Minnesota State Highway 99

Trunk Highway 99
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	40.827 mi[1] (65.705 km)
Existed:	1933 – present
Major junctions
West end:	U.S. 14 near Nicollet
	MN 111 at Nicollet U.S. 169 / MN 22 at St. Peter MN 112 at Le Center MN 13 at Montgomery Township
East end:	MN 21 at Erin Township
Location
Counties:	Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 97 MN 100 →

Minnesota State Highway 99 is a highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 14 in Nicollet and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 21 in Erin Township, near the city of Faribault.

Highway 99 is 41 miles (66 km) in length and passes through the cities of St. Peter and Le Center.

Route description

Highway 99 serves as an east–west route in south-central Minnesota between Nicollet, St. Peter, Cleveland, Le Center, and Faribault.

The route is also known as 3rd Street in the town of Nicollet.

Highway 99 follows Minnesota Avenue for 16 blocks in the city of St. Peter. The route is concurrent with U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 22 throughout this length.

The route crosses the Minnesota River at St. Peter.

The Broadway Bridge carries Highway 99 over the Minnesota River at St. Peter.

Highway 99 is also known as Derrynane Street in the city of Le Center.

History

Highway 99 was authorized on April 22, 1933.^[2] It was posted in 1934 and included parts of what were previously State Highways 7 and 21. It was paved between Nicollet and Le Center at this time.^[3] The section between Le Center and Highway 13 was paved in 1939,^[4][5] and the last section between Highway 13 and Highway 21 was paved in 1952.^[6][7]

Until the mid-1950s, Highway 99 turned directly north at Cleveland along what is now County Road 15 to intersect Highway 112. A shortcut heading northeast to Le Center was begun in 1953^[8] and completed by 1956.^[9]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[1]	Destinations	Notes
Nicollet	Nicollet Township	0.000	US 14
	Nicollet	0.520	MN 111 (Main Street)
	Oshawa Township	6.278	CR 13
	St. Peter	11.721	MN 333
		12.337	US 169	South end of US 169 overlap
		US 169: 65.437	MN 22	South end of MN 22 overlap
		13.376	US 169 / MN 22	North end of US 169 / MN 22 overlap
Minnesota River		13.414-13.494	Broadway Bridge
Le Sueur	Kasota Township	13.846	CR 45 (Rabbit Road)
		14.369	CR 23
	Cleveland	19.751	CR 15 (10th Street)
	Lexington Township	25.393	MN 112
	Le Center	26.531	CR 11 (Cordova Avenue)
	Montgomery Township	32.579	MN 13
Rice	Erin Township	40.618	MN 21
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 7" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d7.pdf. Retrieved November 15, 2010. 
2. ^ "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000, Section 1", Session Laws of the State of Minnesota, Forty-Eighth Session (Mike Holm, Secretary of State): pp. 881-897. 
3. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (May 1, 1934). 1934 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota (Map). Section J20-K20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=210&DMSCALE=50&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMX=1556&DMY=4168&DMMODE=viewer&DMTEXT=&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0. Retrieved November 15, 2010. 
4. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (January 1, 1939). 1939 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System (Map). Section K20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=255&REC=20. 
5. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (January 1, 1940). 1940 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System (Map). Section K20. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=252&REC=1. 
6. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (January 1, 1952). 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section J17-K17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12. 
7. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (January 1, 1953). 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section J17-K17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13. 
8. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section J17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=15. Retrieved November 15, 2010. 
9. ^ Minnesota Highway Department (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section J17. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=16. Retrieved November 15, 2010. 

External links

Details of Routes 76 to 100, Steve Riner's Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page