Minnesota State Highway 266

Trunk Highway 266
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(197)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	14 mi[3] (23 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – 2003[2]
Major junctions
South end:	I-90 in Worthington
North end:	CR 29 in Wilmont
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 266 was a highway in southwest Minnesota that had connected the communities of Wilmont and Reading to the city of Worthington. It was decommissioned in 2004, and was renumbered Nobles County Road 25.

Route description

Highway 266 was a northwest–southeast route connecting Wilmont, Larkin Township, Bloom Township, Summit Lake Township, Reading, and Worthington Township to Interstate 90 on the northern border of the city of Worthington. The entire route was located in Nobles County in southwest Minnesota.

The roadway was legally defined as Legislative Route 266 in the Minnesota Statutes § 161.115(197).^[4]

The route had followed 7th Street in Wilmont and 160th Street in Larkin Township.

History

Highway 266 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1] The route was removed from the state highway system in 2003.

The roadway was paved between Reading and Worthington at the time it was marked.^[5] The remainder was paved in 1950.^[6] It originally terminated at U.S. Highway 16 (now County Road 35) until that part of it was replaced by Interstate 90 in 1969.^[7] It then ran into Worthington city proper along Diagonal Road, terminating at U.S. 59 / State Highway 60. It was shortened to end at I-90 in the late 1980s.^[8][9]

Major intersections

County	Location	Destinations
Nobles	Wilmont	CR 16 (7th Street)
	Bloom Township	CR 13 (Hesselroth Avenue) north
	Summit Lake Township	CR 13 (Jones Avenue) south, CR 16 (160th Street) east
	Reading	CR 14 (200th Street)
		CR 9 (McCall Avenue)
	Worthington Township	CR 7 (Oliver Avenue)
		I-90

References

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. ^ "2003, 1st Special Session; Chapter 22 Sec. 3 Subd. 1". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. June 8, 2003. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?doctype=Chapter&year=2003&type=1&id=22. Retrieved July 18, 2010. 
3. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (2003). 2003-2004 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section D21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1288&REC=8. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
4. ^ "Minnesota Statutes 161.115 (2002)". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115&year=2002. Retrieved July 18, 2010. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section D23-E23. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1951). 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section D20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1174&REC=11. Retrieved January 20, 2011. 
7. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1970). 1970 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section D21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1228&REC=9. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
8. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (March 1987). 1987-1988 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section D21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1264&REC=20. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 
9. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (1989). 1989-1990 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section D21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1267&REC=1. Retrieved January 21, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 266 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page