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Interstates | Interstate X (I-X) |
US Highways | U.S. Highway X (US X) |
State | Trunk Highway X (MN X or TH X) |
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In 1951, the state of Minnesota commissioned a number of short state highways to serve state institutions such as hospitals and penitentiaries.
Number | Length (mi) | Length (km) | Southern or western terminus | Northern or eastern terminus | Formed | Removed | ||
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MN 288 | — | — | US 10 in Anoka | Anoka State Hospital | 1951 | 1998 | ||
MN 289 | 0.512 [1] | 0.824 | MN 73 at Moose Lake | Minnesota Correctional Facility at Moose Lake | 1951 | current | ||
MN 290 | 0.400 [2] | 0.644 | Ah-gwah-ching State Health Care Facility | MN 200/MN 371 near Walker | 1951 | 2009 | ||
MN 291 | 1.318 [3] | 2.121 | US 61 in Hastings | Ravenna Trail (CSAH 54) in Hastings | 1951 | 2014 | c.||
MN 292 | 0.807 [4] | 1.299 | US 61/US 63 at Red Wing | US 61/US 63 at Red Wing | 1951 | current | ||
MN 293 | 1.683 [5] | 2.709 | MN 65 in Cambridge | MN 95 in Cambridge | 1951 | 2009 | ||
MN 294 | 1.6 | 2.6 | US 71 Bus. in Willmar | — | 1951 | 2006 | ||
MN 295 | 1.160 [6] | 1.867 | Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter | US 169 in St. Peter | 1951 | 2010 | c.||
MN 296 | — | — | US 63 in Rochester | Rochester State Hospital | 1951 | 1990 | ||
MN 297 | 0.475 [7] | 0.764 | Fir Avenue in Fergus Falls | Fir Avenue in Fergus Falls | 1951 | 2010 | ||
MN 298 | 1.092 [8] | 1.757 | Minnesota Correctional Facility at Faribault | MN 60/MN 299 in Faribault | 1951 | current | ||
MN 299 | 0.674 [9] | 1.085 | MN 60/MN 298 in Faribault | Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf | 1951 | current | ||
MN 300 | — | — | US 169 at Shakopee | Minnesota Correctional Facility in Shakopee | 1951 | 1996 | ||
MN 301 | 1.059 [10] | 1.704 | CSAH 8 in St. Cloud | US 10 at St. Cloud | 1951 | current | ||
MN 302 | — | — | US 71 at Sauk Centre | State Home for Girls at Sauk Centre | 1951 | 2003 | ||
MN 303 | — | — | US 14 in Owatonna | US 14 in Owatonna | 1951 | 1973 | ||
MN 309 | 0.274 [10] | 0.441 | MN 18 at Brainerd | MN 18 at Brainerd | 1959 | c.2014 | ||
MN 323 | 0.20 | 0.32 | MN 298 at Faribault | MN 298 at Faribault | 1970 | 2010 | c.||
MN 329 | 1.112 [11] | 1.790 | MN 329 in Morris | West Central Research and Outreach Center at Morris | 1970 | c.current | ||
MN 330 | 2.020 [12] | 3.251 | US 14 in Lamberton Township | US 14 near Lamberton | 1975 | c.current | ||
MN 333 | 0.492 [6] | 0.792 | Minnesota Security Hospital in St. Peter | MN 99 in St. Peter | 1983 | c.2010 | ||
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Location | Anoka State Hospital |
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Existed | 1951–1998 |
State Highway 288 (MN 288) was a highway which ran from U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) to the Anoka State Hospital in the city of Anoka.
The route was authorized in 1951 and removed in 1998. Part of the route is now Anoka County Road 7; the rest is a city street.
Location | Minnesota Correctional Facility at Moose Lake |
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Length | 0.512 mi (824 m) |
Existed | 1951–present |
State Highway 289 (MN 289) is a short highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 73 on the south side of Moose Lake and continues eastbound for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) past the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Moose Lake, formerly known as the Moose Lake Treatment Center. The roadway is located in Carlton County. Interstate 35 is nearby.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 289 has been rerouted from its original routing to a more direct route farther south.
