Minnesota State Highway 114

Trunk Highway 114 marker

Trunk Highway 114
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(139)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 19.955 mi[1] (32.114 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: MN 28 / MN 29 at Starbuck
  MN 55 at Lowry
MN 27 at La Grand Township
North end: I-94 at La Grand Township, near Alexandria
Location
Counties: Pope, Douglas
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 113MN 115

Minnesota State Highway 114 (MN 114) is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highways 28 and 29 in Starbuck and continues north to its northern terminus at its interchange with Interstate 94 near the city of Alexandria.

Highway 114 is 20 miles (32 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 114 serves as a northsouth route in west-central Minnesota between Starbuck, Lowry, and La Grand Township near Alexandria.

Highway 114 parallels State Highway 29 throughout its route. Highway 114 also intersects with Highway 29 at its southern terminus in Starbuck.

The route runs concurrent briefly with State Highway 55 on the northern edge of Lowry.

The route is legally defined as Route 208 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 114 was authorized on April 22, 1933.[2]

The highway originally served the city of Garfield, per its legal definition. When U.S. 52 was replaced by I-94, Highway 114 was truncated to end at the interstate.

By 1960, Highway 114 was paved between Highways 28 / 29 at Starbuck and State Highway 27 at La Grand Township. The route is completely paved today.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
PopeStarbuck0.0000.000 MN 28 / MN 29
White Bear Lake Township3.0104.844 County 24
Lowry6.21410.000 County 28 west
6.44910.379 County 28 east (Cherry Street)
6.60910.636 MN 55East end of MN 55 overlap
Ben Wade Township7.27211.703 MN 55West end of MN 55 overlap
DouglasHolmes City Township12.45620.046CR 26
14.09022.676CR 4 east
Lake Mary Township14.86323.920CR 4 north
La Grand Township17.70328.490 MN 27
19.840–
19.949
31.929–
32.105
I-94, County 40 northInterchange
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933 (Mike Holm, Secretary of State): 881–897
  3. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  4. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 20, 2010.