Minnesota State Highway 66

Minnesota State Highway 66 (MN 66) was a highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Blue Earth County Roads 1 and 10 near Good Thunder and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 / State Highway 60 in the city of Mankato. The highway is currently known as Blue Earth County Road 1 (CSAH 1).

Trunk Highway 66
MN 66 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(187)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length12.059 mi[1] (19.407 km)
Existed1963–June 30, 2016[2]
Major junctions
South end CSAH 1 / CSAH 10
near Good Thunder
North end US 169 / MN 60 at Mankato
Location
CountiesBlue Earth
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
← MN 65→ MN 67

Highway 66 was 12 miles (19 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 66 served as a north–south route between Mankato and Good Thunder in south-central Minnesota, although it did not actually enter the latter city.[3]

Highway 66 followed Carney Avenue in the city of Mankato.

The route passed near the town of Skyline, adjacent to Mankato.

Highway 66 crossed the Le Sueur River, south of Mankato.

The route paralleled the Maple River near Good Thunder.

The highway was legally defined as Legislative Route 256 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4] It was not marked with this number.

History

Highway 66 was created in 1963. It was originally numbered State Highway 256 from 1949 to 1963.[5] The route was removed from statute in 2013;[6] on June 30, 2016, Highway 66 was removed from the state highway system, becoming an extension of CSAH 1.[7][2]

Paving (while marked 256) on the route began in 1948 and was completed in 1950.[8]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Blue Earth County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Lyra Township0.0000.000 CSAH 1 / CSAH 10Southern terminus
Rapidan Township4.4987.239 CSAH 35
6.50210.464 CSAH 9
Mankato12.010–
12.080		19.328–
19.441		 US 169 / MN 60Northern terminus; interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  2. Linehan, Dan (October 7, 2014). "Blue Earth County agrees to take over Highway 66". Mankato Free Press. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020.
  3. Municipalities of Blue Earth County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  4. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  5. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  6. "Chapter 127--S.F.No. 1270". Minnesota Session Laws - 2013, Regular Session. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. May 24, 2013. Sec. 67. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
  7. "Report on the Jurisdictional Transfer (Turnback) Program" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. February 2018.
  8. "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 0715" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
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