Minnesota State Highway 251

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 Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 250 MN 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 east–west 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

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Freeborn	Bath Township	0.000– 0.153	0.000– 0.246	I-35 / CR 31 west (Main Street)	Interchange
		0.308	0.496	CR 45
	Geneva–Riceland township line	3.764	6.058	CR 26
	Hollandale	6.026	9.698	CR 28 (Central Avenue)
	Maple Island	7.795	12.545	CR 30
	Newry Township	10.290	16.560	CR 34 north
	Moscow Township	10.532	16.950	CR 34 south
Freeborn–Mower county line		13.794	22.199	CR 36
Mower	Udolpho–Lansing township line	16.780	27.005	US 218
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. 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

• Highway 251 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page