MINNESOTA STATE HIGHWAY 27

'Minnesota State Highway 27' is a highway in east-central and west-central Minnesota, which runs from the interchange of Interstate Highway 35 and Minnesota 27 in Moose Lake and continues west to its western terminus at the intersection of Minnesota Highway 28 and Minnesota 27 in Browns Valley.
For part of its route (23 miles), it runs together with Minnesota Highway 65 in Aitkin and Kanabec counties.
Minnesota Highway 27 is 261-miles in length and passes through the communities of:

★ Moose Lake (at I-35) ★ McGrath ★ Isle ★ Wahkon ★ Onamia ★ Lastrup ★ Pierz

★ Little Falls ★ Long Prairie ★ Osakis ★ Nelson ★ Alexandria (at I-94) ★ Hoffman ★ Herman ★ Wheaton ★ Browns Valley

Contents

Notes

State Parks

Termini

History

References

Notes

Minnesota Highway 27 serves as an east-west arterial route between Moose Lake, Mille Lacs Lake, Little Falls, Long Prairie, Alexandria, Wheaton, and Browns Valley.
Minnesota 27 passes through the counties of:

★ Carlton County ★ Aitkin County ★ Kanabec County ★ Mille Lacs County ★ Morrison County

★ Todd County ★ Douglas County ★ Grant County ★ Traverse County

Highway 27 (together with Highway 65) pass through the Solana State Forest in Aitkin County.
Highway 27 crosses the Broadway Bridge at the Mississippi River in Little Falls.

State Parks

★ Father Hennepin State Park is located on Highway 27 at the southeast corner of Mille Lacs Lake, one mile west of Isle.
(Father Hennepin State Park website - Link)

★ Charles A. Lindbergh State Park is located immediately west of Little Falls on Highway 27.
(Charles A. Lindbergh State Park website - Link)

★ The ''Sam Brown Monument State Wayside Park'' is located at the western terminus of Highway 27 in Browns Valley.

Termini

The eastern terminus for Minnesota 27 is its interchange with Interstate Highway 35 in Moose Lake.
The western terminus for Minnesota 27 is its intersection with Minnesota Highway 28 in Browns Valley, near the Minnesota - South Dakota border at the Little Minnesota River.

History

Most of Highway 27 was authorized in 1933.
The original route of Highway 27 between Minnesota Hwy. 65 and Minnesota Hwy. 47 was over what is now Minnesota Hwy. 18; original designation of the current Highway 27 between these routes was ''Minnesota Hwy. 66''.
Easternmost segment of Highway 27 is old U.S. 61 through Moose Lake.
The section of Highway 27 southwest of Mille Lacs Lake was still gravel in 1940. The segments east of Isle were gravel into the 1950s, and the last segment east of Minnesota Hwy. 65 was not paved until the 1970s.

References

1. Details of Routes 26-50 Riner, Steve