# Minnesota State Highway 29

Minnesota State Highway 29 (MN 29) is a 126.592-mile-long (203.730 km) highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its junction with U.S. Highways 59 and 212 in Montevideo and continues north to its terminus at U.S. Highway 71 in Wadena.

## Route description

Highway 29 serves as a north–south route between Montevideo, Benson, Glenwood, Alexandria, and Wadena.
Highway 29 is built as a four-lane divided highway on the south side of Alexandria to Interstate Highway 94/US Highway 52.
Glacial Lakes State Park is located on Highway 29 in Pope County. The park is located South of Starbuck.
Lake Carlos State Park is located on Highway 29 in Douglas County. The park is located ten miles (16 km) north of Alexandria.
Highway 29 parallels U.S. Highway 71 throughout its route in west-central Minnesota.
The northern terminus for Highway 29 is its intersection with U.S. 71 in Wadena, three blocks south of U.S. 10.

## History

Highway 29 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from Glenwood to Wadena. In 1923, the road was intermittently graveled; all graveling was completed by 1929.
A paved surface was applied to the roadway in stages from Alexandria to Parkers Prairie from 1926 through 1933. South of Alexandria, it was paved to the county line in 1931, and to a Northern Pacific railway crossing at Glenwood in 1933. Also in 1933, the highway was realigned between Deer Creek and Wadena, providing a shorter, more direct route.
In 1934, the route was extended south along former State Highway 38 from Starbuck south to U.S. 212 at Montevideo. This extension was paved between Montevideo and a point north of Benson, and gravel along the remainder.

### Highway 38

Trunk Highway 38 was established November 2, 1920, traveling from Montevideo north to Starbuck. It was paved with concrete through Benson and several miles north and south of that town at the time it was marked. It was paved from Montevideo to the existing pavement south of Benson in 1931.

### 1934 onward

Highway 29 was paved from Parkers Prairie to Wadena in 1935.
The highway was realigned south of Starbuck in 1938 to eliminate a pair of sharp turns and paved from there to Highway 28, and then from that point south to the county line in 1940. After a replacement of the existing surface south of Alexandria in 1941, the highway was paved in its entirety.
When Interstate 94 was built through Douglas County in 1967, Highway 29 was upgraded to four lanes from the freeway north into Alexandria.

## Major intersections

| County | Location | mi | km | Destinations | Notes |
| Chippewa | Montevideo | 0.000 | 0.000 | US 212 / US 59 south – Granite Falls, Dawson, Marshall | South end of US 59 overlap |
| Chippewa | Montevideo | 0.174 | 0.280 | MN 7 west / US 59 north – Appleton | North end of US 59 overlap, south end of MN 7 overlap |
| Chippewa | Montevideo | 1.456 | 2.343 | MN 7 east – Clara City | North end of MN 7 overlap |
| Chippewa | Mandt Township | 12.299 | 19.793 | MN 40 west – Milan | West end of MN 40 overlap |
| Chippewa | Grace Township | 18.288 | 29.432 | MN 40 east – Willmar | East end of MN 40 overlap |
| Swift | Benson | 32.419 | 52.173 | US 12 west – Ortonville | South end of US 12 overlap |
| Swift | Benson | 32.760 | 52.722 | US 12 east / MN 9 – Willmar, Morris | North end of US 12 overlap |
| Pope | Starbuck | 54.952 | 88.437 | MN 28 west / MN 114 north – Morris, Lowry | West end of MN 28 overlap |
| Pope | Long Beach | | | CSAH 24 / Glacial Ridge Trail | |
| Pope | Long Beach | | | Golf Course Road / Glacial Ridge Trail | |
| Pope | Glenwood | 63.431 | 102.082 | MN 28 east / MN 104 south – Sauk Centre, Sunburg | East end of MN 28 overlap |
| Pope | Leven Township | 65.188 | 104.910 | MN 55 – Elbow Lake, Belgrade | |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 76.932 | 123.810 | I-94 / MN 27 (US 52) – Fergus Falls, St. Cloud | Interchange; I-94 Exit 103 |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 77.967 | 125.476 | CSAH 46 / I-94 Alt. / MN 29 Truck / Glacial Ridge Trail (34th Street) – Hoffman | Former MN 27 west |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 80.222 | 129.105 | CSAH 82 west | South end of CSAH 82 overlap; former US 52 west |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 80.752 | 129.958 | CSAH 82 east | North end of CSAH 82 overlap; former MN 27 east; previously US 52 east |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 81.295 | 130.832 | CSAH 42 / Glacial Ridge Trail | |
| Douglas | Alexandria | 82.227 | 132.332 | CSAH 46 / MN 29 Truck | |
| Otter Tail | Parkers Prairie | 99.981 | 160.904 | CSAH 38 west / CSAH 46 east – Urbank, Eagle Bend | Former MN 235 west |
| Otter Tail | Inman Township | 112.360 | 180.826 | MN 210 – Henning, Staples | |
| Otter Tail | Deer Creek | 116.654 | 187.736 | MN 106 – US 10 | |
| Wadena | Wadena | 126.557 | 203.674 | US 71 – US 10 | |
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus ||||||