Location | Ah-gwah-ching State Health Care Facility |
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Length | 0.4 mi (640 m) |
Existed | 1951–2009 |
State Highway 290 (MN 290) was a short highway in north–central Minnesota, which ran from the State Health Care Facility and continued north to its northern terminus at its intersection with MN 200/MN 371 two miles (3.2 km) south of Walker in Cass County on the west side of Walker Bay of Leech Lake.
The roadway was an unmarked state route from 1951 to 2009. The route was, and still is, also known as Ah-gwah-ching Road NW. MN 290 was 0.4 miles (0.64 km) in length. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2009 Legislature.
Location | Hastings Veterans Home |
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Length | 1.318 mi (2.121 km) |
Existed | 1951–c. 2014 |
State Highway 291 (MN 291) was a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (USS 61) in Hastings and continued eastbound for 1.3 miles (2.1 km) past the Hastings Veterans Home to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Dakota County Road 54 (Ravenna Trail) in Hastings. The roadway is located in Dakota County.
MN 291 is also known as East 18th Street and Le Duc Drive in Hastings. The roadway crosses the Vermillion River.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 291 originally ran off 10th Street and into the Veterans Home from the north rather than from the west at 18th Street as it did until cancellation. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2012 Legislature.
Location | Minnesota Correctional Facility in Red Wing |
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Length | 1.3 mi (2.1 km) |
Existed | 1951–present |
State Highway 292 (MN 292) is a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) and US 63 at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Red Wing and continues for 1.3 miles (2.1 km) past the facility to its terminus at its second intersection with US 61/US 63 in Red Wing. The roadway is located in Goodhue County.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 292 will eventually be given to the city of Hastings. [13]
Location | Cambridge State Hospital |
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Length | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
Existed | 1951–2009 |
State Highway 293 (MN 293) was a short highway in east central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with old MN 65 (Main Street) in Cambridge and continued west and then north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State MN 95 (1st Avenue) in Cambridge. The route was located in Isanti County.
The roadway was a state marked route from 1951 to 2009. The route had followed 18th Avenue SW and Dellwood Street in Cambridge. MN 293 had linked MN 95 and the former route of MN 65.
MN 293 was 1.7 miles (2.7 km) in length and had served the now-closed Cambridge State Hospital. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2009 Legislature, several years after the closure of the Cambridge State Hospital.
Location | Willmar Regional Treatment Center |
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Length | 1.6 mi (2.6 km) |
Existed | 1951–2006 |
State Highway 294 (MN 294) was a short highway in west–central Minnesota, which ran from its first intersection with Business MN 71 in Willmar and continued briefly east and then north to its northern terminus at its second intersection with Business MN 71 in Willmar near the U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) and MN 23 interchange on the north side of Willmar. The route was located in Kandiyohi County.
The roadway was a state route from 1951 to 2006. The route had followed Technology Drive NE in Willmar and then briefly followed Civic Center Drive. MN 294 was 1.6 miles (2.6 km) in length and had serviced the Willmar Regional Treatment Center.
MN 294 was removed from the state highway system by the 2006 Legislature. The roadway had always been marked from Business 71 at the interchange off-ramps with US 71/MN 23 on the north side of Willmar. The off-ramps as far as the first intersection at County Road 24 (26th Avenue) are officially designated unsigned Route 994A.
Location | St. Peter Regional Treatment Center |
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Length | 1.1 mi (1.8 km) |
Existed | 1951–c. 2010 |
State Highway 295 (MN 295) was a short highway in south–central Minnesota, which runs from the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center in St. Peter; and continues for 1.1 miles (1.8 km) past the facility to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 169 in St. Peter. The roadway is located in Nicollet County.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 295 was removed by the 2008 Legislature, but was still listed in the trunk highway log as of 2009 and not eliminated until 2010. Part of the roadway was obliterated.
Location | Rochester State Hospital |
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Existed | 1951–1990 |
State Highway 296 (MN 296) was a highway about two miles in length which ran from U.S. Highway 63 in Rochester to the Rochester State Hospital.
