List of Minnesota state highways serving state institutions
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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 0.5 miles (0.80 km) 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 two miles (3.2 km) south of Walker in Cass County on the west side of Walker Bay of Leech Lake.
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