Minnesota State Highway 80

Trunk Highway 80
Trunk Highway 80
	MN 80 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	8.431 mi (13.568 km)
Existed	1949[1]–present
Major junctions
West end	MN 16 / CSAH 5 near Wykoff
East end	US 52 at Fountain
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Fillmore
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Minnesota State Highway 80 (MN 80) is a two-lane 8.431-mile-long (13.568 km) highway in southeast Minnesota that runs from its intersection with State Highway 16 near Wykoff and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 52 at Fountain.

Route description

State Highway 80 serves as an east–west route in southeast Minnesota between Wykoff and Fountain. The route is located near the cities of Spring Valley and Preston.

The roadway passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest.

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.[2] However, it is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 80 was established in 1949.[1] The route was previously U.S. 16 until that designation was moved to a bypass of Wykoff and Fountain.

The route was paved (as U.S. 16) in 1940.[1]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Fillmore County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations
Fillmore Township	0.000	0.000	MN 16, CR 5 south
Wykoff	1.030	1.658	CR 117 (South Street)
Wykoff	1.346	2.166	CR 5 (Gold Street) north
Fountain Township	5.241	8.435	CR 7
Fountain	8.443	13.588	US 52
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 80

KML is from Wikidata

Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 76-100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 15, 2006.
Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 3, 2010.

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[riner1-1] Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 76-100". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 15, 2006.

[babcock-2] Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 3, 2010.