Existed: 1920 – present Constructed 1920 | Length 229 km | |
West end: SD 10 at the South Dakota state line East end: MN 27 / CR 52 west of Little Falls Major cities Morris, Glenwood, Sauk Centre Counties Traverse County, Minnesota | ||
Minnesota State Highway 28 (MN 28) is a 142.324-mile-long (229.048 km) state highway in west-central and central Minnesota, which travels from South Dakota Highway 10 at the South Dakota state line near Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with the former route of U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) in Little Falls.
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Map of MN-28, Minnesota, USA
Route description
MN 28 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Morris, Glenwood, Sauk Centre, and Little Falls.
The western terminus for MN 28 is at the South Dakota state line in Browns Valley, at the Little Minnesota River, where MN 28 becomes South Dakota Highway 10 upon crossing the state line.
MN 28 parallels MN 27 throughout its route until MN 27 enters Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to Browns Valley, Minnesota where it connects with MN 28.
The Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located on MN 28 in Traverse County at Browns Valley.
The highway overlaps MN 27 for the last 14 miles (23 km) of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street.
MN 28 is legally defined as Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes.
History
MN 28 was authorized in 1920.
The route was completely paved by 1940.