader is an unincorporated community located along U.S. Route 52 in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.-History:When Hader was founded by Otis F. Smith in 1857, it was built in order to be the county seat. However, these plans failed; the plat was not fulfilled, and few buildings were...

 was authorized in 1934. Highway 57 was completely paved by 1958. The route was extended south of the original terminus in Kasson in 1980 to meet the U.S. 14 bypass.

Highway 57 was the shortest constitutional route in the 1920 Minnesota highway plan, then only three miles in length between Kasson and Mantorville.

Major intersections