The route was authorized in 1951 and removed from the highway system in 1990, when the state hospital closed. The route is now a city street, Fourth Street, SE. The campus was later converted to the Federal Medical Center, Rochester.
Location | Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center |
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Length | 0.5 mi (800 m) |
Existed | 1951–2010 |
State Highway 297 (MN 297) was a short highway in west–central Minnesota, which ran from its first intersection with West Fir Avenue in Fergus Falls and continued for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) past the Fergus Falls Regional Treatment Center facility to its eastern terminus at its second intersection with West Fir Avenue in Fergus Falls. The roadway was located in Otter Tail County. The route was authorized in 1951. The route was removed from the state highway system in 2010. [14]
The short route of MN 297 did not intersect any other state trunk highway; however it formerly intersected U.S. Highway 59 before that highway was re-routed to the south of Fergus Falls.
Location | Minnesota Correctional Facility in Faribault |
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Length | 1.092 mi (1.757 km) |
Existed | 1951–present |
State Highway 298 (MN 298) is a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from two state facilities in Faribault and continues for 1.1 miles (1.8 km) past the facilities to its northern terminus at its intersection with MN 60 and MN 299 in Faribault. MN 298 serves the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind and the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Faribault. The route follows 6th Avenue SE. The roadway is located in Rice County.
At its northern terminus intersection, MN 298 adjoins MN 299, which serves the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf facility.
The route was authorized in 1951. The additional loop of MN 298 was authorized c. 1970. This added loop, into the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, was authorized under legislative route 323; and in 2009 was given that number as its trunk highway designation, as a separate route. The southern terminus of Highway 298, which used to loop around and return north to join itself, was terminated in 2009 at the entrance of the Minnesota Correctional Facility — Faribault. MN 298 is currently under the process of being removed and given to the city of Faribault. [15]
Location | State Academy for the Deaf |
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Length | 0.674 mi (1,085 m) |
Existed | 1951–present |
State Highway 299 (MN 299) is a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 60 and MN 298 in Faribault and continues for 0.7 miles (1.1 km) to its northern terminus at the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf facility in Faribault. MN 299 follows 6th Avenue NE and Olof Hansen Drive. Like most other special Minnesota state highways serving state facilities, it ends in a circle. The roadway is located in Rice County.
At its southern terminus intersection, MN 299 adjoins MN 298, which serves the nearby Minnesota State Academy for the Blind and the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Faribault. MN 299 intersects MN 60 at the same intersection as MN 298.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 299 is currently under the process of being removed and given to the city of Faribault. [15]
Location | Women's Correctional Facility in Shakopee |
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Existed | 1951–1996 |
State Highway 300 (MN 300) was a highway which ran from U.S. Highway 169 in Shakopee to the Women's Correctional Facility. The route was authorized in 1951 and removed in 1996. It is now an extension of Scott County Road 16.
Location | Minnesota Correctional Facility in St. Cloud |
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Length | 1.059 mi (1.704 km) |
Existed | 1951–present |
State Highway 301 (MN 301) is a short highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Sherburne County Road 8 (15th Avenue SE) in St. Cloud and continues for one mile to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 10 in St. Cloud. MN 301 serves the Minnesota Correctional Facility at St. Cloud. The route follows Minnesota Boulevard SE. The roadway is located in the Sherburne County portion of St. Cloud.
The route was authorized in 1951. The route is facing a turnback to the city of St. Cloud, as the legislative route is being removed. [16]
Location | State Home for Girls in Sauk Centre |
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Existed | 1951–2003 |
State Highway 302 (MN 302) was a highway which ran from U.S. Highway 71 east to the State Home for Girls in Sauk Centre. It was authorized in 1951 and decommissioned in 2003. The property has since been redeveloped, and the roadway itself has been removed.
Location | State School in Owatonna |
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Existed | 1951–1973 |
State Highway 303 (MN 303) was a highway which ran from U.S. Highway 14 (US 14_, through a state school in the northwest part of the city of Owatonna, and then returned to US 14. The route was authorized in 1951 and removed in 1973.
