Minnesota State Highway 27

Trunk Highway 27 marker

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
  U.S. 75 at Wheaton
I-94, MN 29 at Alexandria
U.S. 71, MN 287 at Long Prairie
U.S. 10 at Little Falls
MN 25 at Pierz
U.S. 169 at Onamia
MN 47 at Isle
East end: I-35 near Moose Lake
Location
Counties: Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Aitkin, Carlton
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 26MN 28

Minnesota State Highway 27 (MN 27) is a highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 35 in Moose Lake.

For part of its route (23 miles), Highway 27 runs concurrent with State Highway 65 in Kanabec and Aitkin counties.

Highway 27 is 248 miles (399 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 27 serves as an eastwest route between Browns Valley, Wheaton, Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Mille Lacs Lake, and Moose Lake.

The western terminus for Highway 27 is its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley, near the Minnesota - South Dakota state line at the Little Minnesota River.

The Sam Brown Monument State Wayside Park is located at the western terminus of Highway 27 in Browns Valley.

Highway 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 Highway 27.

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

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

History

Most of State Highway 27 was authorized in 1933.

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

Easternmost section of Highway 27 was previously old U.S. 61 through Moose Lake.

The section of Highway 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 State Highway 65 was not paved until the 1970s.

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

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
TraverseFolsom Township0.0000.000 MN 28
Lake Valley Township17.55128.246 MN 117
Wheaton24.00738.636 US 75North end of US 75 concurrency
24.10838.798 US 75South end of US 75 concurrency
GrantHerman40.95765.914 MN 9
Roseville Township49.16079.115 MN 54
54.16787.173 US 59
Hoffman58.29193.810 MN 55
DouglasLa Grand Township63.666102.460 MN 114
72.615116.863 I-94West end of I-94 concurrency
Alexandria78.879126.943 MN 29
Osakis92.200148.382 I-94East end of I-94 concurrency
ToddRound Prairie Township105.191169.289 US 71South end of US 71 overlap
Long Prairie MN 287
111.329179.167 US 71North end of US 71 overlap
MorrisonCuldrum Township123.234198.326 MN 28West end of MN 28 overlap
Pike Creek Township133.330214.574 MN 238
Mississippi River135.257–
135.361
217.675–
217.842
Broadway Bridge, east end of MN 28 overlap
MorrisonLittle Falls136.672–
136.761
219.952–
220.095
US 10Interchange
Genola148.071238.297 MN 25South end of MN 25 overlap
Buh Township152.081244.751 MN 25North end of MN 25 overlap
Mille LacsOnamia175.634282.656 US 169South end of US 169 overlap
South Harbor Township178.306286.956 US 169North end of US 169 overlap
Isle188.445303.273 MN 47North end of MN 47 overlap
Isle Harbor Township190.615306.765 MN 47South end of MN 47 overlap
KanabecFord Township194.248312.612 MN 65South end of MN 65 overlap
AitkinWilliams Township MN 18
Rice River Township221.259356.082 MN 65North end of MN 65 overlap
CarltonSilver Township240.765387.474 MN 73West end of MN 73 overlap
Moose Lake245.545395.166 MN 73East end of MN 73 overlap
Moose Lake Township247.182–
247.371
397.801–
398.105
I-35Interchange, southbound entrance and northbound exit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved 22 February 2016.
  2. Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
  3. Chaffins, Amy (November 7, 2012). "Highway 27 rerouted to I-94". The Osakis Review (Alexandria, Minnesota: The Osakis Review and Forum Communications Company). Retrieved December 14, 2013.
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