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.
 Trunk Highway 28 | ||||
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 MN 28 highlighted in red | ||||
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| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 142.324 mi[2] (229.048 km) | |||
| Existed | 1920[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |  SD 10 at the South Dakota state line near Browns Valley | |||
| East end |   MN 27 / CR 52 in Little Falls | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Traverse, Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Todd, Morrison | |||
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Route description
editMN 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.[1]
History
editState Highway 28 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from the South Dakota border at Browns Valley to Little Falls.[1]
By 1923, the road was mostly graveled except at its extreme western and eastern ends.[3] The remainder was graveled by 1929.[4]
The roadway was paved throughout the 1930s and was paved in full by 1940.[5]
In 1934, the newly-marked State Highway 27 was overlapped with the eastern end of the route.[6] The eastern terminus of Highway 28 remained at U.S. 10; however, when the bypass of 10 around Little Falls was built in the mid-1970s,[7] 28 was not extended across the river and its terminus remains at Lindbergh Drive.[2]
Major intersections
edit| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Traverse | Folsom Township | 0.000 | 0.000 |  SD 10 west – Sisseton | Continuation into South Dakota |
| 0.874 | 1.407 |  MN 27 east – Wheaton | Western terminus of MN 27 | ||
| Big Stone | Browns Valley Township | 9.251 | 14.888 |  MN 7 east / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway – Ortonville | Western terminus of MN 7 |
| Graceville | 22.606 | 36.381 |  US 75 – Wheaton, Ortonville | ||
| Stevens | Morris | 48.053 | 77.334 |   MN 9 south – Benson | Western end of MN 9 concurrency |
| 48.561 | 78.151 |  MN 9 north – Breckenridge | Eastern end of MN 9 concurrency | ||
| Morris Township | 50.601 | 81.434 |  US 59 – Appleton, Elbow Lake | ||
| Pope | Starbuck | 67.768 | 109.062 |   MN 29 south (Main Street south) / MN 114 north (Main Street north) | Western end of MN 29 concurrency |
| Long Beach | 74.486 | 119.874 |  CSAH 24 / Glacial Ridge Trail | ||
| 74.834 | 120.434 | Golf Course Road / Glacial Ridge Trail | |||
| Glenwood | 76.276 | 122.754 |  MN 29 north (Franklin Street North) / MN 104 south (Franklin Street South) | Eastern end of MN 29 concurrency | |
| 77.429– 77.550 | 124.610– 124.805 |  MN 55 – Elbow Lake, Belgrade | Interchange | ||
| Stearns | Sauk Centre Township | 101.723 | 163.707 |   US 71 south – Willmar | Southern end of US 71 concurrency |
| Sauk Centre | 104.505– 104.669 | 168.184– 168.448 |  I-94 (US 52) – Alexandria, St. Cloud | Interchange; I-94 exit 127 | |
| 104.539 | 168.239 |   CSAH 72 / CR 186 | Former US 52 | ||
| Sauk Centre Township | 104.713 | 168.519 |  US 71 north – Long Prairie | Northern end of US 71 concurrency | |
| Todd | Grey Eagle | 116.338 | 187.228 |  MN 287 | |
| Morrison | Culdrum Township | 130.513 | 210.040 |  MN 27 west – Long Prairie | Western end of MN 27 concurrency |
| Pike Creek Township | 142.422 | 229.206 |  MN 238 south – Albany | Northern terminus of MN 238 | |
| Little Falls | 144.429 | 232.436 |  MN 27 east / Great River Road (National Route) – Lindbergh State Park, Lindbergh Historic Site, Weyerhaeuser Museum | Eastern terminus; eastern end of MN 27 concurrency; GRR north is former US 10 (Lindbergh Drive) | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
edit- ^ a b c "161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012.
- ^ Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by McGill-Warner Co. Minnesota Highway Department. May 1, 1923. § A-16 through H-14. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ 1929 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by McGill-Warner Co. Minnesota Highway Department. April 1, 1929. § A-16 through H-14. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ 1940 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System (Map) (Advance ed.). Cartography by McGill-Warner Co. Minnesota Highway Department. January 1, 1940. § A-16 through H-14. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ 1934 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by McGill-Warner Co. Minnesota Highway Department. May 1, 1934. § G-14 through H-14. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 4902" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 17, 2018.