Minnesota State Highway 119

Minnesota State Highway 119 (MN 119) is a 15.108-mile-long (24.314 km) state highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 212 (US 212) in Dawson and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 12 (US 12) in Shible Township. The route passes through the city of Appleton.

Trunk Highway 119
MN 119 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(75)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length	25.1 mi[1] (40.4 km)
Existed	April 22, 1933[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 212 in Dawson
	MN 40 in Hantho Township US 59 / MN 7 in Appleton
North end	US 12 in Shible Township
Location
Counties	Lac qui Parle, Swift
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate U.S. State Legislative routes ← MN 117 → MN 120

Route description

MN 119 serves as a north–south route in west-central Minnesota between US 12 and U.S. Highway 212.

MN 119 crosses the Minnesota River and Lac qui Parle Lake at the county line.

The route runs concurrently with US 59 and MN 7 on Munsterman Street through the city of Appleton for 14 blocks.

MN 119 parallels US 75 throughout its route.

The route is legally defined as Route 144 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with this number.

The highway is also designated Theodore Christianson Memorial Drive.[4]

History

MN 119 was authorized in 1933.[2]

The route was mostly paved by 1940 and completely paved by 1953.[5]

The route was extended south from MN 40 to US 212 in 2017 as part of a road exchange, replacing Lac qui Parle County State-Aid Highway 25. At the same time, Minnesota State Highway 275 was turned back to county control.[6][7]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1][8]	km	Destinations	Notes
Lac qui Parle	Hantho Township	0.000	0.000	MN 40 – Madison, Milan	Southern terminus; roadway continues south as MN 40
		4.977	8.010	CSAH 34 west – Louisburg
Minnesota River/Lac qui Parle		5.387– 5.415	8.670– 8.715	Twin Bridge (south span)
		5.545– 5.575	8.924– 8.972	Twin Bridge (north span)
Swift	Appleton	9.003	14.489	US 59 south / MN 7 east – Montevideo	Southern end of US 59/MN 7 concurrency
		9.805	15.780	US 59 north – Morris MN 7 west – Ortonville	Northern end of US 59/MN 7 concurrency
	Shible Township	15.124	24.340	US 12 – Benson, Ortonville CSAH 5 north	Northern terminus; roadway continues north as CSAH 5
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

1. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
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 20, 2010.
4. "Chapter 106—H. F. No. 605". Session Laws of the State of Minnesota. Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration. 1949. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
5. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
6. Krueger, Andrew (September 14, 2019). "Bye-bye highway: As of Monday, one Minnesota state highway will cease to exist". MPR News. Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved February 27, 2020.
7. (PDF) https://www.dot.state.mn.us/govrel/reports/2018/2018-turnback-program-report.pdf. Missing or empty |title= (help)
8. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 8" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved November 20, 2010.