Minnesota State Highway 27

Trunk Highway 27
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	247.623 mi (398.511 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 28 near Browns Valley
	U.S. 75 at Wheaton I-94, MN 29 at Alexandria U.S. 71, MN 287 at Long Prairie U.S. 10 at Little Falls MN 25 at Pierz U.S. 169 at Onamia MN 47 at Isle
East end:	I-35 near Moose Lake
Location
Counties:	Traverse, Grant, Douglas, Todd, Morrison, Mille Lacs, Kanabec, Aitkin, Carlton
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 26 MN 28 →

Minnesota State Highway 27 (MN 27) is a highway in west-central and east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley and continues east to its eastern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 35 in Moose Lake.

For part of its route (23 miles), Highway 27 runs concurrent with State Highway 65 in Kanabec and Aitkin counties.

Highway 27 is 248 miles (399 km) in length.

Route description

State Highway 27 serves as an east–west route between Browns Valley, Wheaton, Alexandria, Long Prairie, Little Falls, Mille Lacs Lake, and Moose Lake.

The western terminus for Highway 27 is its intersection with State Highway 28 in Browns Valley, near the Minnesota - South Dakota state line at the Little Minnesota River.

The Sam Brown Monument State Wayside Park is located at the western terminus of Highway 27 in Browns Valley.

Highway 27 crosses the Broadway Bridge at the Mississippi River in Little Falls.

Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is located immediately west of Little Falls on Highway 27.

Father Hennepin State Park is located on Highway 27 at the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake, one mile (1.6 km) west of Isle.

Highway 27, together with Highway 65, passes through the Solana State Forest in Aitkin County.

History

Most of State Highway 27 was authorized in 1933.

The original route of Highway 27 between State Highway 65 and State Highway 47 was over what is now State Highway 18; original designation of the current Highway 27 between these routes was previously old State Highway 66 until 1963.

Easternmost section of Highway 27 was previously old U.S. 61 through Moose Lake.

The section of Highway 27 southwest of Mille Lacs Lake was still gravel in 1940. The segments east of Isle were gravel into the 1950s, and the last segment east of State Highway 65 was not paved until the 1970s.

In 2012, Highway 27 from Osakis to Alexandria was relocated along Interstate 94 with the old route decommissioned and turned over to Douglas County.

Major intersections

County	Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Traverse	Folsom Township	0.000	0.000	MN 28
	Lake Valley Township	17.551	28.246	MN 117
	Wheaton	24.007	38.636	US 75	North end of US 75 concurrency
		24.108	38.798	US 75	South end of US 75 concurrency
Grant	Herman	40.957	65.914	MN 9
	Roseville Township	49.160	79.115	MN 54
		54.167	87.173	US 59
	Hoffman	58.291	93.810	MN 55
Douglas	La Grand Township	63.666	102.460	MN 114
		72.615	116.863	I-94	West end of I-94 concurrency
	Alexandria	78.879	126.943	MN 29
	Osakis	92.200	148.382	I-94	East end of I-94 concurrency
Todd	Round Prairie Township	105.191	169.289	US 71	South end of US 71 overlap
	Long Prairie			MN 287
		111.329	179.167	US 71	North end of US 71 overlap
Morrison	Culdrum Township	123.234	198.326	MN 28	West end of MN 28 overlap
	Pike Creek Township	133.330	214.574	MN 238
Mississippi River		135.257– 135.361	217.675– 217.842	Broadway Bridge, east end of MN 28 overlap
Morrison	Little Falls	136.672– 136.761	219.952– 220.095	US 10	Interchange
	Genola	148.071	238.297	MN 25	South end of MN 25 overlap
	Buh Township	152.081	244.751	MN 25	North end of MN 25 overlap
Mille Lacs	Onamia	175.634	282.656	US 169	South end of US 169 overlap
	South Harbor Township	178.306	286.956	US 169	North end of US 169 overlap
	Isle	188.445	303.273	MN 47	North end of MN 47 overlap
	Isle Harbor Township	190.615	306.765	MN 47	South end of MN 47 overlap
Kanabec	Ford Township	194.248	312.612	MN 65	South end of MN 65 overlap
Aitkin	Williams Township			MN 18
	Rice River Township	221.259	356.082	MN 65	North end of MN 65 overlap
Carlton	Silver Township	240.765	387.474	MN 73	West end of MN 73 overlap
	Moose Lake	245.545	395.166	MN 73	East end of MN 73 overlap
	Moose Lake Township	247.182– 247.371	397.801– 398.105	I-35	Interchange, southbound entrance and northbound exit
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus       Incomplete access