Minnesota State Highway 27

Trunk Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	247.623 mi[1] (398.511 km)
Existed:	1933[2] – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 28 near Browns Valley
	US 75 at Wheaton I-94 / MN 29 at Alexandria US 71 / MN 287 at Long Prairie US 10 at Little Falls MN 25 at Pierz US 169 at Onamia MN 47 at Isle MN 65 at Woodland MN 65 at Rice River Township MN 73 at Moose Lake
East end:	I-35 near Moose Lake
Location
Counties:	Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Aitkin, Carlton
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 26 MN 28 →

Minnesota State Highway 27 (MN 27) is a state highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 28 in Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 35 (I-35) in Moose Lake. For part of its route (23 miles), MN 27 runs concurrently with MN 65 in Kanabec and Aitkin counties between Woodland and Rice River Township. MN 27 is 248 miles (399 km) in length.

Route description

MN 27 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Wheaton, Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Mille Lacs Lake, and Moose Lake.

The western terminus for MN 27 is its intersection with MN 28 in Browns Valley, near the Minnesota–South Dakota state line at the Little Minnesota River. The Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located at the western terminus of MN 27 in Browns Valley.

MN 27 crosses the Broadway Bridge at the Mississippi River in Little Falls.

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is located immediately west of Little Falls on MN 27.

Father Hennepin State Park is located on MN 27 at the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake, one mile (1.6 km) west of Isle.

MN 27, together with MN 65, passes through the Solana State Forest in Aitkin County.

History

Most of MN 27 was authorized in 1933.

The original route of MN 27 between MN 65 and MN 47 was over what is now MN 18; original designation of the current MN 27 between these routes was previously old MN 66 until 1963.

Easternmost section of MN 27 was previously old U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) through Moose Lake.

The section of MN 27 southwest of Mille Lacs Lake was still gravel in 1940. The segments east of Isle were gravel into the 1950s, and the last segment east of MN 65 was not paved until the 1970s.

In 2012, MN 27 from Osakis to Alexandria was relocated along I-94 with the old route decommissioned and turned over to Douglas County.^[3]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Traverse	Folsom Township	0.000	0.000	MN 28	Western terminus
	Lake Valley Township	17.551	28.246	MN 117
	Wheaton	24.007	38.636	US 75 north	Western end of US 75 overlap
		24.108	38.798	US 75 south	Eastern end of US 75 overlap
Grant	Herman	40.957	65.914	MN 9
	Roseville Township	49.160	79.115	MN 54
		54.167	87.173	US 59
	Hoffman	58.291	93.810	MN 55
Douglas	La Grand Township	63.666	102.460	MN 114
		72.615	116.863	I-94 west (US 52 west) / CR 45 – Fergus Falls	Western end of I-94 overlap; I-94 exit 100
	Alexandria	78.879	126.943	MN 29	Exit 103 on I-94/MN 27
	Osakis	92.200	148.382	I-94 east (US 52 east) / CR 3 – Westport, St. Cloud	Eastern end of I-94 overlap; I-94 exit 114
Todd	Round Prairie Township	105.191	169.289	US 71 south	Western end of US 71 overlap
	Long Prairie	110.863	178.417	MN 287
		111.329	179.167	US 71 north	Eastern end of US 71 overlap
Morrison	Culdrum Township	123.234	198.326	MN 28 west	Western end of MN 28 overlap
	Pike Creek Township	133.330	214.574	MN 238
	Little Falls	135.150	217.503	MN 28 end / Great River Road south (Lindbergh Drive) – Lindbergh State Park, Lindbergh Historic Site, Weyerhaeuser Museum	Eastern end of MN 28 overlap; western end of GRR overlap
		135.243	217.653	Great River Road north (Paul Larson Memorial Drive)	Eastern end of GRR overlap
		135.257– 135.361	217.675– 217.842	Broadway Bridge over the Mississippi River
		136.672– 136.761	219.952– 220.095	US 10 to MN 371 – Motley, Brainerd, St. Cloud	Interchange
	Genola	148.071	238.297	MN 25 south	Western end of MN 25 overlap
	Buh Township	152.081	244.751	MN 25 north	Eastern end of MN 25 overlap
Mille Lacs	Onamia	175.634	282.656	US 169 south	Western end of US 169 overlap
	South Harbor Township	178.306	286.956	US 169 north	Eastern end of US 169 overlap
	Isle	188.445	303.273	MN 47 north	Western end of MN 47 overlap
	Isle Harbor Township	190.615	306.765	MN 47 south	Eastern end of MN 47 overlap
Kanabec	Ford Township	194.248	312.612	MN 65 south	Western end of MN 65 overlap
Aitkin	Williams Township			MN 18
	Rice River Township	221.259	356.082	MN 65 north	Eastern end of MN 65 overlap
Carlton	Silver Township	240.765	387.474	MN 73 north	Western end of MN 73 overlap
	Moose Lake	245.545	395.166	MN 73 south to I-35 south	Eastern end of MN 73 overlap
	Moose Lake Township	247.182– 247.371	397.801– 398.105	I-35 north / CR 8 east – Duluth	Interchange, no access to I-35 south; road continues as CR 8
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access

References

Route map: Google