Minnesota State Highway 287 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:287
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 287 highlighted in red
Established:July 1, 1949
Length Mi:14.423
Section:115
Subsection:218
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: at Grey Eagle
Terminus B: at Long Prairie
Counties:Todd
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:286
Next Type:MN
Next Route:308

Minnesota State Highway 287 (MN 287) is a 14.423-longNaN-long highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Grey Eagle and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. 71 / State Highway 27 in Long Prairie.

Route description

Highway 287 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between Grey Eagle and Long Prairie.

The roadway passes around the south side of Trace Lake at Grey Eagle. It also passes around the west side of Big Swan Lake in Burnhamville Township.[1]

Highway 287 changes direction to east–west at its intersection with Todd County Road 13 in Round Prairie Township; and continues as east–west for 2.5 miles before returning again to a north–south direction for the remainder of its route towards Long Prairie.[1]

Highway 287 is also known as State Street West in Grey Eagle. The route follows 4th Avenue SE in Long Prairie.

The route is legally defined as Route 287 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2]

History

Highway 287 was authorized on July 1, 1949.

The route was paved from Grey Eagle to Big Swan Lake in 1952.[3] [4] The remainder was paved in 1954 or 1955.[5] [6]

External links

Notes and References

  1. General Highway Map of Todd County . Minnesota Department of Transportation . 2010 . January 24, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120905082801/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/todd.pdf . September 5, 2012 .
  2. Web site: 161.115, Additional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010 . January 24, 2011.
  3. 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1952 . F12-F13 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132107/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12 . July 21, 2011 . dead .
  4. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1953 . F12-F13 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214307/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1180&REC=13 . August 25, 2011 . dead .
  5. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1954 . F12-F13 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 24, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214357/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14 . August 25, 2011 . dead .
  6. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1956 . F12-F13 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 24, 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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