Minnesota State Highway 274

Trunk Highway 274
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(205)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	8.515 mi[2] (13.704 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	CR 6 at Wood Lake
North end:	MN 23 near Granite Falls
Location
Counties:	Yellow Medicine
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 274 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Yellow Medicine County Road 6 in Wood Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 near Granite Falls.

The route is 8.5 miles (13.7 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 274 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between Wood Lake and Granite Falls.

Highway 274 is also known as 550th Street in Yellow Medicine County.

The route passes around the west side of Wood Lake near the town of Wood Lake.^[3]

The roadway crosses the Yellow Medicine River near its intersection with County Road 3.^[3]

History

Highway 274 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved in 1950.^[4][5]

The highway's original northern terminus was at State Highway 67 until Highway 23 was rerouted between Hanley Falls and Granite Falls circa 1980.^[6][7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Yellow Medicine County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Wood Lake	0.000	CR 6
	0.467	CR 2
Wood Lake Township	2.530	CR 18 west
	3.535	CR 18 east
Wood Lake Twp.-Minnesota Falls Twp.	4.571	CR 3
Minnesota Falls Township	6.600	CR 17 west, CR B1 east
	8.069	CR 44
	8.501	MN 23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d8.pdf. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Minnesota Department of Transportation (2010). General Highway Map of Yellow Medicine County (sheet 2) (Map). http://www.dot.state.mn.us/maps/cadd/county/yellowmedicine2.pdf. Retrieved May 5, 2010. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section E19. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1951). 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section E16. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1174&REC=11. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (1979). 1979-1980 Official Transportation Map of Minnesota (Map). Section E17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1252&REC=17. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
7. ^ Minnesota Department of Transportation (1981). 1981-1982 Official Transportation Map of Minnesota (Map). Section E17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1255&REC=18. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 274 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page