Minnesota State Highway 113

Trunk Highway 113
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	54.592 mi[2] (87.857 km)
Existed:	April 22, 1933[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 32 at Syre
	U.S. 59 at Waubun
East end:	U.S. 71 at Clover Township
Location
Counties:	Norman, Mahnomen, Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 112 MN 114 →

Minnesota State Highway 113 is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 32 in Syre and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 in Clover Township (17 miles north of the city of Park Rapids).

Highway 113 is 55 miles (89 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 113 serves as an east–west route in northwest Minnesota between Syre, the White Earth Indian Reservation, Waubun, and Clover Township.

The route intersects U.S. Highway 59 in Waubun.

The route passes through Clearwater County briefly twice in southern La Prairie Township.

The route passes through the White Earth State Forest in southeast Mahnomen County and northeast Becker County.

Highway 113 parallels State Highway 34 and State Highway 200 throughout its route.

The western terminus of Highway 113 is located in the Red River Valley region of Minnesota.

The eastern terminus of the route is located immediately south of Lake Itasca.

Highway 113 serves as the southern border for Itasca State Park. The two park entrances are located on nearby Highways 71 (east entrance) and 200 (north entrance).

The route is legally defined as Routes 200 and 283 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3] It is not marked with these numbers.

History

The section of Highway 113 between U.S. 59 at Waubun and U.S. 71 at Clover Township was authorized on April 22, 1933.^[1]

The section of the route between U.S. 59 at Waubun and State Highway 32 at Syre was authorized in 1949.^[4]

Only a small portion of the route, east of Waubun, had been paved by 1953. The entire route was paved by the late 1960s.^[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	Mile[6][2]	Destinations	Notes
Norman	Syre	0.000	MN 32, CR 39 west
	Flom Township	6.042	CR 38
Mahnomen	Popple Grove Township	10.313	CR 10
	Waubun	15.327	US 59
	Oakland Township	22.384	CR 3
		27.150	CR 4
Becker	Eagle View Township	33.802	CR 35
Clearwater	No major junctions
Becker	Forest Township	41.051	CR 37 (Bad Medicine Road)
Hubbard	Clover Township	54.676	US 71
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933 (Mike Holm, Secretary of State): pp. 881-897 
2. ^ ^{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 November 19, 2010. 
3. ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved November 19, 2010. 
4. ^ "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): pp. 1177-1185 
5. ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r101-149.htm#113. Retrieved November 19, 2010. ^{[unreliable source]}
6. ^ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf. Retrieved November 19, 2010.