Minnesota State Highway 28

Trunk Highway 28
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.114
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 142.324 mi[2] (229.048 km)
Existed: 1920[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: SD 10 at the Minnesota — South Dakota state line
  MN 7 near Beardsley
U.S. 75 at Graceville
U.S. 59, MN 9 at Morris
MN 29, MN 55 at Glenwood
I-94, U.S. 71 at Sauk Centre
MN 287 at Grey Eagle
East end: MN 27, CR 52 west of Little Falls
Location
Counties: Traverse, Big Stone, Stevens, Pope, Stearns, Todd, Morrison
Highway system

Minnesota Trunk Highways
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← MN 27 MN 29 →

Minnesota State Highway 28 is a highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which runs from South Dakota Highway 10 at the South Dakota state line near Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with the former route of U.S. Highway 10 in Little Falls.

Highway 28 is 142 miles (229 km) in length.

Contents

Route description

State Highway 28 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Morris, Glenwood, Sauk Centre, and Little Falls.

The western terminus for Highway 28 is at the Minnesota - South Dakota state line in Browns Valley, at the Little Minnesota River, where Highway 28 becomes South Dakota Highway 10 upon crossing the state line.

Highway 28 parallels State Highway 27 throughout its route.

The Sam Brown Monument State Wayside Park is located on Highway 28 in Traverse County at Browns Valley.

The highway overlaps Highway 27 for the last 14 miles of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of U.S. Highway 10, which is now a city street.

Highway 28 is legally defined as Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]

History

State Highway 28 was authorized in 1920.

The route was completely paved by 1940.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
South Dakota-Minnesota state line 0.000 SD 10
Traverse
 Folsom Township 0.874 MN 27  
Big Stone
 Browns Valley Township 9.251 MN 7  
Graceville 22.606 US 75  
Stevens
 Morris 48.053 MN 9 South end of MN 9 overlap
48.561 MN 9 North end of MN 9 overlap
Morris Township 50.601 US 59  
Pope
 Starbuck 67.768 MN 29 south, MN 114 north West end of MN 29 overlap
Glenwood 76.276 MN 29 north, MN 104 south East end of MN 29 overlap
77.429-77.550 MN 55 Interchange
Stearns
 Sauk Centre Township 101.723 US 71 South end of US 71 overlap
Sauk Centre US 71: 167.223-167.487 I-94 Interchange
Sauk Centre Township 104.713 US 71 North end of US 71 overlap
Todd
 Grey Eagle 116.338 MN 287  
Morrison
 Culdrum Township 130.513 MN 27 West end of MN 27 overlap
Pike Creek Township MN 27: 133.330 MN 238  
Little Falls MN 27: 186.166 CR 52 (Lindbergh Drive) south
2nd St. NW (old US 10) north		 East end of MN 27 overlap
Eastern terminus of MN 28
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

  1. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#28. Retrieved 2007-02-24. 
  2. ^ a b "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf. Retrieved 16 February 2012. 
  3. ^ "161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 15, 2010.