Minnesota State Highway 247


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Minnesota State Highway 247 (MN 247) is a 12.604-mile-long (20.284 km) 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.

Trunk Highway 247 marker

Trunk Highway 247

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MN 247 highlighted in red

Route information
Maintained by MnDOT
Length12.604 mi (20.284 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1949[1]–present
Major junctions
West end US 63 / CR 12 near Rochester
East end MN 42 / CR 8 in Plainview
Location
CountryUnited States
StateMinnesota
CountiesOlmsted, Wabasha
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highway System
← MN 246→ MN 248
 
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]

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]

  1. ^ a b "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
  2. ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  3. ^ Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § O21-P21. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  4. ^ 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § M18-N18. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  5. ^ 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1956. § M18-N18. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved December 29, 2010.
  6. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. February 2, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012. Retrieved July 9, 2012.

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