Minnesota State Highway 25 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:25
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 25 highlighted in red
Established:November 2, 1920
Length Mi:156.066
Length Ref:[1]
Direction A:South
Terminus A: at Belle Plaine
Junction:
Direction B:North
Terminus B: at Brainerd
Counties:Scott, Sibley, Carver, Wright, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison, Crow Wing
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:24
Next Type:MN
Next Route:26

Minnesota State Highway 25 (MN 25) is a 156.066-longNaN-long highway in Minnesota, which runs from its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 in Belle Plaine and continues north to its intersection with State Highway 210 in Brainerd.

Route description

State Highway 25 serves as a north - south route in central Minnesota between Belle Plaine, Norwood Young America, Watertown, Buffalo, Monticello, Big Lake, Becker, Foley, and Brainerd.

The route travels east - west between Belle Plaine and Green Isle for 15 miles.

Highway 25 crosses the Minnesota River at Belle Plaine.

The route crosses the Highway 25 Bridge at the Mississippi River between Monticello and Big Lake.

History

State Highway 25 was authorized November 2, 1920 from Belle Plaine to Big Lake.[2]

The roadway was fully graveled by 1928.[3] It was paved in stages from north to south throughout the 1930s: from Big Lake to Buffalo in 1931,[4] Buffalo to Montrose in 1932,[5] Montrose to Watertown in 1933,[6] [7] and Watertown to Norwood in 1934.[7] [8]

Paving was completed in Belle Plaine in 1937,[9] and the remaining gravel section through Sibley County was paved in 1950.[10]

When the four-lane bypass of U.S. 169 around Belle Plaine was built in 1955, Highway 25 was extended east along 169's former alignment to intersect the new highway.[11]

In 1961, Highway 25 was extended north along what had previously been State Highway 218 from Becker to Merrifield. This highway was already paved in its entirety.[12] [13]

In 2001, the northernmost segment of the highway between State Highway 210 and Merrifield was turned back to Crow Wing County maintenance[14] and is now designated County Road 3.[15]

External links

Highway 25 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing . PDF . Minnesota Department of Transportation . automatically using date of last page refresh makes no sense for a citation --> . https://web.archive.org/web/20120914220734/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/statelpt.pdf . 2012-09-14 .
  2. Web site: ยง 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes . Minnesota State Legislature . 2010 . October 12, 2010.
  3. 1928 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota . May 1, 1928 . Minnesota Highway Department . McGill-Warner Co. . J-19 through K-17 . January 26, 2019.
  4. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 8605 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  5. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 8604 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  6. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 8603 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  7. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1007 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  8. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1006 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  9. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 7003 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  10. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 7209 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  11. Web site: Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 7003 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . January 26, 2019.
  12. 1961 Official Road Map, Minnesota . 1961 . Minnesota Department of Highways . The H.M. Gousha Co. . H-11 through H-14 . January 26, 2019.
  13. 1962 Official Road Map - Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1962 . H-11 through H-14 . January 26, 2019.
  14. Web site: Chapter 213, S.F. No. 1769, Sec. 29 . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . May 29, 2001 . October 12, 2010.
  15. General Highway Map - Crow Wing County, Minnesota . 2010 . . October 12, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111111220217/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/crowwing1.pdf . November 11, 2011 .