Minnesota State Highway 257

Trunk Highway 257
Trunk Highway 257
	MN 257 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	3.991 mi (6.423 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949–present
Major junctions
West end	CSAH 20 at Hanska
East end	MN 15 at Linden Township
Location
Counties	Brown
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative routes;

Minnesota State Highway 257 (MN 257) is a 3.991-mile-long (6.423 km) highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Brown County State-Aid Highway 20 (Broadway Avenue) in the city of Hanska and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 15 in Linden Township, 6 miles north of Madelia.

Route description[]

Highway 257 serves as a short east–west connector route in southwest Minnesota between the city of Hanska and State Highway 15.

It passes around the north side of Linden Lake in Linden Township.^[2]

The route is legally defined as Route 257 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History[]

Highway 257 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved in 1950.^[4]^[5]

Major intersections[]

The entire route is in Brown County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations
Hanska	0.000	0.000	CR 20 (Broadway Avenue)
Linden Township	3.986	6.415	MN 15
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
^ General Highway Map of Brown County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § H21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
^ 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § G18. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

External links[]

Route map:

( • help)

Highway 257 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page

[laws1949-1] "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185

[2] General Highway Map of Brown County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 6, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[161.115-3] "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[1950map-4] Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § H21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

[1951map-5] 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § G18. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.

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