Minnesota State Highway 80 is a two lane highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 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 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 State Highway 16

Minnesota State Highway 16

Minnesota State Highway 16 is a two-lane highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate Highway 90 in Dexter and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highways 14 and 61 in La Crescent....

 near Wykoff

Wykoff, Minnesota

Wykoff is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 444 at the 2010 census. Much of its downtown, on Gold Street, is designated as part of the Wykoff Commercial Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places....

 and continues east to its eastern 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...

 at Fountain

Fountain, Minnesota

Fountain is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 410 at the 2010 census. Fountain is the western terminus of the Root River segment of the Blufflands State Trail.-Geography:...

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Highway 80 is 8 miles (12.9 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 80 serves as an east–west route in southeast Minnesota between Wykoff

Wykoff, Minnesota

Wykoff is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 444 at the 2010 census. Much of its downtown, on Gold Street, is designated as part of the Wykoff Commercial Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places....

 and Fountain

Fountain, Minnesota

Fountain is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 410 at the 2010 census. Fountain is the western terminus of the Root River segment of the Blufflands State Trail.-Geography:...

. The route is located near the cities of Spring Valley

Spring Valley, Minnesota

Spring Valley is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,479 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.U.S...

 and Preston

Preston, Minnesota

Preston is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,325 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Fillmore County. The Root River runs through it, and Mystery Cave State Park is nearby...

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The roadway passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest

Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest

The Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest is a reserve of current and former forest in Minnesota's Driftless Area. Only of the land is state owned, with the remainder owned by private individuals and community groups, governed by easements...

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Highway 80 is also known as Gold Street and Front Street in Wykoff.

Legally, it is part of Constitutional Route 9 as defined in the Minnesota Statutes. It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 80 was established in 1949. The route was previously U.S. 16

U.S. Route 16

U.S. Route 16 is an east–west United States Highway between Rapid City, South Dakota and Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming....

until that designation was moved to a bypass of Wykoff and Fountain.

The route was paved (as U.S. 16) in 1940.

Major intersections