Minnesota State Highway 28
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| Route information | ||||
| Defined by MS § 161.114 | ||||
| Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
| Length: | 142.324 mi[1] (229.048 km) | |||
| Existed: | 1920[2] – 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 | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 28 (MN 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.
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 until State Highway 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with State Highway 28.
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 | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Traverse | Folsom Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | SD 10 | Continuation in South Dakota |
| 0.874 | 1.407 | MN 27 | |||
| Big Stone | Browns Valley Township | 9.251 | 14.888 | MN 7 | |
| Graceville | 22.606 | 36.381 | US 75 | ||
| Stevens | Morris | 48.053 | 77.334 | MN 9 | South end of MN 9 overlap |
| 48.561 | 78.151 | MN 9 | North end of MN 9 overlap | ||
| Morris Township | 50.601 | 81.434 | US 59 | ||
| Pope | Starbuck | 67.768 | 109.062 | MN 29 south MN 114 north | West end of MN 29 overlap |
| Glenwood | 76.276 | 122.754 | MN 29 north MN 104 south | East end of MN 29 overlap | |
| 77.429– 77.550 | 124.610– 124.805 | MN 55 | Interchange | ||
| Stearns | Sauk Centre Township | 101.723 | 163.707 | US 71 | South end of US 71 overlap |
| Sauk Centre | I-94 | Interchange | |||
| Sauk Centre Township | 104.713 | 168.519 | US 71 | North end of US 71 overlap | |
| Todd | Grey Eagle | 116.338 | 187.228 |  MN 287 | |
| Morrison | Culdrum Township | 130.513 | 210.040 | MN 27 | West end of MN 27 overlap |
| Pike Creek Township |  MN 238 | ||||
| Little Falls | 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
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References
- 1 2 "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
- ↑ Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ↑ "161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 15, 2010.