Minnesota State Highway 99
{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox road|
state=MN |
type=MN |
route = 99
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|map_custom=yes
|map_notes=MN 99 highlighted in red
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established = 1933 |
length_mi = 40.098
|length_ref =
|tourist= Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway
|direction_a = West |
direction_b = East |
terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MN|MN|111}} at Nicollet |
terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MN|MN|21}} at Erin Township
|junction={{Jct|state=MN|US|169|MN|22}} at St. Peter
{{Jct|state=MN|MN|112}} at Le Center
{{Jct|state=MN|MN|13}} at Montgomery Township
|counties=Nicollet, Le Sueur, Rice
|previous_type=MN
|previous_route=97
|next_type=MN
|next_route=100}}
Minnesota State Highway 99 (MN 99) is a {{convert|40.098|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} highway in south-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 111 in Nicollet and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 21 in Erin Township, near the city of Faribault.
Route description
File:US 169, MN 22, MN 99 in St Peter, MN.jpg]]
Highway 99 serves as an east–west route in south-central Minnesota between Nicollet, St. Peter, Cleveland, Le Center, and Faribault.
The route is also known as 3rd Street in the town of Nicollet.
Highway 99 follows Minnesota Avenue for 16 blocks in the city of St. Peter. The route is concurrent with U.S. Highway 169 and State Highway 22 throughout this length.
The route crosses the Minnesota River at St. Peter.
File:2009-0805-MN-StPeter-BroadwayBridge.jpg
Highway 99 is also known as Derrynane Street in the city of Le Center.
History
Highway 99 was authorized on April 22, 1933.{{citation |title=Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000, Section 1 |work=Session Laws of the State of Minnesota, Forty-Eighth Session |publisher=Mike Holm, Secretary of State |pages=881–897.}} It was posted in 1934 and included parts of what were previously State Highways 7 and 21. It was paved between Nicollet and Le Center at this time.{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=210&DMSCALE=50&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMX=1556&DMY=4168&DMMODE=viewer&DMTEXT=&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0 |title=1934 Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota |date=May 1, 1934 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=J20-K20 |accessdate=November 15, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132030/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=210&DMSCALE=50&DMWIDTH=800&DMHEIGHT=800&DMX=1556&DMY=4168&DMMODE=viewer&DMTEXT=&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }} The section between Le Center and Highway 13 was paved in 1939,{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=255&REC=20 |title=1939 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System |date=January 1, 1939 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=K20 |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132044/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=255&REC=20 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=252&REC=1 |title=1940 Map of Minnesota Trunk Highway System |date=January 1, 1940 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=K20 |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132055/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=252&REC=1 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and the last section between Highway 13 and Highway 21 was paved in 1952.{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12 |title=1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=January 1, 1952 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=J17-K17 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=April 5, 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132107/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13 |title=1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=January 1, 1953 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=J17-K17 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132115/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 }}
Until the mid-1950s, Highway 99 turned directly north at Cleveland along what is now County Road 15 to intersect Highway 112. A shortcut heading northeast to Le Center was begun in 1953{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=15 |title=1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=January 1, 1954 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=J17 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=November 15, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131826/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=15 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }} and completed by 1956.{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=16 |title=1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota |date=1956 |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |section=J17 |cartography=The H.M. Gousha Company |accessdate=November 15, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721131858/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=16 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}
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Major intersections
{{Jcttop|length_ref=}}
{{MNint
|county=Nicollet
|cspan=6
|location=Nicollet
|lspan=2
|type=closed
|mile=0.000
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|14|city1=Mankato|city2=New Ulm}}
|notes=Programmed mile 0; closed in 2015
}}
{{MNint
|mile=0.520
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|111|US|14|to2=y|name1=Main Street|city1=Gaylord}}
|notes=Current western terminus
}}
{{MNint
|location=St. Peter
|lspan=4
|mile=11.721
|road=Nicollet Avenue
|notes=Formerly MN 333
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|mile=12.337
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|169|dir1=south|city1=Mankato}}
|notes=West end of US 169 overlap
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|mile=
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|22|road|Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway|extra=airport|location1=Mankato Regional Airport}}
|notes=West end of MN 22 / Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway overlap
}}
{{MNint
|type=concur
|mile=13.376
|road={{jct|state=MN|US|169|dir1=north|MN|22|dir2=north|to3=y|CSAH|5|county3=Nicollet|city1=Le Sueur}}
|notes=East end of US 169 / MN 22 overlap
}}
{{jctbridge
|river=Minnesota River
|mile=13.414
|mile2=13.494
|bridge=Broadway Bridge
}}
{{MNint
|county=Le Sueur
|cspan=3
|township=Kasota
|ctdab=Le Sueur
|type=concur
|mile=14.369
|road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|23|road|Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway|city1=Ottawa}}
|notes=East end of Minnesota River Valley Scenic Byway overlap
}}
{{MNint
|township=Lexington
|ctdab=Le Sueur
|mile=25.393
|road={{jct|state=MN|CSAH|22|county1=Le Sueur|dir1=west|city1=Le Sueur}}
|notes=Formerly MN 112
}}
{{MNint
|township=Montgomery
|ctdab=Le Sueur
|mile=32.579
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|13|city1=New Prague|city2=Waterville}}
}}
{{MNint
|county=Rice
|township=Erin
|ctdab=Rice
|mile=40.618
|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|21|city1=Faribault|city2=Montgomery}}
}}
{{Jctbtm|keys=closed,concur}}
References
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External links
{{Attached KML|display=title,inline}}
- {{commons category-inline|Minnesota State Highway 99}}
- [http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r76-100.htm Details of Routes 76 to 100], Steve Riner's Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page
Category:Transportation in Nicollet County, Minnesota