Minnesota State Highway 28

Trunk Highway 28
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	142.324 mi[2] (229.048 km)
Existed:	1920[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	SD 10 at the Minnesota — South Dakota state line
	MN 7 near Beardsley U.S. 75 at Graceville U.S. 59, MN 9 at Morris MN 29, MN 55 at Glenwood I-94, U.S. 71 at Sauk Centre MN 287 at Grey Eagle
East end:	MN 27, CR 52 west of Little Falls
Location
Counties:	Traverse, Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Todd, Morrison
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 27 MN 29 →

Minnesota State Highway 28 is a highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which runs 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 in Little Falls.

Highway 28 is 142 miles (229 km) in length.

Route description

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

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

Highway 28 parallels State Highway 27 throughout its route.

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

The highway overlaps Highway 27 for the last 14 miles of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of U.S. Highway 10, which is now a city street.

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

History

State Highway 28 was authorized in 1920.

The route was completely paved by 1940.

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[4][2]	Destinations	Notes
South Dakota-Minnesota state line		0.000	SD 10
Traverse	Folsom Township	0.874	MN 27
Big Stone	Browns Valley Township	9.251	MN 7
	Graceville	22.606	US 75
Stevens	Morris	48.053	MN 9	South end of MN 9 overlap
		48.561	MN 9	North end of MN 9 overlap
	Morris Township	50.601	US 59
Pope	Starbuck	67.768	MN 29 south, MN 114 north	West end of MN 29 overlap
	Glenwood	76.276	MN 29 north, MN 104 south	East end of MN 29 overlap
		77.429-77.550	MN 55	Interchange
Stearns	Sauk Centre Township	101.723	US 71	South end of US 71 overlap
	Sauk Centre	US 71: 167.223-167.487	I-94	Interchange
	Sauk Centre Township	104.713	US 71	North end of US 71 overlap
Todd	Grey Eagle	116.338	MN 287
Morrison	Culdrum Township	130.513	MN 27	West end of MN 27 overlap
	Pike Creek Township	MN 27: 133.330	MN 238
	Little Falls	MN 27: 186.166	CR 52 (Lindbergh Drive) south 2nd St. NW (old US 10) north	East end of MN 27 overlap Eastern terminus of MN 28
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#28. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
3. ^ "161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 15, 2010. 
4. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved October 15, 2010.