Minnesota State Highway 308 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:308
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 308 highlighted in red
Alternate Name:320th Avenue
Established:1955
Length Mi:1.277
Section:115
Subsection:239
Direction A:South
Direction B:North
Terminus A: in Ross Township, near Fox
Terminus B: in Ross Township
Counties:Roseau
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:287
Next Type:MN
Next Route:310

Minnesota State Highway 308 (MN 308) is a short 1.277-longNaN-long highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 11 in Ross Township (near the unincorporated community of Fox); and continues northbound for 1.3 mile to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 89 in Ross Township. Highway 89 continues north to the Canada–United States border.

Route description

Highway 308 is the short west leg of a "Y" joining Highway 11 to Highway 89 northbound. The roadway follows 320th Avenue for 1.3 mile in Roseau County.

The route is legally defined as Route 308 in the Minnesota Statutes.[1]

History

Highway 308 was authorized . The route follows a short part of the former alignment of State Highway 89, north of State Highway 11; until a shortcut was constructed for Highway 89, west of the city of Roseau.

The route was paved when it was marked.[2]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 161.115, Additional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010 . January 28, 2011.
  2. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . 1956 . D2 . The H.M. Gousha Company . January 28, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110825214617/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15 . August 25, 2011 . dead .