Minnesota State Highway 139

Minnesota State Highway 139 (MN 139) is a 3.913-mile-long (6.297 km) highway in southeast Minnesota, which runs from Iowa Highway 139 at the Iowa state line and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 52 in Harmony.

Trunk Highway 139
MN 139 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(10)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length3.913 mi (6.297 km)
ExistedApril 22, 1933[1]–present
Major junctions
South end Iowa 139 at the Iowa state line
North end US 52 at Harmony
Location
CountiesFillmore
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
← MN 135→ MN 149

Highway 139 passes through the city of Harmony and Harmony Township.

Route description

Highway 139 serves as a north–south route between the Iowa state line and the city of Harmony. It is also known as Main Avenue in Harmony.

The route passes near Niagara Cave.

The route is legally defined as Route 79 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It is not marked with this number.

History

Highway 139 was authorized in 1933.[1]

The route was paved by 1953.[3]

Highway 139 was numbered to match adjoining Iowa Highway 139. This is the only example where Minnesota numbered a route to match an existing route in Iowa, rather than the opposite. Iowa renumbered its state highways that crossed into Minnesota in the early 1960s to match the Minnesota numbers.[3]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Fillmore County.

LocationmikmDestinationsNotes
Harmony Township0.0000.000 Iowa 139Continuation beyond Iowa state line
1.0161.635 CR 30
Harmony3.0444.899 CR 44
3.9616.375 US 52
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

KML is from Wikidata
  1. "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933, Mike Holm, Secretary of State, pp. 881–897
  2. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
  3. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 21, 2010.
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