 In 1996, the Minnesota Legislature approved removal of Route 232 from the state trunk highway system, becoming effective when MnDOT and Aitkin County agreed on a turnback plan; however, no agreement was reached.An article in the Aitkin newspaper in mid-June 1999 stated that only in recent months had MnDOT offered to give the county $4.3 million to repair and take control of the route.A $1.7 million Mississippi River bridge replacement in 2000 might have been part of the turnback agreement.