Minnesota State Highway 139

Trunk Highway 139
Trunk Highway 139
	MN 139 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	3.913 mi (6.297 km)
Existed	April 22, 1933–present
Major junctions
South end	Iowa 139 at the Iowa state line
North end	US 52 at Harmony
Location
Counties	Fillmore
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative routes;

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.

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.

Location	mi	km	Destinations	Notes
Harmony Township	0.000	0.000	Iowa 139	Continuation beyond Iowa state line
Harmony Township	1.016	1.635	CR 30
Harmony	3.044	4.899	CR 44
Harmony	3.961	6.375	US 52
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References[]

Route map:

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^ ^a ^b "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 21, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 21, 2010.^{[self-published source]}

[laws1933-1] "Chapter 440-H.F. No. 2000", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1933, Mike Holm, Secretary of State, pp. 881–897

[161.115-2] "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved November 21, 2010.

[riner-3] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved November 21, 2010.^{[self-published source]}

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