Minnesota State Highway 66

Trunk Highway 66 marker

Trunk Highway 66
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(187)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length 12.059 mi (19.407 km)
Existed 1963 – 2013 [1]
Major junctions
South end CSAH 1 / CSAH 10
near Good Thunder
North end US 169 / MN 60 at Mankato
Location
Counties Blue Earth
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
← MN 65MN 67 →

Minnesota State Highway 66 (MN 66) was a highway in south-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with Blue Earth County Roads 1 and 10 near Good Thunder and continued north to its northern terminus at its interchange with U.S. Highway 169 / State Highway 60 in the city of Mankato. The highway is currently known as Blue Earth County Road 1 (CSAH 1).

Highway 66 was 12 miles (19 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 66 served as a north–south route between Mankato and Good Thunder in south-central Minnesota, although it did not actually enter the latter city.[2]

Highway 66 followed Carney Avenue in the city of Mankato.

The route passed near the town of Skyline, adjacent to Mankato.

Highway 66 crossed the Le Sueur River, south of Mankato.

The route paralleled the Maple River near Good Thunder.

The highway was legally defined as Legislative Route 256 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It was not marked with this number.

History

Highway 66 was created in 1963. It was originally numbered State Highway 256 from 1949 to 1963.[4] In 2013, Highway 66 was removed from the state highway system and it became an extension of CSAH 1.

The route was paved (as 256) by 1953.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Blue Earth County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Lyra Township0.0000.000 CSAH 1 / CSAH 10
Rapidan Township4.4987.239 CSAH 35
6.50210.464 CSAH 9
Mankato12.010–
12.080		19.328–
19.441		 US 169 / MN 60Interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map:

KML is from Wikidata
  1. ↑ "Minnesota Legislative Route 256 (state route 66) removed".
  2. ↑ Municipalities of Blue Earth County (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 8, 2012. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  3. ↑ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
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