In 1951, the state of Minnesota commissioned a number of short state highways to serve state institutions such as hospitals and penitentiaries.
List of highways
State Highway 288
State Highway 288 (MN 288) was a highway which ran from U.S. Highway 10 (US 10) to the Anoka State Hospital in the city of Anoka.
The route was authorized in 1951 and removed in 1998. Part of the route is now Anoka County Road 7; the rest is a city street.
State Highway 289
State Highway 289 (MN 289) is a short highway in northeast Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with MN 73 on the south side of Moose Lake and continues eastbound for past the Minnesota Correctional Facility at Moose Lake, formerly known as the Moose Lake Treatment Center. The roadway is located in Carlton County. Interstate 35 is nearby.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 289 has been rerouted from its original routing to a more direct route farther south.
State Highway 290
State Highway 290 (MN 290) was a short highway in north–central Minnesota, which ran from the State Health Care Facility and continued north to its northern terminus at its intersection with MN 200/MN 371 south of Walker in Cass County on the west side of Walker Bay of Leech Lake.
The roadway was an unmarked state route from 1951 to 2009. The route was, and still is, also known as Ah-gwah-ching Road NW. MN 290 was in length. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2009 Legislature.
State Highway 291
State Highway 291 (MN 291) was a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (USS 61) in Hastings and continued eastbound for past the Hastings Veterans Home to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Dakota County Road 54 (Ravenna Trail) in Hastings. The roadway is located in Dakota County.
MN 291 is also known as East 18th Street and Le Duc Drive in Hastings. The roadway crosses the Vermillion River.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 291 originally ran off 10th Street and into the Veterans Home from the north rather than from the west at 18th Street as it did until cancellation. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2012 Legislature.
State Highway 292
State Highway 292 (MN 292) is a short highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from its first intersection with U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) and US 63 at the Minnesota Correctional Facility in Red Wing and continues for past the facility to its terminus at its second intersection with US 61/US 63 in Red Wing. The roadway is located in Goodhue County.
The route was authorized in 1951. MN 292 will eventually be given to the city of Hastings.
State Highway 293
State Highway 293 (MN 293) was a short highway in east central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with old MN 65 (Main Street) in Cambridge and continued west and then north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State MN 95 (1st Avenue) in Cambridge. The route was located in Isanti County.
The roadway was a state marked route from 1951 to 2009. The route had followed 18th Avenue SW and Dellwood Street in Cambridge. MN 293 had linked MN 95 and the former route of MN 65.
MN 293 was in length and had served the now-closed Cambridge State Hospital. The roadway was removed from the state highway system by the 2009 Legislature, several years after the closure of the Cambridge State Hospital.
State Highway 294
State Highway 294 (MN 294) was a short highway in west–central Minnesota, which ran from its first intersection with Business MN 71 in Willmar and continued briefly east and then north to its northern terminus at its second intersection with Business MN 71 in Willmar near the U.S. Highway 71 (US 71) and MN 23 interchange on the north side of Willmar. The route was located in Kandiyohi County.
The roadway was a state route from 1951 to 2006. The route had followed Technology Drive NE in Willmar and then briefly followed Civic Center Drive. MN 294 was in length and had serviced the Willmar Regional Treatment Center.
MN 294 was removed from the state highway system by the 2006 Legislature. The roadway had always been marked from Business 71 at the interchange off-ramps with US 71/MN 23 on the north side of Willmar. The off-ramps as far as the first intersection at County Road 24 (26th Avenue) are officially designated unsigned Route 994A.