- Minnesota State Highway 246
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Trunk Highway 246
Route information Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 18.221 mi[2] (29.324 km) Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present Major junctions West end: 
MN 3 in NorthfieldEast end: 
MN 56 in Holden Township, near KenyonLocation Counties: Rice, Goodhue Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
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MN 244MN 247 
→Minnesota State Highway 246 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 3 in the city of Northfield and continues south and east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 56 in Holden Township near Kenyon.
Highway 246 is 18 miles (29 km) in length.
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Route description
Highway 246 serves as an east–west and a north–south route between the communities of Northfield, Dennison, Nerstrand, and Kenyon in southeast Minnesota. It follows a zigzag route running along section lines.
In the city of Northfield, Highway 246 follows Woodley Street W. and Division Street S.
Highway 246 passes near the town of Dennison at its junction with County Road 31.
The route is also known as Main Street in Nerstrand.
Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park is located near the junction of Highway 246 and Rice County Road 29 at Nerstrand. The park entrance is located on County Road 29.[3]
The route is legally defined as Routes 246 and 320 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4] It is not marked with the latter number.
History
Highway 246 was authorized in 1949 between then-U.S. 65 at Northfield and Nerstrand. This original portion of the route was paved in 1956.[5][6]
In 1959, the highway was extended east of Nerstrand to State Highway 56 in Holden Township near Kenyon.[7] This segment was paved in the late 1970s.[8][9]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes Rice Northfield 0.000 MN 30.494 CR 28 (Woodley Street E.) Northfield Township 2.122 CR 22 (Gates Avenue/Falk Trail) 6.708 CR 31 (Dennison Boulevard) Wheeling Township 11.310 CR 27 (Kane Avenue) south, CR 29 (170th Street E.) west Nerstrand 12.307 CR 26 (Lamb Avenue) Goodhue Holden Township 18.320 MN 56, 
CR 30 east1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): pp. 1177-1185
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 6" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d6.pdf. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota DNR website for Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section K17-K18. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1957). 1957 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section K17-K18. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1189&REC=16. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ "Chapter 426-H. F. No. 299". Session Laws of Minnesota for 1959. April 24, 1959. pp. 563–565. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/1959/0/1959-426.pdf.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (1977). 1977-78 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Section K19. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1249&REC=16. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (1979). 1979-1980 Official Transportation Map of Minnesota (Map). Section K19. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1252&REC=17. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
External links
Categories:- State highways in Minnesota
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