Minnesota State Highway 274

Minnesota State Highway 274 (MN 274) is a 8.515-mile-long (13.704 km) highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Yellow Medicine County State-Aid Highway 6 in Wood Lake and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 near Granite Falls.

Trunk Highway 274
MN 274 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(205)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	8.515 mi (13.704 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[1]–present
Major junctions
South end	CSAH 6 at Wood Lake
North end	MN 23 near Granite Falls
Location
Counties	Yellow Medicine
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate U.S. State Legislative routes ← MN 271 → MN 275

Route description

Highway 274 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between Wood Lake and Granite Falls.

Highway 274 is also known as 550th Street in Yellow Medicine County.

The route passes around the west side of Wood Lake near the town of Wood Lake.[2]

The roadway crosses the Yellow Medicine River near its intersection with County Road 3.[2]

History

Highway 274 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]

The route was paved in 1950.[3][4]

The highway's original northern terminus was at State Highway 67 until Highway 23 was rerouted between Hanley Falls and Granite Falls circa 1980.[5][6]

Highway 274 is slated for turnback by 2023.[7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Yellow Medicine County.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Wood Lake	0.000	0.000	CSAH 6 south
	0.467	0.752	CSAH 2
Wood Lake Township	2.530	4.072	CSAH 18 west
	3.535	5.689	CSAH 18 east
Wood Lake–Minnesota Falls township line	4.571	7.356	CSAH 3 west
Minnesota Falls Township	6.600	10.622	CSAH 17 west, CR B1 east
	8.069	12.986	CSAH 44 east
	8.501	13.681	MN 23
	1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
2. General Highway Map of Yellow Medicine County (sheet 2) (PDF) (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2010.
3. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § E19. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
4. 1951 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1951. § E16. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
5. 1979-1980 Official Transportation Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 1979. § E17. Archived from the original on January 13, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
6. 1981-1982 Official Transportation Map of Minnesota (Map). Minnesota Department of Transportation. 1981. § E17. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2011.
7. (PDF) https://www.dot.state.mn.us/govrel/reports/2018/2018-turnback-program-report.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

• Highway 274 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page