Minnesota State Highway 271

Trunk Highway 271
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(202)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	8.591 mi[2] (13.826 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end:	MN 19 at Hendricks Township, near Hendricks
North end:	SD 28 at the Minnesota — South Dakota state line
Location
Counties:	Lincoln County
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 270 MN 274 →

Minnesota State Highway 271 is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 19 in Hendricks Township and continues north and west to its terminus at the South Dakota state line, where the roadway becomes South Dakota Highway 28.

The route is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 271 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between State Highway 19, the city of Hendricks, and the South Dakota state line near the towns of Astoria, SD and Toronto, SD.

Highway 271 is also known as Division Street in Hendricks.

Near its northern terminus, Highway 271 turns west, and the roadway becomes South Dakota Highway 28 upon crossing the state line.

The route is legally defined as Route 271 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 271 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved at the time it was marked except for the short east-west section,^[4] which was paved in the mid-1950s.^[5][6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Lincoln County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Hendricks Township	0.000	MN 19
	2.030	CR 14
Hendricks	3.236	CR 17 east (Railroad Street)
	3.422	CR 17 west (Garfield Street)
Hendricks Township	5.462	CR 1
Hansonville Township	8.689	CR 19
Minnesota-South Dakota state line	8.719	SD 28
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. ^ "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 23, 2011. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section B19-B20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section B17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section B17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved January 23, 2011. 

External links

• Highway 271 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page