Minnesota State Highway 266
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| Route information | ||||
| Defined by MS § 161.115(197) | ||||
| Length: | 13.860 mi[1] (22.306 km) | |||
| Existed: | July 1, 1949[2] – 2003[3] | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 CR 29 in Wilmont | |||
| East end: |
 I-90 in Worthington | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 266 (MN 266) was a highway in southwest Minnesota that had connected the communities of Wilmont and Reading to the city of Worthington. It was decommissioned in 2004, and was renumbered Nobles County Road 25.
Route description
Highway 266 was a northwest–southeast route connecting Wilmont, Larkin Township, Bloom Township, Summit Lake Township, Reading, and Worthington Township to Interstate 90 on the northern border of the city of Worthington. The entire route was located in Nobles County in southwest Minnesota.
The roadway was legally defined as Legislative Route 266 in the Minnesota Statutes § 161.115(197).[4]
The route had followed 7th Street in Wilmont and 160th Street in Larkin Township.
History
Highway 266 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[2] The route was removed from the state highway system in 2003.
The roadway was paved between Reading and Worthington at the time it was marked.[5] The remainder was paved in 1950.[6] It originally terminated at U.S. Highway 16 (now County Road 35) until that part of it was replaced by Interstate 90 in 1969.[7] It then ran into Worthington city proper along Diagonal Road, terminating at U.S. 59 / State Highway 60. It was shortened to end at I-90 in the late 1980s.[8][9]
Major intersections
The entire highway was in Nobles County.
| Location | mi[1] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
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| Wilmont | 0.000 | 0.000 | .svg.png){kind=small} .svg.png){kind=small} CSAH 16 (7th Street) / CSAH 29 (4th Avenue) | Road continued as County 16 | |
| Wilmont–Bloom township line | 0.749 | 1.205 | .svg.png){kind=small} CSAH 13 north (Hesselroth Avenue) | ||
| Summit Lake Township | 1.731 | 2.786 | CSAH 13 south (Jones Avenue) / CSAH 16 east (160th Street) | ||
| Reading | 7.270 | 11.700 | .svg.png){kind=small} CSAH 14 (200th Street) | ||
| 7.497 | 12.065 | .svg.png){kind=small} CSAH 9 (McCall Avenue) | |||
| Worthington Township | 11.628 | 18.713 | .svg.png){kind=small} CSAH 7 (Oliver Avenue) | ||
| Worthington | 13.700– 13.860 | 22.048– 22.306 | I-90 – Jackson, Luverne | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References
- 1 2 Minnesota Department of Transportation (July 12, 2004). "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
- 1 2 "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
- ↑ "2003, 1st Special Session; Chapter 22 Sec. 3 Subd. 1". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. June 8, 2003. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Minnesota Statutes 161.115 (2002)". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
- ↑ Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § D23-E23. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § D20. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
- ↑ 1970 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. 1970. § D21. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ 1987-1988 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. March 1987. § D21. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
- ↑ 1989-1990 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 1989. § D21. Retrieved January 21, 2011.