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Minnesota State Highway 271

Trunk Highway 271 marker

Trunk Highway 271
Route information
Defined by
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 8.591 mi (13.826 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949 – present
Major junctions
South end: MN 19 at Hendricks Township, near Hendricks
North end: SD 28 at the Minnesota — South Dakota state line
Location
Counties: Lincoln County
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 270 MN 274

Trunk Highway 271 marker

Minnesota State Highway 271 (MN 271) is a highway in southwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 19 in Hendricks Township and continues north and west to its terminus at the South Dakota state line, where the roadway becomes South Dakota Highway 28.

The route is 8.6 miles (13.8 km) in length.

Highway 271 serves as a north–south route in southwest Minnesota between State Highway 19, the city of Hendricks, and the South Dakota state line near the towns of Astoria, SD and Toronto, SD.

Highway 271 is also known as Division Street in Hendricks.

Near its northern terminus, Highway 271 turns west, and the roadway becomes South Dakota Highway 28 upon crossing the state line.

The route is legally defined as Route 271 in the Minnesota Statutes.

Highway 271 was authorized on July 1, 1949.

The route was paved at the time it was marked except for the short east-west section, which was paved in the mid-1950s.

The entire route is in Lincoln County.

Route map: Bing / Google


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