Legislative route (Minnesota)
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In the U.S. state of Minnesota, a legislative route is a highway number defined by the Minnesota State Legislature. The routes from 1 to 70 are constitutional routes, defined as part of the Babcock Amendment to the Minnesota State Constitution,[1] passed November 2, 1920. All of them were listed in the constitution until a 1974 rewrite. Though they are now listed separately in §161.114 of the Minnesota Statutes, the definitions are legally considered to be part of the constitution, and cannot be altered or removed without an amendment. Legislative routes with numbers greater than 70 can be added or deleted by the legislature.
Until 1933 Constitutional Routes corresponded exactly to the number marked on the highways, but this is no longer necessarily the case. In fact, it is common for CR highways to be composed of several different trunk highways. When the U.S. Highway system was created in 1926, many of these roads were made up of one or more U.S. highways. Today, they now use a mix of Minnesota state highways, U.S. highways, and Interstate highways.
Constitutional Route 1 is currently one of the most complex routes, composed of:
However, the route can be considered to be superseded along almost its entire length by Interstate 35 (and I-35E) and Minnesota State Highway 61. By contrast, Constitutional Route 58 still has the same marked number and extent that it did in 1920.
There is some ambiguity in how literally the Minnesota Department of Transportation must interpret the constitutional routes. In some cases, the routes no longer directly serve communities for which they were once designated, but are routed along nearby highways instead.
[See Note.]
Subd. 232.Legislative Route 301.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 3; thence extending in a general westerly direction to the main entrance of the Minnesota State Reformatory for Men. (currently being repealed
Subd. 233.
[Repealed, 1Sp2003 c 22 s 3]
Subd. 234.Legislative Route 303.
Discontinued and removed from T.H. system. See Laws 1973, Chapter 249.
Subd. 235.Legislative Route 304.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 38 at or near Montevideo; thence extending in an easterly direction to connect with Legislative Route 49 easterly of Montevideo.
Subd. 236. Legislative Route 305.
[Repealed, 2001 c 213 s 29]
Subd. 237.Legislative Route 306.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 35 at or near Gilbert; thence extending in a general northeasterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 35 at or near Biwabik.
Subd. 238.Legislative Route 307.
Beginning at a point on Constitutional Legislative Route 8 at or near East Grand Forks; thence extending in a general westerly direction to a point on the boundary between the states of North Dakota and Minnesota.
Subd. 239.Legislative Route 308.
Beginning at a point on Constitutional Legislative Route 11 westerly of Fox; thence running in a general northerly direction to a point on Statutory Legislative Route 218 at or near Ross.
Subd. 240.Legislative Route 309.
MS 2012 [Repealed, 2014 c 287 s 26]
Subd. 241.Legislative Route 310.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 11 at or near Roseau, thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on the boundary line between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
Subd. 242.Legislative Route 311.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 289 at or near the entrance to the Moose Lake State Hospital, thence extending in an easterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 390.
Subd. 243.
Legislative Route 312. [Discontinued and removed]
Subd. 244.Legislative Route 313.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 11 at or near Warroad, thence extending in a northerly direction to a point on the boundary between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba, Canada.
Subd. 245.Legislative Route 314.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 110 southerly of St. Francis, thence extending in a general easterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 5, thence extending in a general easterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 1 at or near Forest Lake, provided, however, that such route shall not be established, constructed or marked until receipt by the adjutant general of Minnesota of the authority from the proper federal agency to proceed with the acquisition of land for the construction of the proposed Bethel airport affording Bethel Airport a reasonable means of communication with other places within the state.
Subd. 246.Legislative Route 315.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 158 in International Falls, thence extending in a general northerly direction to the boundary line between the State of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Subd. 247.Legislative Route 316.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 3 at or near Hastings, thence extending in a southeasterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 3 at or near Red Wing.
Subd. 248.Legislative Route 317.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 220 westerly of Stephen in Marshall County, thence extending in a westerly direction to the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the state of North Dakota.
