Talk:Minnesota State Highway 16

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[edit] Nomenclature

I changed the opening sentence to read:

"Minnesota State Highway 16, also referred to as Trunk Highway 16 or TH 16, is a two lane highway in Southeast Minnesota that follows the route of Old U.S. Highway 16."

The use of the term "State Highway" is consistent with Minnesota usage, and also helps distinguish this road from Houston County Highway 16. Kablammo 22:03, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

I removed the first "Minnesota", as it is bad grammar. "Minnesota's State Highway 16" would be fine but redundant in this case. --SPUI (T - C) 00:06, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

I guess we Scandanavians just don't know how to write.[1][2][3] [4] [5] [6] Looks like the National Park Service[7] and the Army Corps of Engineers[8] don't either. But more to the point: "Minnesota State Highway 16", "Minnesota Wild Rice", and "Wikipedia article" are all nouns, and comport with the rules of grammar. See this article [9] for a discussion. Kablammo 02:11, 26 July 2006 (UTC)

And here is an example of official usage of the term "Minnesota State Highway 16" by the Minnesota Department of Transportation.[10] The text has been changed accordingly. Kablammo 00:48, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

Use common names. [11]. --SPUI (T - C) 01:01, 27 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Control sections (including old US 16)

  • CS-6701, Iowa to US 75: eliminated in 1966 and 1977rest became TH 17, eliminated in 1980
  • CS-6702, US 75 to Rock/Nobles: eliminated 1968 due to I-90
  • CS-5301, Rock/Nobles to TH 91: eliminated 1968 due to I-90
  • CS-5302, TH 91 to TH 60: eliminated 1969 and 1973 due to I-90
  • CS-5303, TH 60 to Nobles/Jackson: eliminated 1973 due to I-90
  • CS-3201, Nobles/Jackson to US 71: eliminated 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-3202, US 71 overlap: eliminated 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-3203, US 71 to Jackson/Martin: eliminated 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-4605, Jackson/Martin to TH 4: eliminated 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-4606, TH 4 to TH 15: eliminated 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-4607, TH 15 to Martin/Faribault: eliminated 1976 due to I-90
  • CS-2201, Martin/Faribault to US 169: eliminated 1978 due to I-90
  • CS-2202, US 169 to Faribault/Freeborn: eliminated 1977 due to I-90
  • CS-2402, Faribault/Freeborn to US 65: eliminated 1973 and 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-2403, US 65 to Freeborn/Mower: eliminated 1965 and 1975 due to I-90
  • CS-5001, Freeborn/Mower to US 218: truncated in 1965 due to I-90; rest became TH 116 until 1976
  • CS-5002, US 218 to TH 56: became TH 116; eliminated in 1967
  • CS-5003, TH 56 to Mower/Fillmore: truncated in 1963 due to I-90; still TH 16
  • CS-2301, Mower/Fillmore to US 63: still TH 16
  • CS-2302, US 63 to US 52: part became TH 80 in 1947; still TH 16
  • CN-2315, TH 80 to US 52: still TH 16
  • CS-2303, TH 80 (Preston) to US 52 (east of Preston): eliminated 1946
  • CS-2304, US 52 to Fillmore/Houston: still TH 16
  • CS-2801, Fillmore/Houston to US 61: still TH 16