Minnesota State Highway 106

Trunk Highway 106 marker

Trunk Highway 106
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(115)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 7.365 mi[1] (11.853 km)
Existed: April 22, 1933[2] – present
Major junctions
South end: MN 29 at Deer Creek
  CR 52 at Deer Creek Twp.
North end: U.S. 10 at Newton Township
Location
Counties: Otter Tail
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
← MN 105MN 107 →

Minnesota State Highway 106 (MN 106) is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 29 in Deer Creek and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 10 near New York Mills.

Highway 106 is 7 miles (11 km) in length and passes through the communities of Deer Creek, Deer Creek Township, and Newton Township.

Route description

State Highway 106 serves as a north–south route between Deer Creek and New York Mills in west-central Minnesota.

The route is located in Otter Tail County.

The speed limit from north of Deer Creek to US 10 is 60 mph (95 km/h) and 30 mph (50 km/h) inside the Deer Creek city limits to its southern end at MN 29.

Highway 106 crosses the Leaf River in Deer Creek Township.

The route is legally defined as Route 184 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with this number.

History

State Highway 106 was authorized in 1933.[2]

The route was paved by 1953.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Otter Tail County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Deer Creek0.0000.000 MN 29
0.2110.340CR 50 (Main Street)
Deer Creek Township2.7774.469CR 52
Newton Township5.7489.251CR 142
7.40311.914 US 10
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 4" (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. ↑ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
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