Minnesota State Highway 104

Trunk Highway 104
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(74)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 27.320 mi[2] (43.967 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: MN 9 at Norway Lake Township,
near Sunburg
  County 29 at Chippewa Falls Twp.
County 19 at Barsness Twp.
North end: MN 28 / MN 29 at Glenwood
Location
Counties: Kandiyohi, Swift, Pope
Highway system

Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes

← MN 102 MN 105 →

Minnesota State Highway 104 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 9 in Norway Lake Township near Sunburg and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highways 28 and 29 in the city of Glenwood.

Highway 104 is 27 miles (43 km) in length.

Contents

Route description

State Highway 104 serves as a north–south and an east–west route between Sunburg and Glenwood in west-central Minnesota.

Highway 104 changes direction to east–west in Chippewa Falls Township and continues as east–west for 6 miles before returning again to a north–south direction in Barsness Township for the remainder of its route to Glenwood.

The highway is officially marked as a north–south route by its highway shields from beginning to end.

The route serves as the county line in northwest Kandiyohi County and northeast Swift County.

Highway 104 is also known as Franklin Street South in the city of Glenwood.

Monson Lake State Park is located west of Sunburg and west of the junction of Highway 104 and State Highway 9. The park entrance is located off Highway 9 via County Road 95.[3]

The route is legally defined as Route 143 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4] It is not marked with this number.

History

State Highway 104 was authorized on April 22, 1933.[1]

The route was completely paved by 1960.[5]

From 1934 until 2005, State Highway 104 had continued farther south. The section of present day Kandiyohi County Road 7 between State Highway 9 (at Sunburg) and U.S. Highway 12 (west of Pennock and Willmar) was originally designated Highway 104 until 2005.[5] The original length of 104 was 41 miles.

Major intersections

County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes
Kandiyohi
 Sunburg 13.583 MN 9 East end of MN 9 overlap
Swift-Kandiyohi county line 14.446 MN 9 West end of MN 9 overlap
Pope
 Gilchrist Township 23.416 CR 8 west  
Lake Johanna Township 23.912 CR 8 east  
Chippewa Falls Township 24.959 CR 29  
Barsness Township 31.598 CR 19  
Glenwood Township 36.309 CR 18  
Glenwood 40.891 MN 28 / MN 29  
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
     Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

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 17, 2010. 
  3. ^ Minnesota DNR website for Monson Lake State Park - Link
  4. ^ "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 17, 2010. 
  5. ^ a b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r101-149.htm#104. Retrieved November 17, 2010.