Minnesota State Highway 117

Trunk Highway 117 marker

Trunk Highway 117
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(122)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 1.797 mi[1] (2.892 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[2] – present
Major junctions
West end: Roberts CR 19 at Lake Traverse,
the Minnesota - South Dakota state line
East end: MN 27 at Lake Valley Township
Location
Counties: Traverse
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 115MN 119

Minnesota State Highway 117 (MN 117) is a short highway in west central Minnesota, which runs from Roberts County Road 19 at the South Dakota state line and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 27 near Wheaton.

The route is 2 miles (3.2 km) in length and passes through Lake Valley Township.

Route description

Highway 117 serves as a short eastwest route between Lake Traverse at the Minnesota / South Dakota state line and the city of Wheaton.

The route is legally defined as Route 191 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 117 was authorized in 1933.[2]

The route was paved by 1942.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Traverse County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
South Dakota–Minnesota state line0.0000.000 Roberts CR 19
Lake Traverse0.0160.026Bridge
Mustinka River1.688–
1.720
2.717–
2.768
Bridge
Lake Valley Township1.7972.892 MN 27
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.