Subd. 249.Legislative Route 318.
Discontinued and removed from T.H. system. See Laws 1974, Chapter 151.
Subd. 250.Legislative Route 319.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 6 in the city of Ortonville; thence in a general northwesterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 148 in Ortonville.
Subd. 251.Legislative Route 320.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 116, easterly of Nerstrand; thence extending in a general westerly direction to a point on Legislative Route 246 in or adjacent to Nerstrand.
Subd. 252.Legislative Route 321.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 22 in Eden Valley, thence extending in a general northerly direction, so as to run easterly of Horse Shoe Lake, to a point on Legislative Route 23 in Richmond.
Subd. 253.Legislative Route 322.
[Repealed, 2001 c 213 s 29]
Subd. 254.Legislative Route 323.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 298 at or near the intersection of Legislative Route 298 and Barron Road; thence extending westerly, southerly and northeasterly to a point on Legislative Route 298. (currently being repealed)
Subd. 255. Route 324A.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 6 in Hallock; thence extending in a general westerly direction following generally the location of present County State-Aid Highway 3 to a point on the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the state of North Dakota.
Subd. 256.Legislative Route 325.
Beginning at a point on Constitutional Legislative Route 11 in Baudette, thence extending in a northerly and northeasterly direction to the boundary line between the state of Minnesota and the Province of Ontario, Canada.
Subd. 257.Legislative Route 326.
[Repealed, 1996 c 456 s 24]
Subd. 258.
Legislative Route 327. [Discontinued and removed]
Subd. 259.Legislative Route 328.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 6 in Hallock; thence extending in a general easterly direction to a point on Legislative Route 174, northerly of Lake Bronson.
Subd. 260.Legislative Route 329.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 144 in or near Morris; thence extending in an easterly direction into and through the grounds of the West Central School and Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota and terminating at the east boundary thereof.
Subd. 261.Legislative Route 330.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 7 westerly of Lamberton; thence extending into and through the grounds of the Southwest Experiment Station of the University of Minnesota; thence back to a point on Legislative Route 7.
Subd. 262.Legislative Route 331.
[Repealed, 1996 c 455 art 3 s 34]
Subd. 263.Legislative Route 332.
MS 2010 [Repealed, 2011 c 34 s 1]
Subd. 265.Legislative Route 334.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 116 at or near Inver Grove Heights; thence extending in a general northerly direction to a point on Legislative Route 102 at or near St. Paul. (proposed to be truncated to near Kellogg Boulevard East in St. Paul)
Subd. 266.Legislative Route 335.
MS 2008 [Repealed, 2008 c 350 art 1 s 89]
Subd. 267.Legislative Route 336.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 2 at or near Dilworth; thence extending in a general southerly direction following generally the location of present County State-Aid Highway 11 to a point on Legislative Route 392.
Subd. 268.Legislative Route 337.
From a point on Legislative Route 2 in the city of Brainerd thence extending southwesterly to its intersection with new, marked Trunk Highway 371 as signed on May 30, 2001.
Subd. 269.Legislative Route 338.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 7 easterly of Rochester and thence extending in a southerly direction to a point on Legislative Route 391.
Subd. 270.Legislative Route 339.
Beginning at a point on Legislative Route 45, thence extending easterly to a point on the boundary line between the states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Subd. 271.Legislative Route 340.
Beginning at a point at or near the entrance of the Upper Sioux Agency State Park; thence extending in a generally northwesterly direction to a point on Route No. 67 at or near Granite Falls.
Routes 380 to 385 were defined in and after 1975, and "may be added by order of the commissioner of transportation to the trunk highway system"; only 383, 384, and 385 have been added, and 385 no longer exists.
Routes 390 to 396 were defined in and after the 1950s as portions of the Interstate Highway System "to take advantage of federal aid made available by the United States to the state of Minnesota for highway purposes".
Interstate 394 is not a separate legislative route, instead being parts of Route 10 and Route 107, which carried U.S. Highway 12 along the same alignment before I-394 was built.
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