Minnesota State Highway 210
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State Highway 210 is a highway in the northern part of Minnesota. It is 228 miles in length. The eastern part of the highway, between Motley and Carlton, was originally designated U.S. Route 210 until about 1973. Originally, this section of the highway was slated to be renumbered U.S. Route 208 in the 1934 numbering plan, but in the end, U.S. Route 10 was routed along former U.S. Route 10N.
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U.S. Route 210 was commissioned in 1926 by AASHTO, the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, as one of the original U.S. Routes. The road was almost renamed Route 208 because of a routing change in its parent road, U.S. Highway 10. The change was not made, however, and Route 210 kept its name. In 1973, the road was decommissioned as a U.S. Route and became Minnesota State Highway 210.
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Highway 210 runs along the original mainline of the Northern Pacific Railway as built westward from Carlton to Staples. Between Henning and Breckenridge, the highway runs along a former branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway. Most of the branch line has since been abandoned.
The western section of the highway, between Breckenridge and Fergus Falls, was originally part of Constitutional Route 3. Between Fergus Falls and Henning, the highway was part of Constitutional Route 36. The section between Motley and Carlton was part of Constitutional Route 2.
Highway 210 runs through scenic Jay Cooke State Park between Carlton and Duluth.
[edit] References
- Riner, Steve. Details of Routes 152-218. The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved on 2006-04-05.
- Official Railroad Map of Minnesota, 1886. Reprinted by the Minnesota Historical Society, 1994.
- Droz, Robert V. (1998). 1927 U.S. Numbered Highways. U.S. Highways: From US 1 to (US 830). Retrieved on 2006-04-07.
