Minnesota State Highway 254

Trunk Highway 254
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(183)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	4.796 mi[2] (7.718 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	CR 17 at Frost
North end:	I-90 at Emerald Township
Location
Counties:	Faribault
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 254 is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Faribault County Road 17 in the town of Frost and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 90 in Emerald Township, 8 miles east of Blue Earth.

The route is 4.8 miles (7.7 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 254 serves as a short north–south route in south-central Minnesota between the town of Frost and Interstate 90.

Highway 254 crosses the East Branch Blue Earth River near its intersection with County Road 16 in Emerald Township.

The route is legally defined as Route 254 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 254 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1] Originally, it ran from U.S. Route 16 south through Frost to Iowa Highway 322 (renumbered 254 in 1969) at the state line near Rake, Iowa.

The route was paved between U.S. 16 and Frost in 1950.^[4][5] The remainder was paved in the mid-1950s.^[6][7]

The part of Highway 254 south of Frost was removed from statute in 1988 and turned back to Faribault County.^[8] It is now marked County Road 17.

Major intersections

The entire route is in Faribault County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Frost	5.843	CR 17 south, CR 55 (1st St.) east
	6.128	CR 4 west, CR 112 east (4th Street)
Emerald Township	8.741	CR 114
	10.029	CR 16	Old U.S. 16
	10.487-10.645	I-90, CR 17 north	Interchange
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 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
3. ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section K23. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1951). 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section H20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1174&REC=11. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section H20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
7. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section H20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved January 6, 2011. 
8. ^ "Chapter 565-H.F. 1980". Minnesota Laws 1988. April 20, 1988. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/?doctype=Chapter&year=1988&type=0&id=565. Retrieved January 1, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 254 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page