Minnesota State Highway 29
 Trunk Highway 29 | ||||
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 MN 29 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 126.592 mi[2] (203.730 km) | |||
| Existed | November 2, 1920[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| South end |   US 59 / US 212 at Montevideo | |||
| North end |  US 71 at Wadena | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Chippewa, Swift, Pope, Douglas, Otter Tail, Wadena | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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Minnesota State Highway 29 (MN 29) is a 126.592-mile-long (203.730 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its terminus at U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.
Route description
[edit]Highway 29 serves as a north–south route between Montevideo, Benson, Glenwood, Alexandria, and Wadena.
Highway 29 is built as a four-lane divided highway on the south side of Alexandria to Interstate Highway 94/US Highway 52.
Glacial Lakes State Park is located on Highway 29 in Pope County. The park is located South of Starbuck.[3]
Lake Carlos State Park is located on Highway 29 in Douglas County. The park is located ten miles (16 km) north of Alexandria.[4]
Highway 29 parallels U.S. Highway 71 throughout its route in west-central Minnesota.
The northern terminus for Highway 29 is its intersection with U.S. 71 in Wadena, three blocks south of U.S. 10.
History
[edit]Highway 29 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from Glenwood to Wadena.[1] In 1923, the road was intermittently graveled;[5] all graveling was completed by 1929.[6]
A paved surface was applied to the roadway in stages from Alexandria to Parkers Prairie from 1926 through 1933.[7][8] South of Alexandria, it was paved to the county line in 1931,[9] and to a Northern Pacific railway crossing at Glenwood in 1933.[10] Also in 1933, the highway was realigned between Deer Creek and Wadena, providing a shorter, more direct route.[11]
In 1934, the route was extended south along former State Highway 38 from Starbuck south to U.S. 212 at Montevideo. This extension was paved between Montevideo and a point north of Benson, and gravel along the remainder.[12]
Highway 38
[edit] Trunk Highway 38 | |
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| Location | Montevideo to Starbuck |
| Length | 55 mi (89 km) |
| Existed | 1920–1934 |
Trunk Highway 38 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from Montevideo north to Starbuck.[1] It was paved with concrete through Benson and several miles north and south of that town at the time it was marked.[13][14] It was paved from Montevideo to the existing pavement south of Benson in 1931.[15][16][17][13]
1934 onward
[edit]Highway 29 was paved from Parkers Prairie to Wadena in 1935.[8][18][11][19]
The highway was realigned south of Starbuck in 1938 to eliminate a pair of sharp turns and paved from there to Highway 28, and then from that point south to the county line in 1940.[20] After a replacement of the existing surface south of Alexandria in 1941,[9] the highway was paved in its entirety.[21]
When Interstate 94 was built through Douglas County in 1967, Highway 29 was upgraded to four lanes from the freeway north into Alexandria.[9]
Major intersections
[edit]| County | Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes |
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| Chippewa | Montevideo | 0.000 | 0.000 |  US 212 / US 59 south – Granite Falls, Dawson, Marshall | South end of US 59 overlap |
| 0.174 | 0.280 |    MN 7 west / US 59 north – Appleton | North end of US 59 overlap, south end of MN 7 overlap | ||
| 1.456 | 2.343 |  MN 7 east – Clara City | North end of MN 7 overlap | ||
| Mandt Township | 12.299 | 19.793 |  MN 40 west – Milan | West end of MN 40 overlap | |
| Grace Township | 18.288 | 29.432 | MN 40 east – Willmar | East end of MN 40 overlap | |
| Swift | Benson | 32.419 | 52.173 |   US 12 west – Ortonville | South end of US 12 overlap |
| 32.760 | 52.722 |   US 12 east / MN 9 – Willmar, Morris | North end of US 12 overlap | ||
| Pope | Starbuck | 54.952 | 88.437 |    MN 28 west / MN 114 north – Morris, Lowry | West end of MN 28 overlap |
| Long Beach |  CSAH 24 / Glacial Ridge Trail | ||||
| Golf Course Road / Glacial Ridge Trail | |||||
| Glenwood | 63.431 | 102.082 |   MN 28 east / MN 104 south – Sauk Centre, Sunburg | East end of MN 28 overlap | |
| Leven Township | 65.188 | 104.910 |  MN 55 – Elbow Lake, Belgrade | ||
| Douglas | Alexandria | 76.932 | 123.810 |   I-94 / MN 27 (US 52) – Fergus Falls, St. Cloud | Interchange; I-94 Exit 103 |
| 77.967 | 125.476 |   CSAH 46 / I-94 Alt. / MN 29 Truck / Glacial Ridge Trail (34th Street) – Hoffman | Former MN 27 west | ||
| 80.222 | 129.105 |  CSAH 82 west | South end of CSAH 82 overlap; former US 52 west | ||
| 80.752 | 129.958 | CSAH 82 east | North end of CSAH 82 overlap; former MN 27 east; previously US 52 east | ||
| 81.295 | 130.832 |  CSAH 42 / Glacial Ridge Trail | |||
| 82.227 | 132.332 | CSAH 46 / MN 29 Truck | |||
| Otter Tail | Parkers Prairie | 99.981 | 160.904 |  CSAH 38 west / CSAH 46 east – Urbank, Eagle Bend | Former MN 235 west |
| Inman Township | 112.360 | 180.826 |  MN 210 – Henning, Staples | ||
| Deer Creek | 116.654 | 187.736 |  MN 106 – US 10 | ||
| Wadena | Wadena | 126.557 | 203.674 | US 71 – US 10 | |
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
- ^ a b "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 14, 2012.
- ^ "Glacial Lake State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- ^ "Lake Carlos State Park". Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.
- ^ Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1923). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1923)
- ^ Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1929). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. §§ E15–F12. OCLC 5673160, 80405240. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of April 1, 1929)
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 2103" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 5608" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 2102" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 6106" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ a b "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 5610" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1934). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. §§ D18–F12. OCLC 5673160, 80405240. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1934)
- ^ a b "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 7607" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 7608" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1206" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1207" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 1208" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 5609" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Minnesota Highway Department; McGill-Warner (1936). Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). 1:760,320. St. Paul: Minnesota Highway Department. §§ E14–F12. OCLC 5673160, 80405240. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of April 1, 1936)
- ^ "Construction Project Log Record: Control Section 6105" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1942). Official Road Map of Minnesota Showing the State Highway System and Main Secondary Roads (Map). Scale not given. St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Highways. §§ D18–F12. OCLC 5673160, 80405240. Retrieved December 16, 2018 – via Minnesota Digital Library. (Showing road conditions as of May 1, 1942)