Minnesota State Highway 114

Trunk Highway 114
	MN 114 highlighted in red
Route information
	Defined by MS § 161.115(139)
	Maintained by MnDOT
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 / US 52 / CR 40 near Alexandria
Location
Counties	Pope, Douglas
Highway system

Minnesota State Highway 114 (MN 114) is a 19.955-mile-long (32.114 km) 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/US Highway 52 near the city of Alexandria.

Route description

Highway 114 serves as a north–south 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

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Pope	Starbuck	0.000	0.000	MN 28 / MN 29 – Glenwood, Morris, Benson
	Lowry	6.595	10.614	MN 55 east – Glenwood	Eastern end of MN 55 overlap
	Ben Wade Township	7.258	11.681	MN 55 west – Hoffman	Western end of MN 55 overlap
Douglas	La Grand Township	17.693	28.474	MN 27 – Alexandria, Hoffman
Douglas	La Grand Township	19.846– 19.955	31.939– 32.114	I-94 / US 52 north / CSAH 40 – Alexandria, Fergus Falls	Interchange; I-94 Exit 97
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
"Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933, Mike Holm, Secretary of State, pp. 881–897
"161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

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[logpoint4-1] Minnesota Department of Transportation. "Statewide Trunk Logpoint Listing" (PDF). St. Paul: Minnesota Department of Transportation. Retrieved December 9, 2015.

[laws1933-2] "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933, Mike Holm, Secretary of State, pp. 881–897

[161.115-3] "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

[riner-4] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 20, 2010.