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Minnesota State Highway 28

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Trunk Highway 28 marker

Trunk Highway 28

Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length142.324 mi[2] (229.048 km)
Existed1920[1]–present
Major junctions
West end SD 10 at the South Dakota state line
Major intersections MN 7 near Beardsley
US 75 in Graceville
US 59 / MN 9 in Morris
MN 29 / MN 55 in Glenwood
I-94 / US 71 in Sauk Centre
MN 287 in Grey Eagle
East end MN 27 / CR 52 west of Little Falls
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesTraverse, Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Todd, Morrison
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
MN 27 MN 29

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 eastern terminus at its intersection with the former route of U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Little Falls.

Route description

MN 28 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Morris, Glenwood, Sauk Centre, and Little Falls.

The western terminus for MN 28 is at the South Dakota state line in Browns Valley, at the Little Minnesota River, where MN 28 becomes South Dakota Highway 10 upon crossing the state line.

MN 28 parallels MN 27 throughout its route until MN 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with MN 28.

The Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located on MN 28 in Traverse County at Browns Valley.

The highway overlaps MN 27 for the last 14 miles (23 km) of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street.

MN 28 is legally defined as Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]

History

MN 28 was authorized in 1920.

The route was completely paved by 1940.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[2]kmDestinationsNotes
TraverseFolsom Township0.0000.000
SD 10 west
Continuation into South Dakota
0.8741.407
MN 27 east
Western terminus of MN 27
Big StoneBrowns Valley Township9.25114.888 MN 7
Graceville22.60636.381 US 75
StevensMorris48.05377.334
MN 9 south
West end of MN 9 overlap; old US 59 south
48.56178.151
MN 9 north
East end of MN 9 overlap
Morris Township50.60181.434 US 59
PopeStarbuck67.768109.062

MN 29 south (Main Street south) / MN 114 north (Main Street north)
West end of MN 29 overlap
Glenwood76.276122.754

MN 29 north (Franklin Street North) / MN 104 south (Franklin Street South)
East end of MN 29 overlap
77.429–
77.550
124.610–
124.805
MN 55 – Elbow Lake, BelgradeInterchange
StearnsSauk Centre Township101.723163.707
US 71 south
South end of US 71 overlap
Sauk Centre104.505–
104.669
168.184–
168.448
I-94 (US 52) – Alexandria, St. CloudInterchange; I-94 exit 127
Sauk Centre Township104.713168.519
US 71 north
North end of US 71 overlap
ToddGrey Eagle116.338187.228 MN 287
MorrisonCuldrum Township130.513210.040
MN 27 west
West end of MN 27 overlap
Pike Creek Township142.422229.206 MN 238
Little Falls144.429232.436
MN 27 east / Great River Road (National Route) – Lindbergh State Park, Lindbergh Historic Site, Weyerhaeuser Museum
Eastern terminus; east end of MN 27 overlap; GRR south is former US 10 (Lindbergh Drive)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  2. ^ a b "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 29 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ "161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.