Minnesota State Highway 113
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| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by Mn/DOT | ||||
| Length: | 54.592 mi[1] (87.857 km) | |||
| Existed: | April 22, 1933[2] – present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end: |
 MN 32 at Syre | |||
 U.S. 59 at Waubun | ||||
| East end: |
 U.S. 71 at Clover Township | |||
| Location | ||||
| Counties: | Norman, Mahnomen, Becker, Clearwater, Hubbard | |||
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Minnesota State Highway 113 (MN 113) is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 32 in Syre and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 in Clover Township (17 miles north of the city of Park Rapids).
Highway 113 is 55 miles (89 km) in length.
Route description
Highway 113 serves as an east–west route in northwest Minnesota between Syre, the White Earth Indian Reservation, Waubun, and Clover Township.
The route intersects U.S. Highway 59 in Waubun.
The route passes through Clearwater County briefly twice in southern La Prairie Township.
The route passes through the White Earth State Forest in southeast Mahnomen County and northeast Becker County.
Highway 113 parallels State Highway 34 and State Highway 200 throughout its route.
The western terminus of Highway 113 is located in the Red River Valley region of Minnesota.
The eastern terminus of the route is located immediately south of Lake Itasca.
Highway 113 serves as the southern border for Itasca State Park. The two park entrances are located on nearby Highways 71 (east entrance) and 200 (north entrance).
The route is legally defined as Routes 200 and 283 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3] It is not marked with these numbers.
History
The section of Highway 113 between U.S. 59 at Waubun and U.S. 71 at Clover Township was authorized on April 22, 1933.[2]
The section of the route between U.S. 59 at Waubun and State Highway 32 at Syre was authorized in 1949.[4]
Only a small portion of the route, east of Waubun, had been paved by 1953. The entire route was paved by the late 1960s.[5]
Major intersections
| County | Location | mi[1][6] | km | Destinations | Notes | |||
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| Norman | Syre | 0.000 | 0.000 | MN 32,  CR 39 west | ||||
| Flom Township | 6.042 | 9.724 |  CR 38 | |||||
| Mahnomen | Popple Grove Township | 10.313 | 16.597 | CR 10 | ||||
| Waubun | 15.327 | 24.666 | US 59 | |||||
| Oakland Township | 22.384 | 36.024 |  CR 3 | |||||
| 27.150 | 43.694 | CR 4 | ||||||
| Becker | Eagle View Township | 33.802 | 54.399 | CR 35 | ||||
| Clearwater |
No major junctions | |||||||
| Becker | Forest Township | 41.051 | 66.065 | CR 37 (Bad Medicine Road) | ||||
| Hubbard | Clover Township | 54.676 | 87.992 | US 71 | ||||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | ||||||||
References
- 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- 1 2 "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 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration), pp. 1177–1185
- ↑ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101-149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 19, 2010.
- ↑ "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved November 19, 2010.