Minnesota State Highway 28 (MN 28) is a
state highway in west-central and central
Minnesota
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, which travels from
South Dakota Highway 10
South Dakota Highway 10 (SD 10) is a state highway in the north-central and northeastern portions of South Dakota, United States. It connects SD 1804 in Pollock with the Minnesota state line southeast of Sisseton.
SD 10 wa ...
at the
South Dakota
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state line near
Browns Valley and continues east to its
intersection
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with the former route of
U.S. Highway 10
U.S. Route 10 or U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) is an east–west United States highway located in the Midwest and Great Lakes regions of the United States. Unlike most U.S. routes with "0" as the last digit of its route number, US 10 ...
(US 10) in
Little Falls.
Route description
MN 28 serves as an east–west route between
Browns Valley,
Morris,
Glenwood,
Sauk Centre, and
Little Falls.
The western terminus for MN 28 is at the
South Dakota
South Dakota (; Sioux language, Sioux: , ) is a U.S. state in the West North Central states, North Central region of the United States. It is also part of the Great Plains. South Dakota is named after the Lakota people, Lakota and Dakota peo ...
state line in
Browns Valley, at the
Little Minnesota River, where MN 28 becomes
South Dakota Highway 10
South Dakota Highway 10 (SD 10) is a state highway in the north-central and northeastern portions of South Dakota, United States. It connects SD 1804 in Pollock with the Minnesota state line southeast of Sisseton.
SD 10 wa ...
upon crossing the state line.
MN 28 parallels
MN 27 throughout its route until
MN 27 enters
Wheaton, Minnesota and then follows Mud Lake and
Lake Traverse, heading South/Southwest to
Browns Valley, Minnesota
Browns Valley is a city in Traverse County, Minnesota, United States, adjacent to the South Dakota border. The population was 558 at the 2020 census.
Browns Valley lies along the Little Minnesota River between the northern end of Big Stone ...
where it connects with MN 28.
The
Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside Park is located on MN 28 in
Traverse County at
Browns Valley.
The highway overlaps MN 27 for the last of its route, until its terminus in Little Falls at the former alignment of US 10, which is now a city street.
MN 28 is legally defined as
Constitutional Route 28 in the Minnesota Statutes.
History
State Highway 28 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from the South Dakota border at Browns Valley to Little Falls.
[
By 1923, the road was mostly graveled except at its extreme western and eastern ends.] The remainder was graveled by 1929.
The roadway was paved throughout the 1930s and was paved in full by 1940.
In 1934, the newly-marked State Highway 27 was overlapped with the eastern end of the route. The eastern terminus of Highway 28 remained at U.S. 10; however, when the bypass of 10 around Little Falls was built in the mid-1970s, 28 was not extended across the river and its terminus remains at Lindbergh Drive.[
]
Major intersections
References
External links
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Highway 28 at the ''Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page''
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Transportation in Traverse County, Minnesota
Transportation in Big Stone County, Minnesota
Transportation in Stevens County, Minnesota
Transportation in Pope County, Minnesota
Transportation in Stearns County, Minnesota
Transportation in Todd County, Minnesota
Transportation in Morrison County, Minnesota