- Minnesota State Highway 29
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Trunk Highway 29 Route information Defined by MS § 161.114 Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 126.592 mi[2] (203.730 km) Existed: 1920[1] – present Major junctions South end: US 212 / US 59 at Montevideo
MN 7 at Montevideo
U.S. 12, MN 9 at Benson
MN 28, MN 114 at Starbuck
MN 28, MN 104 at Glenwood
MN 55 near Glenwood
I-94, MN 27 at Alexandria
MN 210 at Inman Township
MN 106 at Deer Creek
North end: U.S. 71 at Wadena
Location Counties: Chippewa, Swift, Pope, Douglas, Otter Tail, Wadena Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 28
MN 30 →
Minnesota State Highway 29 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.
Highway 29 is 127 miles (204 km) in length.
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Route description
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.
Glacial Lakes State Park is located on Highway 29 in Pope County. The park is located between Glenwood and Benson.[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
Highway 29 was authorized in 1920 from Glenwood to Wadena.[5] In 1933, it was extended along former State Highway 38 to Montevideo.[1]
Most of the route was paved by 1940.
Major intersections
County Location Mile[6][2] Destinations Notes Chippewa Montevideo 0.000 US 212 / US 59
South end of US 59 overlap 0.174 MN 7 / US 59
North end of US 59 overlap, south end of MN 7 overlap 1.456 MN 7
North end of MN 7 overlap Mandt Township 12.299 MN 40
West end of MN 40 overlap Grace Township 18.288 MN 40
East end of MN 40 overlap Swift Benson 32.419 US 12
South end of US 12 overlap 32.760 US 12 / MN 9
North end of US 12 overlap Pope Starbuck 54.952 MN 28,
MN 114
West end of MN 28 overlap Glenwood 63.431 MN 28,
MN 104
East end of MN 28 overlap Leven Township 65.188 MN 55
Douglas Alexandria 76.932 I-94
Interchange 77.953 MN 27
South end of MN 27 overlap 80.748 MN 27
North end of MN 27 overlap Otter Tail Parkers Prairie 99.981 MN 235
Inman Township 112.360 MN 210
Deer Creek 116.654 MN 106
Wadena Wadena 126.557 US 71
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of Routes 26-50". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r26-50.htm#29. Retrieved 2007-02-24.
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
- ^ Minnesota DNR website for Glacial Lake State Park - Link
- ^ Minnesota DNR website for Lake Carlos State Park - Link
- ^ Minnesota State Legislature (2010). "§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
- ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d8.pdf. Retrieved October 17, 2010.
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