Minnesota State Highway 247

Trunk Highway 247
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(178)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	12.604 mi (20.284 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	U.S. 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester
East end:	MN 42 in Plainview
Location
Counties:	Olmsted, Wabasha
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 246 MN 248 →

Minnesota State Highway 247 (MN 247) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester; and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 42 in the city of Plainview.

Highway 247 is 13 miles (21 km) in length.

Route description

Plainview Welcome Home on Minnesota State Highway 247

Highway 247 serves as an east–west route between Farmington Township, the unincorporated community of Potsdam, and the city of Plainview.

In the city of Plainview, Highway 247 follows West Broadway, which is also the main street of Plainview.

The route is legally defined as Route 247 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[2]

History

Highway 247 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

At the time it was marked, the highway was only paved in Potsdam and Plainview.^[3] The remainder of the route was paved in the mid-1950s.^[4][5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[6]	km	Destinations	Notes
Olmsted	Farmington Township	0.000	0.000	US 63, CR 12 west
		2.982	4.799	CR 11 south
	Potsdam	3.981	6.407	CR 11 north
Wabasha	Elgin Township	7.950	12.794	CR 2
	Plainview	11.977	19.275	CR 8 (10th Street NW)
		12.043	19.381	CR 57 (9th Street SW)
		12.471	20.070	CR 56 (3rd Street SW)
		12.681	20.408	MN 42 (Wabasha Street), CR 8 (East Broadway) east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration), pp. 1177–1185
2. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
3. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § O21-P21. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
4. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § M18-N18. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
5. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1956. § M18-N18. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
6. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. February 2, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

• Highway 247 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page