Minnesota State Highway 266

Minnesota State Highway 266 (MN 266) was a 13.860-mile-long (22.306 km) highway in southwest Minnesota that had connected the communities of Wilmont and Reading to the city of Worthington. It was decommissioned in 2004, and was renumbered Nobles County State-Aid Highway 25.

Trunk Highway 266
MN 266 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(197)
Length	13.860 mi[1] (22.306 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[2]–2003[3]
Major junctions
West end	CSAH 29 in Wilmont
East end	I-90 in Worthington
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate U.S. State Legislative routes ← MN 261 → MN 269

Route description

Highway 266 was a northwest–southeast route connecting Wilmont and Reading to Interstate 90 on the northern border of the city of Worthington. The entire route was located in Nobles County in southwest Minnesota.

The roadway was legally defined as Legislative Route 266 in the Minnesota Statutes § 161.115(197).[4]

The route had followed 7th Street in Wilmont and 160th Street in Larkin Township.

History

Highway 266 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[2] The route was removed from the state highway system in 2003.

The roadway was paved between Reading and Worthington at the time it was marked.[5] The remainder was paved in 1950.[6] It originally terminated at U.S. Highway 16 (now County State-Aid Highway 35) until that part of it was replaced by Interstate 90 in 1969.[7] It then ran into Worthington city proper along Diagonal Road, terminating at U.S. 59 / State Highway 60. It was shortened to end at I-90 in the late 1980s.[8][9]

Major intersections

The entire highway was in Nobles County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Wilmont	0.000	0.000	CSAH 16 (7th Street) / CSAH 29 (4th Avenue)	Road continued as CSAH 16
Wilmont–Bloom township line	0.749	1.205	CSAH 13 north (Hesselroth Avenue)
Summit Lake Township	1.731	2.786	CSAH 13 south (Jones Avenue) / CSAH 16 east (160th Street)
Reading	7.270	11.700	CSAH 14 (200th Street) – Reading
	7.497	12.065	CSAH 9 (McCall Avenue)
Worthington Township	11.628	18.713	CSAH 7 (Oliver Avenue)
Worthington	13.700– 13.860	22.048– 22.306	I-90 – Jackson, Luverne
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. Minnesota Department of Transportation (July 12, 2004). "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 17, 2006. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
2. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
3. "2003, 1st Special Session; Chapter 22 Sec. 3 Subd. 1". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. June 8, 2003. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
4. "Minnesota Statutes 161.115 (2002)". Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. Retrieved July 18, 2010.
5. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § D23-E23. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
6. 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § D20. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 20, 2011.
7. 1970 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. 1970. § D21. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
8. 1987-1988 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. March 1987. § D21. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved January 21, 2011.
9. 1989-1990 Official Highway Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 1989. § D21. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2011.

External links

• Highway 266 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page