Minnesota State Highway 322 (MN 322) was a state highway in the city of
Brainerd. It ran for two blocks along Oak Street providing a short connection between
Minnesota State Highway 371
Minnesota State Highway 371 (MN 371) is a state highway in central and north-central Minnesota. The route connects Minnesota's northern lakes region with the central part of the state. It runs north–south from U.S. Highway 10 ...
(now Highway 371 - Business) and
Minnesota State Highway 18
Minnesota State Highway 18 (MN 18) is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 25 in Brainerd and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Finlayson ...
. It existed until after the completion of the Highway 371 Brainerd bypass in 2000, when it was turned back, along with portions of Highways 18 and
25, to local jurisdiction in order to compensate for the additional mileage of state highway resulting from the new bypass.
Route description
Before the turnback of state highways resulting from the opening of the Brainerd bypass, Highway 18 ran west of its current terminus at Highway 25 along Oak Street to 8th Street. It then turned north and ran along 8th Street for just under a half mile to its former terminus at
Highway 210. Highway 322 continued west on Oak Street from 8th Street for two blocks until Highway 371 (6th Street). The function of Highway 322 as a very short connecting route between the two highways led it to being the shortest Minnesota State Highway during its existence.
History
Highway 322 was authorized in 1959.
[ It was turned back to Brainerd city maintenance in 2001,][ along with the portion of Highway 18 running through the city.
]
Major intersections
References
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Year 322 (Roman numerals, CCCXXII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Probianus and Iulianus (or, less frequently, year 1075 ''Ab urbe condita''). The ...