Road
Highways
Rochester is easily accessible by highway. East-West Highway Routes: Interstate 90, US Hwy 14, State Hwy 30, State Hwy 42, State Hwy 296. North-South Highway Routes: Interstate 35, US Hwy 52, US Hwy 63.
Rochester is centrally located in the midwest with sixteen major metropolitan areas less than 550 miles away.
- Minneapolis, MN - 76 miles
- Duluth, MN - 223 miles
- Eau Claire, WI - 96 miles
- Madison, WI - 202 miles
- Milwaukee, WI - 287 miles
- Chicago, IL - 355 miles
- Springfield, IL - 391 miles
- Des Moines, IA - 208 miles
- Fort Dodge, IA - 184 miles
- Cedar Rapids, IA - 172 miles
- Bismarck, ND - 515 miles
- Fargo, ND - 324 miles
- Pierre, SD - 432 miles
- Sioux Falls, SD - 239 miles
- Lincoln, NE - 392 miles
- Kansas City, MO - 427 miles






