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Minnesota State Highway 257

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Trunk Highway 257 marker
Trunk Highway 257
Map
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

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.

Route description

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Highway 257 serves as a short east–west 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

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

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

Major intersections

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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

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  1. ^ a b "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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