Minnesota State Highway 104

Trunk Highway 104 marker

Trunk Highway 104
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(74)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 27.320 mi[1] (43.967 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[2] – 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
MN 102MN 105

Minnesota State Highway 104 (MN 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.

Route description

State Highway 104 serves as a northsouth and an eastwest route between Sunburg and Glenwood in west-central Minnesota.

Highway 104 changes direction to eastwest in Chippewa Falls Township and continues as eastwest for 6 miles before returning again to a northsouth direction in Barsness Township for the remainder of its route to Glenwood.

The highway is officially marked as a northsouth 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.[2]

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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
KandiyohiSunburg13.58321.860 MN 9Eastern end of MN 9 concurrency
SwiftKandiyohi
county line
14.44623.249 MN 9Western end of MN 9 concurrency
PopeGilchrist Township23.41637.684 CR 8 west
Lake Johanna Township23.91238.483 CR 8 east
Chippewa Falls Township24.95940.168 CR 29
Barsness Township31.59850.852 CR 19
Glenwood Township36.30958.434 CR 18
Glenwood40.89165.808 MN 28 / MN 29
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

KML is from Wikidata
  1. 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 17, 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. 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. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 17, 2010.
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