- Minnesota State Highway 247
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Trunk Highway 247 Route information Defined by MS § 161.115(178) Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 12.604 mi[2] (20.284 km) Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present Major junctions West end: U.S. 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester
East end: MN 42 in Plainview
Location Counties: Olmsted, Wabasha Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
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Minnesota State Highway 247 is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 42 in the city of Plainview.
Highway 247 is 13 miles (21 km) in length.
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Route description
Highway 247 serves as an east–west route between Farmington Township, the unincorporated community of Potsdam, and the city of Plainview.
In the city of Plainview, Highway 247 follows West Broadway, which is also the main street of Plainview.
The route is legally defined as Route 247 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]
History
Highway 247 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]
At the time it was marked, the highway was only paved in Potsdam and Plainview.[4] The remainder of the route was paved in the mid-1950s.[5][6]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes Olmsted Farmington Township 0.000 US 63, CR 12 west
2.982 CR 11 south
Potsdam 3.981 CR 11 north
Wabasha Elgin Township 7.950 CR 2 Plainview 11.977 CR 8 (10th Street NW) 12.043 CR 57 (9th Street SW) 12.471 CR 56 (3rd Street SW) 12.681 MN 42 (Wabasha Street), CR 8 (East Broadway) east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi References
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "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 (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section O21-P21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section M18-N18. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section M18-N18. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
External links
Categories:- State highways in Minnesota
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