Minnesota State Highway 237
{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=May 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road
|state=MN
|type=MN
|route = 237
|map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Minnesota State Highway 237}}}}
|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=MN 237 highlighted in red
|established = July 1, 1949{{citation |title=Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792 |work=Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 |publisher=Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration |pages=1177–1185}}
|length_mi = 2.754
|section=115
|subsection=168
|direction_a = South
|direction_b = North
|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MN|CSAH|county1=Stearns|12|CSAH|county2=Stearns|30}} in New Munich
|terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MN|I|94|US|52|CSAH|county3=Stearns|65}} in Oak Township
|counties=Stearns
|previous_type=MN
|previous_route=235
|next_type=MN
|next_route=238
}}
Minnesota State Highway 237 (MN 237) is a short {{convert|2.754|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} highway in central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Stearns County State-Aid Highways 12 and 30 in New Munich and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 94 and Stearns County State-Aid Highway 65 (Thunder Road) in Oak Township near Melrose. MN 237 passes through the city of New Munich.
Route description
Highway 237 serves as a short north–south connector route between Interstate 94 and the town of New Munich in central Minnesota.
Highway 237 is also known as Main Street in New Munich.
The route is legally defined as Route 237 in the Minnesota Statutes{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 |title=161.115, Additional Trunk Highways |work=Minnesota Statutes |publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota |year=2010 |accessdate=December 20, 2010}}
History
Highway 237 was authorized on July 1, 1949.
The 2020 Minnesota Legislature authorized removal of the route, to become effective when a turnback agreement is reached with Stearns County.{{citation |title=Chapter 100-H.F.No. 462 |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/laws/2020/0/100/ |date=May 27, 2020 |work=Minnesota Session Laws - 2020, Regular Session |publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota |accessdate=November 11, 2020}}
Major intersections
{{Jcttop |state=MN |county=Stearns |length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=December 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174800/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf |archivedate=December 4, 2008 }}}}
{{MNint
|location=New Munich
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|30|county1=Stearns|name1=1st Avenue}}, {{jct|state=MN|CSAH|12|county1=Stearns|dir1=south}}}}
{{MNint
|location=Oak Township
|mile=2.621
|mile2=2.574
|road={{jct|state=MN|I|94|city1=St. Cloud|city2=Alexandria}}, {{jct|state=MN|CSAH|65|county1=Stearns|dir1=north|name1=Thunder Road}}
|notes=Interchange; I-94 Exit 137}}
{{jctbtm}}
References
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External links
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- [http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r219-287.htm#237 Highway 237 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page]