Minnesota State Highway 287

Minnesota State Highway 287 (MN 287) is a 14.423-mile-long (23.212 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 28 in Grey Eagle and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. 71 / State Highway 27 in Long Prairie.

Trunk Highway 287
MN 287 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(218)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	14.423 mi[1] (23.212 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	MN 28 at Grey Eagle
North end	US 71 / MN 27 at Long Prairie
Location
Counties	Todd
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 286 MN 308 →

Route description

Highway 287 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between Grey Eagle and Long Prairie.

The roadway passes around the south side of Trace Lake at Grey Eagle. It also passes around the west side of Big Swan Lake in Burnhamville Township.[3]

Highway 287 changes direction to east–west at its intersection with Todd County Road 13 in Round Prairie Township; and continues as east–west for 2.5 miles before returning again to a north–south direction for the remainder of its route towards Long Prairie.[3]

Highway 287 is also known as State Street West in Grey Eagle. The route follows 4th Avenue SE in Long Prairie.

The route is legally defined as Route 287 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4]

History

Highway 287 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[2]

The route was paved from Grey Eagle to Big Swan Lake in 1952.[5][6] The remainder was paved in 1954 or 1955.[7][8]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Todd County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Grey Eagle	0.000	0.000	MN 28 (Cedar Street south, State Street east) – Burtrum, Sauk Centre
Long Prairie	14.423	23.212	US 71 / MN 27 – Browerville, Sauk Centre
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
3. General Highway Map of Todd County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 5, 2012. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
4. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
5. 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1952. § F12-F13. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
6. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § F12-F13. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
7. 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1954. § F12-F13. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.
8. 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1956. § F12-F13. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 24, 2011.

External links

Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 287

KML is from Wikidata

• Highway 287 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page