Minnesota State Highway 107

Trunk Highway 107 marker

Trunk Highway 107
Route information
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 17.571 mi[1] (28.278 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: MN 65 at Stanchfield Township,
near Braham
  MN 70 near Braham
MN 70 near Grasston
CR 11 near Henriette
North end: MN 23 at Brook Park Township,
near Brook Park
Location
Counties: Isanti, Kanabec, Pine
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 106MN 108

Minnesota State Highway 107 (MN 107) is a highway in east-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 65 in Stanchfield Township near Braham and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 23 in Pine County near Brook Park.

Highway 107 is 17 miles (27 km) in length and passes through the communities of Braham, Grasston, and Henriette.

Route description

Highway 107 serves as a northsouth route between Braham, Grasston, Henriette, and Brook Park. It is geographically located between the cities of Cambridge and Hinckley in east-central Minnesota and parallels Interstate 35 and State Highway 65 throughout its route.

The route intersects State Highway 70 twice. Highway 107 and Highway 70 are concurrent for two miles between Braham and Grasston.

Highway 107 is also known as Main Avenue in Braham.

The original part of the route is legally defined as Route 134 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] The southern portion is part of Minnesota Constitutional Route 5. It is not marked with either of these numbers.

History

Highway 107 was authorized in 1933 between Grasston and Brook Park.[2]

Present day Highway 107 was originally numbered Highway 65 between Braham and Grasston from 1934 to 1942. Nearby Highway 65 was built on a new alignment circa 1942 and this old section of 65 between Braham and Grasston was renumbered 107 as a southerly extension of the existing Highway 107.[4]

All of Highway 107 was paved by 1960.[4]

Major intersections

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
IsantiStanchfield Township0.0000.000 MN 65
Braham1.2381.992 CR 4 east
2.2263.582 CR 4 west
KanabecGrass Lake Township4.2866.898 MN 70South end of MN 70 overlap
5.5658.956CR 28 (133rd Avenue)
6.0559.745 MN 70North end of MN 70 overlap
Grasston6.77910.910CR 17 west (Pine Street), CR 7 east
PinePokegama Township11.98619.290 CR 11 west
12.23419.689 CR 11 east (Pokegama Avenue)
Brook Park Township17.53728.223 MN 23
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933 (Mike Holm, Secretary of State), pp. 881–897
  3. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
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