Minnesota State Highway 287

Trunk Highway 287
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(218)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	14.423 mi[2] (23.212 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	MN 28 at Grey Eagle
North end:	US 71 / MN 27 at Long Prairie
Location
Counties:	Todd
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 287 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Grey Eagle and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. 71 / State Highway 27 in Long Prairie.

The route is 14.4 miles (23.2 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 287 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between Grey Eagle and Long Prairie.

The roadway passes around the south side of Trace Lake at Grey Eagle. It also passes around the west side of Big Swan Lake in Burnhamville Township.^[3]

Highway 287 changes direction to east–west at its intersection with Todd County Road 13 in Round Prairie Township; and continues as east–west for 2.5 miles before returning again to a north–south direction for the remainder of its route towards Long Prairie.^[3]

Highway 287 is also known as State Street West in Grey Eagle. The route follows 4th Avenue SE in Long Prairie.

The route is legally defined as Route 287 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[4]

History

Highway 287 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved from Grey Eagle to Big Swan Lake in 1952.^[5][6] The remainder was paved in 1954 or 1955.^[7][8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Todd County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Grey Eagle	0.000	MN 28 (Cedar Street south, State Street east)
Grey Eagle Township	0.679	CR 98
Birchdale Township	1.770	CR 6
Round Prairie Township	3.760	CR 8
	4.762	CR 59
Burnhamville Township	7.151	CR 39
Round Prairie Township	7.365	CR 13
	9.182	CR 48 south, CR 101 north
Long Prairie Township	13.658	CR 12
Long Prairie	13.779	CR 40 (8th Street)
	14.411	US 71 / MN 27
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 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Minnesota Department of Transportation (2010). General Highway Map of Todd County (Map). http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/todd.pdf. Retrieved January 24, 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 24, 2011. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1952). 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). The H.M. Gousha Company. Section F12-F13. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1953). 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). The H.M. Gousha Company. Section F12-F13. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1180&REC=13. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
7. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). The H.M. Gousha Company. Section F12-F13. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 
8. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). The H.M. Gousha Company. Section F12-F13. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 287 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page