Minnesota State Highway 50 (MN 50) is a
highway
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in
Minnesota
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, which runs from its
intersection
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with
State Highway 3 and Dakota County Road 74 in
Farmington
Farmington may refer to:
Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
*Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
* Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
* Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
...
and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with
U.S. 61
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and
State Highway 20 near
Miesville.
State Highway 50 passes through the communities of Farmington,
Empire Township,
Castle Rock Township,
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
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*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
*Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ham ...
,
Hampton Township,
New Trier, and
Douglas Township.
Route description
State Highway 50 serves as an east–west route between Farmington, Hampton, New Trier, and Miesville.
The route is located in
Dakota County Dakota County may refer to:
* Dakota County, Minnesota in the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area of east-central Minnesota
* Dakota County, Nebraska in northeastern Nebraska
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...
.
State Highway 50 is also known as:
*''220th Street'' between
Farmington
Farmington may refer to:
Places Canada
*Farmington, British Columbia
*Farmington, Nova Scotia (disambiguation)
United States
* Farmington, Arkansas
*Farmington, California
* Farmington, Connecticut
*Farmington, Delaware
* Farmington, Georgia
...
and
Hampton
Hampton may refer to:
Places Australia
*Hampton bioregion, an IBRA biogeographic region in Western Australia
* Hampton, New South Wales
*Hampton, Queensland, a town in the Toowoomba Region
*Hampton, Victoria
Canada
*Hampton, New Brunswick
*Ham ...
*''240th Street East'' between Hampton and
Miesville
*''Hampton Boulevard'' in Hampton
State Highway 50 and adjoining ''
County Road 74'' are also known as ''Ash Street'' in the city of Farmington.
History
State Highway 50 was authorized in 1920 between
Cannon Falls
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and
Minneapolis
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.
U.S. Highway 55
U.S. Highway 55 was a north–south United States highway. Though it was part of the original 1926 numbering plan, it was deleted within 10 years.
Route description
From its southern terminus in Davenport, Iowa, U.S. Highway 55 initiall ...
was routed along this highway in 1926. 55 was removed in 1934, and much of the road was replaced by U.S. Highways
52 and
65.
The route was paved between Hampton and Farmington as early as 1929.
In 1949, State Highway 50 was extended east of Hampton to U.S. 61 near
Miesville along ''240th Street East''.
At one time, State Highway 50 had continued farther west. From 1957 to 1994, the route had continued west of Farmington on present day ''
Dakota County Highway 50'' between
State Highway 3 in Farmington and
Interstate 35
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in
Lakeville Lakeville may refer to:
Canada
* Lakeville, a local service district north of Woodstock, New Brunswick
**Lakeville, Carleton County, New Brunswick, a community within the local service district
*Lakeville, Westmorland County, New Brunswick, a commu ...
. This section had also previously been part of old
U.S. Highway ''65'' from 1934 to 1957.
The section of Highway 50 between Hampton and Miesville was paved by 1961.
Major intersections
References
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050
Transportation in Dakota County, Minnesota
U.S. Route 52
U.S. Route 65
U.S. Route 55