|
Minnesota State Highway 258
Minnesota State Highway 258 (MN 258) was a highway in southwest Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 17 in Comfrey north to its northern terminus at U.S. Highway 14 in Burnstown Township, four miles east of Springfield. Route description Highway 258 served as a north–south connector route in southwest Minnesota between the town of Comfrey and U.S. Highway 14. Highway 258 crossed the Little Cottonwood River near its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 20 in Bashaw Township. The route crossed the Cottonwood River near its intersection with County State-Aid Highway 24 in Burnstown Township. History Highway 258 was authorized on July 1, 1949. The route was paved in 1951. On April 15, 2013, the route was turned over to Brown County. The entire route is now designated and marked as Brown County State-Aid Highway 16. Major intersections References External links {{Attached KML, display=title,inlineHighway 258 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota Department Of Transportation
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT, ) oversees transportation by all modes including land, water, air, rail, walking and bicycling in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The cabinet-level agency is responsible for maintaining the state's trunk highway system (including state highways, U.S. Highways, and Interstate Highways), funding municipal airports and maintaining radio navigation aids, and other activities. History The agency's history can be traced to the state's Railroad and Warehouse Commission which emerged slowly from 1871 to 1905, and the State Highway Commission created in 1905. The Highway Commission was abolished in 1917 and replaced by a Department of Highways. The Minnesota Highway Department has been credited with numerous works listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. For air transport, the Minnesota Aeronautics Commission was created in 1933. Much of the railroad oversight was transferred to the Minnesota Department of Public Service ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comfrey, Minnesota
Comfrey is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, Brown and Cottonwood County, Minnesota, Cottonwood counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 382 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census. The majority of the people live in Brown County. History Comfrey was platted in 1902. It was named after the plant called comfrey (Symphytini Officinalis), by the first postmaster, A. W. Pederson. On March 29, 1998, Comfrey was hit by a strong 1998 Comfrey – St. Peter tornado outbreak, F4 tornado which damaged or destroyed most of the town. While no one was killed, a dozen people were injured."Tornadoes cut destructive path in southern Minnesota" ''Gettysburg Times,'' March 30, 1998 Geography According ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burnstown Township, Brown County, Minnesota
Burnstown Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 260 as of the 2000 census. History Burnstown Township was organized in 1871. It was named for J. F. Burns, an early settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and (0.60%) is water. The eastern three-quarters of the city of Springfield is within the township geographically but is a separate entity. Major highway * U.S. Highway 14 Lake * Boise Lake Adjacent townships * Brookville Township, Redwood County (north) * Prairieville Township (northeast) * Leavenworth Township (east) * Bashaw Township (south) * Stately Township (southwest) * North Star Township (west) * Sundown Township, Redwood County (northwest) Cemeteries The township includes the following cemeteries: Saint Paul, Saint Rachael, Saint Raphael and Springfield. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 260 people, 106 househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Springfield, Minnesota
Springfield is a city in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,152 at the 2010 census. U.S. Highway 14 serves as a main route in the community. This location is in the middle of some of Minnesota's most productive farmland. The City was home to Minnesota's sole brick plant up until its closure in 2016. History Jackson, Minnesota was originally platted with the name Springfield in 1856. Springfield was originally platted in 1877 with the name of "Burns" when the Chicago and North Western Railway extended a line to the settlement. It was renamed in 1881 after either Springfield, Massachusetts. or a nearby spring. In 1890 Adolph Casimir Ochs established the Ochs Brick and Tile Company in Springfield and Heron Lake. It remains in Operation today. In 1917 Frank Sanborn established the Sanborn Company in Springfield manufacturing medical instruments. Hewlett-Packard company acquired the Sanborn Company in 1961 and they sold it in 1999 to Philips Medica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brown County, Minnesota
Brown County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,912. Its county seat is New Ulm. The county was formed in 1855 and organized in 1856. Brown County comprises the New Ulm, MN Micropolitan Statistical Area and is included in the Mankato-New Ulm- North Mankato, MN Combined Statistical Area. History Brown County was founded in 1855 in the southwest corner of what was Minnesota Territory. It was named for Joseph Renshaw Brown, a member of the Governor's Council of the Territory in 1855. In 1857, Brown County was divided, creating Cottonwood, Jackson,Martin, Murry, Nobles, Pipestone, and Rock counties. Watonwan was broken off in 1860. Redwood was created from a large portion of Brown County in 1862. Redwood was further divided into Lac qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine Counties in the 1870s. In 1862, the county's 150-mile northern border was the boundary line of the Upper and Lower Sioux reservations when host ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or a translation for ''autobahn'', '' autoroute'', etc. According to Merriam Webster, the use of the term predates the 12th century. According to Etymonline, "high" is in the sense of "main". In North American and Australian English, major roads such as controlled-access highways or arterial roads are often state highways (Canada: provincial highways). Other roads may be designated "county highways" in the US and Ontario. These classifications refer to the level of government (state, provincial, county) that maintains the roadway. In British English, "highway" is primarily a legal term. Everyday use normally implies roads, while the legal use covers any route or path with a public right of access, including footpaths etc. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minnesota
Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less populated North Woods, used for mining, forestry, and recreation. Roughly a third of the state is covered in forests, and it is known as the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" for having over 14,000 bodies of fresh water of at least ten acres. More than 60% of Minnesotans live in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area, known as the "Twin Cities", the state's main political, economic, and cultural hub. With a population of about 3.7 million, the Twin Cities is the 16th largest metropolitan area in the U.S. Other minor metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas in the state include Duluth, Mankato, Moorhead, Rochester, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intersection (road)
An intersection or an at-grade junction is a junction where two or more roads converge, diverge, meet or cross at the same height, as opposed to an interchange, which uses bridges or tunnels to separate different roads. Major intersections are often delineated by gores and may be classified by road segments, traffic controls and lane design. Types Road segments One way to classify intersections is by the number of road segments (arms) that are involved. * A three-way intersection is a junction between three road segments (arms): a T junction when two arms form one road, or a Y junction, the latter also known as a fork if approached from the stem of the Y. * A four-way intersection, or crossroads, usually involves a crossing over of two streets or roads. In areas where there are blocks and in some other cases, the crossing streets or roads are perpendicular to each other. However, two roads may cross at a different angle. In a few cases, the junction of two road segments ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Cottonwood River
The Little Cottonwood River is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 83 miles (133 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of 230 square miles (596 km²) in an agricultural region. The Little Cottonwood River rises south of Jeffers in Amboy Township in Cottonwood County, beginning as a drainage ditch constructed in 1997. In its upper course the stream flows swiftly in a northeastward course and passes rock outcrops, including the Jeffers Petroglyphs. It flows generally east-northeastwardly through Brown County into northwestern Blue Earth County, where it joins the Minnesota River in Cambria Township, approximately seven miles (11 km) southeast of New Ulm. For much of its lower course, it roughly parallels the Cottonwood River to the north at a distance of three to ten miles (5–15 km). The stream's watershed is narrow, with no major tributa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bashaw Township, Brown County, Minnesota
Bashaw Township is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 243 as of the 2010 census. History Bashaw Township was organized in 1874. It was named for Joseph Baschor, an early settler. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and 0.03% is water. The city of Comfrey is within the township geographically but is a separate entity. Lakes There are no lakes in Bashaw Township, however Altermatt Lake lies just outside the northeast corner of the township. Adjacent townships * Burnstown Township (north) * Leavenworth Township (northeast) * Mulligan Township (east) * Adrian Township, Watonwan County (southeast) * Selma Township, Cottonwood County (south) * Delton Township, Cottonwood County (southwest) * Stately Township (west) Cemeteries The township includes the following cemeteries: Faith and Moravian. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there were 255 people, 97 househ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cottonwood River (Minnesota)
The Cottonwood River (Dakota: ''Wáǧa Ožú Wakpá'', ) is a tributary of the Minnesota River, 152 miles (245 km) long, in southwestern Minnesota in the United States. Via the Minnesota River, it is part of the watershed of the Mississippi River, draining an area of in an agricultural region. The river's name is a translation of the Dakota name for the river, Wáǧa Ožú Wakpá, for the cottonwood tree groves, which are common along prairie rivers. It has also been known historically as the Big Cottonwood River. The Cottonwood River flows generally eastwardly throughout its course. It rises southwest of Balaton in Rock Lake Township in southern Lyon County, as an intermittent stream on the Coteau des Prairies, a morainic plateau dividing the Mississippi and Missouri River watersheds. The river flows off the Coteau in a wooded valley in southeastern Lyon County, dropping 200 feet (60 m) in five miles (3 km), and enters a region of till plains, flowing throu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decommissioned Road
A decommissioned highway is a highway that has been removed from service by being shut down, or has had its authorization as a national, provincial or state highway removed, the latter also referred to as downloading. Decommissioning can include the complete or partial demolition or abandonment of an old highway structure because the old roadway has lost its utility, but such is not always the norm. Where the old highway has continuing value, it likely remains as a local road offering access to properties denied access to the new road or for use by slow vehicles such as farm equipment and horse-drawn vehicles denied use of the newer highway. Decommissioning can also include the removal of one or more of the multiple designations of a single segment of highway. As an example, what remains as U.S. Route 60 (US 60) between Wickenburg, Arizona, and Phoenix, Arizona, carried the routes of three US Highways (US 60, US 70, US 89) and one state highway (Arizona St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
.jpg "Click for more on -> Highway")
