{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox road |state=MN |type=MN |route = 316 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=290|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Minnesota State Highway 316}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=MN 316 highlighted in red |established = April 24, 1959<ref name=laws1959>{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/1959/0/1959-426.pdf |title=Chapter 426–H. F. No. 299 |work=Session Laws of Minnesota for 1959 |publisher=Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes |date=April 24, 1959 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref> |length_mi = 9.809 |length_ref = <ref name=logpoint5/> |section=115 |subsection=247 |tourist=20px Great River Road |direction_a = South |direction_b = North |terminus_a = {{jct|state=MN|US|61}} near Miesville |terminus_b = {{jct|state=MN|US|61}} in Hastings |counties=Goodhue, Dakota |previous_type=MN |previous_route=313 |next_type=MN |next_route=317 }} '''State Highway 316''' ('''MN 316''') is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Welch Township, near Miesville; and continues north to its second intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in the city of Hastings.
Highway 316 is {{convert|10|mi|km}} in length.
==Route description== Highway 316 serves as a north–south route in southeast Minnesota between Welch Township and the city of Hastings. The route is located just west of the Mississippi River. Highway 316 and adjacent U.S. 61 are part of the Great River Road.
It is also known as ''Red Wing Boulevard'' and ''Polk Avenue'' at various points throughout its route.
The southern end of the route passes through the Richard J. Dorer State Forest.
Highway 316 functions as a shortcut along U.S. 61 between Red Wing and Hastings.
The route is legally defined as Route 316 in the Minnesota Statutes.<ref name=161.115>{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 |title=161.115, Additional Trunk Highways |work=Minnesota Statutes |publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota |year=2010 |accessdate=January 27, 2011}}</ref>
Most of the highway has a 60 mph speed limit, which was raised from 55 mph in 2017. Approaching Hastings from the south, the speed limit drops to 45 mph near Michael Avenue, and further drops to 35 mph at Tuttle Drive.
==History== Highway 316 was authorized on April 24, 1959.<ref name=laws1959/>
The route was paved at the time it was marked.<ref name=1960map>{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1198&REC=19 |title=1960 Official Road Map of Minnesota |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |year=1960 |section=L17 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=January 27, 2011 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110825215000/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1198&REC=19 |archivedate=August 25, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=logpoint5>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 5 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 20, 2010 |accessdate=January 27, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627123446/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |archivedate=June 27, 2011 }}</ref>}} {{MNint |county=Goodhue |location=Welch Township |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|61|GRR|dir2=south|city1=Miesville|city2=Red Wing}}}} {{MNint |county=Dakota |cspan=4 |location=Ravenna Township |lspan=2 |mile=4.087 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|68|county1=Dakota|name1=200th Street E|location1=Prairie Island Indian Community|location2=Treasure Island Resort & Casino|location3=Lock and Dam No. 3}}}} {{MNint |mile=5.468 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|62|county1=Dakota|name1=190th Street E}}}} {{MNint |location=Marshan Township |mile=7.096 |road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|91|county1=Dakota|name1=Nicolai Avenue}}}} {{MNint |location=Hastings |mile=9.814 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|61|GRR|dir2=north}}}} {{jctbtm}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} *[https://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r288-694.htm#316 Highway 316 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page]
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