Minnesota State Highway 270 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:270
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 270 highlighted in red
Established:[1]
Length Mi:7.659
Length Ref:[2]
Section:115
Subsection:201
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: in Hills
Terminus B: in Clinton Township
Counties:Rock
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:269
Next Type:MN
Next Route:271

Minnesota State Highway 270 (MN 270) is a 7.659-longNaN-long state highway in the southwest corner of Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 13 (CSAH 13) in the city of Hills, and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 (US 75) in Clinton Township, 8miles south of Luverne.

Route description

MN 270 serves as a short east–west connector route in southwest Minnesota between Hills and US 75. Its route follows 1st Street in Hills. The western terminus of Highway 270 at Hills is located approximately 4miles from the South Dakota state line and 2miles from the Iowa state line.[3] The highway is legally defined as Route 270 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4]

History

MN  270 was authorized in 1949.[1] Originally, the highway turned southward along present-day CSAH 11 and back east on a local road to pass through Steen. It was moved to its present direct routing in 1953.[5] [6]

The route was paved in 1954 or 1955.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792 . Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 . Earl L. . Berg . State of Minnesota . 1177–1185.
  2. Web site: Trunk Highway Logpoint Listing . PDF . Construction District 7 . Minnesota Department of Transportation . September 4, 2009 . May 29, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174552/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf . December 4, 2008 .
  3. General Highway Map of Rock County . PDF . Minnesota Department of Transportation . 2010 . May 4, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206050114/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/rock.pdf . December 6, 2008 .
  4. Book: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 . 161.115, Additional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Minnesota Legislature . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010 . January 23, 2011.
  5. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1953 . C20 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 23, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132115/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13 . July 21, 2011 .
  6. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1954 . C20 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214357/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14 . August 25, 2011 . dead .
  7. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1956 . B20-C20 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 23, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214617/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15 . August 25, 2011 . dead .

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