Location | Brainerd State Hospital |
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Length | 0.274 mi (441 m) |
Existed | c. 1959–2014 [17] |
State Highway 309 (MN 309) was a short highway in north–central Minnesota, which ran from its first intersection with MN 18 in Brainerd and continued for 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to its eastern terminus at its second intersection with MN 18 in Brainerd. The roadway was located in Crow Wing County.
MN 309 served the Brainerd State Hospital, also known as the Brainerd Regional Human Services Center. The roadway forms a U-shape with two junctions on MN 18. The western terminus of MN 18 in Brainerd is nearby at its intersection with MN 25.
The route was authorized c. 1959.
Location | State Academy for the Blind in Faribault |
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Length | 0.2 mi (320 m) |
Existed | 1970–c. 2010 |
State Highway 323 (MN 323) is a highway which forms a loop off of MN 298 to serve the State Academy for the Blind in Faribault. It was authorized in 1970 as Legislative Route 323 but was treated as an extension of MN 298 until 2009. MN 323 is currently under the process of being removed and given to the city of Faribault. [15]
Location | West Central Research and Outreach Center in Morris |
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Length | 1.112 mi (1.790 km) |
Existed | c. 1970–present |
State Highway 329 (MN 329) is a short highway in west–central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 59 (US 59) in the city of Morris, and continues eastbound for 1.1 miles (1.8 km) to its eastern terminus in Framnas Township at the West Central Research and Outreach Center. The roadway is located in Stevens County.
MN 329 serves the University of Minnesota - West Central Research and Outreach Center at Morris, a division of the greater University of Minnesota's College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences. The Morris facility researches crop production, animal sciences, horticulture, water quality, organic dairy, and renewable energy. The route was authorized c. 1970.
MN 329 crosses the Pomme de Terre River.
The University of Minnesota at Morris campus is located immediately west of the junction of US 59, MN 329, and Prairie Lane.
Location | University of Minnesota - Southwest Research and Outreach Center |
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Length | 2.020 mi (3.251 km) |
Existed | c. 1975–present |
State Highway 330 (MN 330) is a short highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 14 (US 14) in Lamberton Township, and continues for two miles (3.2 km) to its eastern terminus at its second intersection with US 14 near the city of Lamberton. The roadway is located in Redwood County.
MN 330 serves the University of Minnesota - Southwest Research and Outreach Center at Lamberton, an agricultural research and education station. The roadway forms a U-shape with two junctions on US 14.
The route was authorized c. 1975.
Location | St. Peter State Hospital |
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Length | 0.492 mi (792 m) |
Existed | ca. 1983–c. 2010 |
State Highway 333 (MN 333) was a short highway in south–central Minnesota, which runs from the St. Peter Regional Treatment Center facility in St. Peter and continues for 0.5 miles (0.80 km) past the facility to its northern terminus at its intersection with MN 99 in St. Peter. The roadway is located in Nicollet County.
The route was authorized c. 1983. MN 333 was removed by the 2008 Legislature, but the route was still listed in the trunk highway log as of 2009 and was not eliminated until 2010.
Minnesota State Highway 3 (MN 3) is a 43.749-mile-long (70.407 km) state highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 21 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at an intersection with MN 5 in downtown Saint Paul. Until the resigning of a previously unsigned highway in 2019, the route's northern terminus was an interchange with MN 62 in Inver Grove Heights.
Minnesota State Highway 23 (MN 23) is a state highway that stretches from southwestern to northeastern Minnesota. At 343.723 miles (553.169 km) in length, it is the second longest state route in Minnesota, after MN 1.
Minnesota State Highway 58 (MN 58) is a 23.538-mile-long (37.881 km) highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. 52 / State Highway 60 (co-signed) in Zumbrota and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Red Wing.
Minnesota State Highway 21 (MN 21) is a 38.370-mile-long (61.751 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 60 in Faribault and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in Jordan, southwest of Shakopee.
