diff --git a/changelog.d/1385-route-duration-minute.md b/changelog.d/1385-route-duration-minute.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa354766b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog.d/1385-route-duration-minute.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+- Show a route leg of 59.5 seconds or more as 1 min. The route summary and step
+  cards kept seconds below 60, then rounded 59.6 s up to "60 s"
+  (Rudy Celekli, @rudycelekli, #1385).
diff --git a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
index be09e5664..af916fcaf 100644
--- a/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
+++ b/docs/CURRENT-STATE.md
@@ -4133,6 +4133,9 @@ and as the last line of the list, because the arrival step is among the ones
 dropped. A route of exactly 200 is complete, and a roundabout exit after the
 200th keeps folding into it.
 
+Route duration labels select their unit after rounding seconds, switching to
+minutes at 59.5 seconds; a 59.6-second leg displays as `1 min`, rather than `60 s`.
+
 A step's card opens from its dot on the globe or from its line in the list, and
 the list covers every step including departure and arrival, which have no dot.
 What a card needs is a resolved ground anchor: a step whose ground cell has not
diff --git a/src/data/directions.test.mjs b/src/data/directions.test.mjs
index 4c9b54bd8..9426450a5 100644
--- a/src/data/directions.test.mjs
+++ b/src/data/directions.test.mjs
@@ -849,6 +849,8 @@ test('route numbers follow the page language and never break from their unit', (
   assert.equal(routeDistanceText(1500), '1.5\u00a0km');
   assert.equal(routeDistanceText(2_345_000), '2345\u00a0km');
   assert.equal(routeDurationText(39), '39\u00a0s');
+  assert.equal(routeDurationText(59.4), '59\u00a0s');
+  assert.equal(routeDurationText(59.6), '1\u00a0min');
   assert.equal(routeDurationText(3900), '1\u00a0h\u00a05\u00a0min');
   assert.equal(routeDurationText(7200), '2\u00a0h');
   assert.equal(routeDistanceText(-1), '');
diff --git a/src/layers/directions/index.js b/src/layers/directions/index.js
index 2b8f8875e..8fec18f65 100644
--- a/src/layers/directions/index.js
+++ b/src/layers/directions/index.js
@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@ export function routeDistanceText(meters) {
  */
 export function routeDurationText(seconds) {
   if (!Number.isFinite(seconds) || seconds < 0) return '';
-  if (seconds < 60) return formatQuantity(Math.round(seconds), 's');
+  const wholeSeconds = Math.round(seconds);
+  if (wholeSeconds < 60) return formatQuantity(wholeSeconds, 's');
   const minutes = Math.round(seconds / 60);
   if (minutes < 60) return formatQuantity(minutes, 'min');
   const hours = formatQuantity(Math.floor(minutes / 60), 'h');