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Trunk Highway 66
Trunk Highway 66
	MN 66 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	12.059 mi (19.407 km)
Existed	1963–June 30, 2016
Major junctions
South end	CSAH 1 / CSAH 10; near Good Thunder
North end	US 169 / MN 60 at Mankato
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Blue Earth
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] The route was removed from statute in 2013;^[6] on June 30, 2016, Highway 66 was removed from the state highway system, becoming an extension of CSAH 1.^[7]^[1]

Paving (while marked 256) on the route began in 1948 and was completed in 1950.^[8]

Major intersections

The entire route was in Blue Earth County.

Location	mi^[2]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lyra Township	0.000	0.000	CSAH 1 / CSAH 10	Southern terminus
Rapidan Township	4.498	7.239	CSAH 35
Rapidan Township	6.502	10.464	CSAH 9
Mankato	12.010– 12.080	19.328– 19.441	US 169 / MN 60	Northern terminus; interchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

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^ ^a ^b Linehan, Dan (October 7, 2014). "Blue Earth County agrees to take over Highway 66". Mankato Free Press. Archived from the original on March 2, 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ 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.
^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved October 25, 2010.
^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 51–75". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved October 25, 2010.^{[self-published source]}
^ "Chapter 127--S.F.No. 1270". Minnesota Session Laws - 2013, Regular Session. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. May 24, 2013. Sec. 67. Retrieved March 24, 2020.
^ "Report on the Jurisdictional Transfer (Turnback) Program" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. February 2018.
^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 0715" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 24, 2020.