History
Highway 246 was authorized in 1949 between then-U.S. 65 at Northfield and Nerstrand. This original portion of the route was paved in 1956.
In 1959, the highway was extended east of Nerstrand to State Highway 56 in Holden Township near Kenyon. This segment was paved in the late 1970s.
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