Minnesota State Highway 262 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN 1975
Route:262
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 262 highlighted in red
Length Mi:2.0
Length Ref:[1]
Established:July 1, 1949
Decommissioned:2007[2]
Section:115
Subsection:193
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: at Pleasant Prairie Township,
east of Fairmont
Terminus B: at Granada
Counties:Martin
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:258
Next Type:MN
Next Route:263

Minnesota State Highway 262 (MN 262) was a short highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its interchange with Interstate 90 in Pleasant Prairie Township; six miles east of Fairmont; and continued north to its northern terminus at its intersection with Martin County Road 53 in the town of Granada. The route was a state highway from 1949 to 2007. In the present day, the route is known as Martin County Road 53.

Route description

Highway 262 was 2miles in length; and had passed through the communities of Pleasant Prairie Township, Center Creek Township, and Granada. The route had followed Main Street in Granada and 260th Avenue outside the city.

It was legally defined as Legislative Route 262 in the Minnesota Statutes ยง 161.115(193).[3]

History

Highway 262 was authorized on July 1, 1949. It was paved in 1953.[4] [5] The route was removed in 2007, becoming part of County Road 53.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Martin County General Highway Map . 2010 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . July 17, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206045643/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/martin.pdf . December 6, 2008 .
  2. Web site: 2007 Chapter 23 Section 2 . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . April 26, 2007 . July 17, 2010.
  3. Web site: 161.115 Additional Trunk Highways (2006) . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010-07-17.
  4. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1953 . G20 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 20, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132115/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13 . July 21, 2011 .
  5. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1954 . G20 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 20, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214357/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14 . August 25, 2011 . dead .