Minnesota State Highway 257

Minnesota State Highway 257 (MN 257) is a 3.991-mile-long (6.423 km) highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Brown County State-Aid Highway 20 (Broadway Avenue) in the city of Hanska and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 15 in Linden Township, 6 miles north of Madelia.

Trunk Highway 257 marker

Trunk Highway 257

MN 257 highlighted in red
Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length3.991 mi (6.423 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1949[1]–present
Major junctions
West end CSAH 20 at Hanska
East end MN 15 at Linden Township
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesBrown
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
MN 254 MN 258

Route description

Highway 257 serves as a short eastwest connector route in southwest Minnesota between the city of Hanska and State Highway 15.

It passes around the north side of Linden Lake in Linden Township.[2]

The route is legally defined as Route 257 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]

History

Highway 257 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]

The route was paved in 1950.[4][5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Brown County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Hanska0.0000.000 CR 20 (Broadway Avenue)
Linden Township3.9866.415 MN 15
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
  2. General Highway Map of Brown County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  3. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  4. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § H21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
  5. 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § G18. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
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