Minnesota State Highway 28

Trunk Highway 28
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 South Dakota state line
	MN 7 near Beardsley US 75 in Graceville US 59 / MN 9 in Morris MN 29 / MN 55 in Glenwood I-94 / US 71 in Sauk Centre MN 287 in 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 Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 27 MN 29 →

Minnesota State Highway 28 (MN 28) is a 142.324-mile-long (229.048 km) state highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which travels 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 (US 10) in Little Falls.

Route description

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

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

MN 28 parallels MN 27 throughout its route until MN 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with MN 28.

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

The highway overlaps MN 27 for the last 14 miles (23 km) of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street.

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

History

MN 28 was authorized in 1920.

The route was completely paved by 1940.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Traverse	Folsom Township	0.000	0.000	SD 10 west	Continuation into South Dakota
		0.874	1.407	MN 27 east	Western terminus of 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	West end of MN 9 overlap; old US 59 south
		48.561	78.151	MN 9 north	East end of MN 9 overlap
	Morris Township	50.601	81.434	US 59
Pope	Starbuck	67.768	109.062	MN 29 south (Main Street south) / MN 114 north (Main Street north)	West end of MN 29 overlap
	Glenwood	76.276	122.754	MN 29 north (Franklin Street North) / MN 104 south (Franklin Street South)	East end of MN 29 overlap
		77.429– 77.550	124.610– 124.805	MN 55 – Elbow Lake, Belgrade	Interchange
Stearns	Sauk Centre Township	101.723	163.707	US 71 south	South end of US 71 overlap
	Sauk Centre	104.505– 104.669	168.184– 168.448	I-94 (US 52) – Alexandria, St. Cloud	Interchange; I-94 exit 127
	Sauk Centre Township	104.713	168.519	US 71 north	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	West end of MN 27 overlap
	Pike Creek Township	142.422	229.206	MN 238
	Little Falls	144.429	232.436	MN 27 east / Great River Road (National Route) – Lindbergh State Park, Lindbergh Historic Site, Weyerhaeuser Museum	Eastern terminus; east end of MN 27 overlap; GRR south is former US 10 (Lindbergh Drive)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Google