Trunk Highway 60 (MN 60) is a 221.532-mile-long (356.521 km) highway in southern Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 60 at the Iowa state line and continues east-northeast to its eastern terminus at the Wisconsin state line, where the route becomes Wisconsin Highway 25 upon crossing the Mississippi River.
Minnesota State Highway 28 (MN 28) is a 142.324-mile-long (229.048 km) state highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which travels from South Dakota Highway 10 at the South Dakota state line near Browns Valley and continues east to its intersection with the former route of U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Little Falls.
Minnesota State Highway 37 (MN 37) is a 28.325-mile-long (45.585 km) highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. 169 / State Highway 73 in Hibbing and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 135 in Gilbert.
Minnesota State Highway 40 (MN 40) is a 72.723-mile-long (117.036 km) state highway in west-central Minnesota, which travels from South Dakota Highway 20 (SD 20) at the South Dakota state line near Marietta and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 5 (CSAH 5) in Willmar.
Minnesota State Highway 42 (MN 42) is a 30.717-mile-long (49.434 km) highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 90 near Eyota and continues north and northeast to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 in Kellogg.
Minnesota State Highway 361 was a 7.281-mile-long (11.718 km) highway in east-central Minnesota, which ran from an interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) in Rush City and continued briefly east and then north to MN 70 in Rock Creek. The roadway was formerly part of the U.S. Highway 61.
Minnesota State Highway 217 is a 17.342-mile-long (27.909 km) highway in northern Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 at Littlefork and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 53 at Ray. MN 217 passes through the city of Littlefork.
Minnesota State Highway 284 (MN 284) is a 5.651-mile-long (9.094 km) highway in Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 212 in Cologne and continues to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 5 in Waconia.
Minnesota State Highway 225 (MN 225) was a 8.809-mile-long (14.177 km) highway in north-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 26 and County Road 129 in the town of Ponsford south and east to its intersection with State Highway 34 in Osage Township of Becker County.
Minnesota State Highway 253 was a 6.472-mile-long (10.416 km) highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Faribault County State-Aid Highway 2 in the city of Bricelyn and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Brush Creek Township.
Minnesota State Highway 254 was a 4.796-mile-long (7.718 km) highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Faribault County Road 17 in the city of Frost and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Emerald Township, 8 miles east of Blue Earth.
Minnesota State Highway 277 was a 11.025-mile-long (17.743 km) highway in west-central Minnesota. It ran from its intersection with State Highway 7 in Stoneham Township near Clara City and Maynard; and continued to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 40 in Louriston Township, 20 miles west of Willmar.
Minnesota State Highway 62 (MN 62) is a highway in the Twin Cities region of Minnesota. The route was part of County Road 62 (CR 62) until 1988, when a portion of the route was inherited by the state. The western terminus of the highway is at Interstate 494 (I-494) in Eden Prairie, where the roadway continues west as CR 62 to CR 101. The eastern terminus of the route is at the junction with I-494 in Inver Grove Heights. Locally, the original portion of the route in Hennepin County is known as "the Crosstown Highway" or simply "the Crosstown," though signage with this name does not appear on the highway itself, but only on local streets adjacent to the road. It is also used as an alternate name, even by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT). The route is 18.6 miles (29.9 km) in length.
U.S. Highway 2 (US 2) is a United States Numbered Highway in northwest and northeast Minnesota, which runs from the Red River at East Grand Forks and continues east to Duluth, where the route crosses the Richard I. Bong Memorial Bridge over the Saint Louis Bay. The route connects the cities of East Grand Forks, Bemidji, Grand Rapids, and Duluth.
Minnesota State Highway 270 (MN 270) is a 7.659-mile-long (12.326 km) state highway in the southwest corner of Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 13 (CSAH 13) in the city of Hills, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) in Clinton Township, eight miles (13 km) south of Luverne.
Minnesota State Highway 264 is a 7.394-mile-long (11.899 km) highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Nobles County State-Aid Highway 21 in Round Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 and Jackson County State-Aid Highway 1, six miles east of Worthington.