Minnesota State Highway 257

Trunk Highway 257
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(188)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	3.991 mi[2] (6.423 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	CR 20 at Hanska
East end:	MN 15 at Linden Township
Location
Counties:	Brown
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 257 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Brown County Road 20 (Broadway Avenue) in the town of Hanska and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 15 in Linden Township, 6 miles north of Madelia.

The route is 4 miles (6.4 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 257 serves as a short east–west route in southwest Minnesota between the town of Hanska and State Highway 15.

It passes around the north side of Linden Lake in Linden Township.^[3]

The route is legally defined as Route 257 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[4]

History

Highway 257 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved in 1950.^[5][6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Brown County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Hanska	0.000	CR 20 (Broadway Avenue)
Linden Township	3.986	MN 15
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 
3. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (2010). General Highway Map of Brown County (Map). http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/brown.pdf. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 
4. ^ "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 January 28, 2011. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section H21. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1951). 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section G18. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1174&REC=11. Retrieved January 28, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 257 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page