Minnesota State Highway 251

Trunk Highway 251 marker

Trunk Highway 251
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(182)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 16.374 mi (26.351 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: I-35 at Clarks Grove, Bath Township
East end: U.S. 218 at Lansing Township,
north of Austin
Location
Counties: Freeborn, Mower
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 250MN 252

Minnesota State Highway 251 (MN 251) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with Interstate 35 at Clarks Grove and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 218 in Lansing Township, north of Austin.

The route is 16 miles (26 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 251 serves as an eastwest route in southeast Minnesota between Clarks Grove, Hollandale, Corning, and Lansing Township near Austin.

Highway 251 is also known as Park Avenue in Hollandale.

At its western terminus interchange with I-35, Highway 251 becomes Freeborn County Road 31, also known as Main Street in Clarks Grove.

History

Highway 251 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]

The route was paved between Clarks Grove and Maple Island and between Corning and U.S. 218 at the time it was marked.[2] Originally, the highway turned south at the county line and followed present-day County Road 2 east to U.S. 218. The highway was moved to its current alignment in 1952.[3][4] This new routing, as well as the remaining gravel portion of the roadway, was paved in 1954 or 1955.[5][6]

Highway 251 originally extended into Clarks Grove proper to intersect U.S. 65 (present-day County Road 45) until Interstate 35 was built.

Major intersections

CountyLocationmikmDestinationsNotes
FreebornBath Township0.000–
0.153
0.000–
0.246
I-35 / CR 31 west (Main Street)Interchange
0.3080.496 CR 45
GenevaRiceland
township line
3.7646.058 CR 26
Hollandale6.0269.698 CR 28 (Central Avenue)
Maple Island7.79512.545 CR 30
Newry Township10.29016.560 CR 34 north
Moscow Township10.53216.950 CR 34 south
FreebornMower
county line
 13.79422.199 CR 36
MowerUdolphoLansing
township line
16.78027.005 US 218
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration), pp. 1177–1185
  2. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § M22-N22. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  3. 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1952. § L20. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  4. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § L20. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  5. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § K20-L20. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  6. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1956. § K20-L20. Retrieved December 29, 2010.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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