Minnesota State Highway 247

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Trunk Highway 247 marker

Trunk Highway 247
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Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(178)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 12.604 mi (20.284 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end: US 63.svg U.S. 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester
East end: MN-42.svg MN 42 in Plainview
Location
Counties: Olmsted, Wabasha
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 246 MN 248 x20px

Minnesota State Highway 247 (MN 247) is a highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 63 in Farmington Township, north of Rochester; and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 42 in the city of Plainview.

Highway 247 is 13 miles (21 km) in length.

Route description

File:Plainview Welcome Home sign (Plainview, Minnesota) 001.jpg
Plainview Welcome Home on Minnesota State Highway 247

Highway 247 serves as an east–west route between Farmington Township, the unincorporated community of Potsdam, and the city of Plainview.

In the city of Plainview, Highway 247 follows West Broadway, which is also the main street of Plainview.

The route is legally defined as Route 247 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2]

History

Highway 247 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]

At the time it was marked, the highway was only paved in Potsdam and Plainview.[3] The remainder of the route was paved in the mid-1950s.[4][5]

Major intersections

County Location mi[6] km Destinations Notes
Olmsted Farmington Township 0.000 0.000 US 63, CR 12 west
2.982 4.799 CR 11 south
Potsdam 3.981 6.407 CR 11 north
Wabasha Elgin Township 7.950 12.794 CR 2
Plainview 11.977 19.275 CR 8 (10th Street NW)
12.043 19.381 CR 57 (9th Street SW)
12.471 20.070 CR 56 (3rd Street SW)
12.681 20.408 MN 42 (Wabasha Street), CR 8 (East Broadway) east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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