[citation needed] Legally, MN 252 is defined as part of unmarked legislative route 110 in the Minnesota Statutes.

[2][3] Previously, this was the old routing of US 169 between downtown Minneapolis and the present day suburb of Champlin.

Old US 169 had followed Lyndale Avenue North out of downtown Minneapolis and proceeded northbound to a junction with old US 52 (now US 169) in Champlin.

[4] The intersection of MN 252 and 85th Avenue North in Brooklyn Park is particularly dangerous for pedestrians to cross.

In 1999, an 11-year-old girl, Kara Kavanagh, was struck by a car and killed at the intersection, sparking renewed debate about building a pedestrian bridge in that location.