Minnesota State Highway 120

Trunk Highway 120
Trunk Highway 120
	MN 120 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	7.233 mi[1] (11.640 km)
Existed	1965–present
Major junctions
South end	I-94 / US 12 / CSAH 25 / CSAH 72 at Maplewood, Woodbury White Bear Lake, Mahtomedi
	MN 5 at Maplewood, Oakdale; MN 36 at North St. Paul, Oakdale; I-694 at Mahtomedi;
North end	CSAH 12 / CSAH 15 / CR 27 at
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Ramsey, Washington
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Minnesota State Highway 120 (MN 120) is a 7.2-mile-long (11.6 km) state highway in Minnesota, which runs from a point south of its interchange with Interstate 94 (I-94) in Maplewood (near Landfall) and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with MN 244 and County Road 15 (CR 15) at the White Bear Lake–Mahtomedi boundary line.

MN 120 is also known as Century Avenue, Geneva Avenue, and Division Street at various points throughout its route.

The highway runs along the Washington–Ramsey county line for most of its length.

Route description

MN 120 serves as a north–south route between the communities of Maplewood, Oakdale, North St. Paul, White Bear Lake, and Mahtomedi.

The Gateway Bicycle Trail crosses MN 120 near MN 36 at the North St. Paul–Oakdale boundary line.

Exit off I-694 for MN 120

MN 120 mostly parallels I-694 throughout its route. MN 120 also has an interchange with I-694 at the White Bear Lake–Mahtomedi line.

The route is legally defined as Route 117 in the Minnesota Statutes.[2] It is not marked with this number.

History

The present day MN 120 was established in 1965. Previously, this route was part of MN 100 (hence the name Century Avenue) from 1934 to 1965.[3]

This route was originally part of the MN 100 beltway circling the entire Twin Cities during the 1940s and 1950s.[3]

MN 120 was numbered as a derivative of MN 100.[3]

The Minnesota Legislature approved the removal of MN 120 from the state trunk highway system in Washington and Ramsey counties in 2001.[4] The portion of the route in Washington County (from I-94 to I-494) has been removed, however the part of the highway in Ramsey County is still marked and the legal definition of its legislative route has not been changed.

At one time, MN 120 had continued farther south. Before 2002, the route had continued south of I-94 on present day CSAH 72/CSAH 25 (the Maplewood–Woodbury boundary line) until reaching Valley Creek Road in Woodbury. MN 120 then briefly followed Valley Creek Road (present day CR 16) eastbound until its interchange with I-494.[3]

MN 120 previously had a brief concurrency with MN 5. In 2015, the state turned back the portions of MN 5 along and east of Century Avenue over to Washington County.[5]

Major intersections

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Washington	Woodbury	0.000	0.000	I-494 / CSAH 16 (Valley Creek Road)	Programmed mile 0; former southern terminus
Ramsey–Washington county line	Maplewood–Woodbury line	1.990	3.203	CSAH 25 / CSAH 72 south (Century Avenue south) / Brookview Drive	Southern terminus; road continues as CSAH 25/CSAH 72 (Century Avenue)
	Maplewood–Oakdale– Woodbury tripoint	2.114– 2.279	3.402– 3.668	I-94 (US 12)	I-94 exit 247
	Maplewood–Oakdale line	4.178	6.724	MN 5 west (Stillwater Road) / CSAH 6
	Maplewood–Oakdale line	5.552	8.935	CSAH 14	Former MN 5 east
	North St. Paul–Oakdale line	7.239	11.650	MN 36
	Mahtomedi	8.228	13.242	I-694	I-694 exit 51
	Mahtomedi–White Bear Lake line	9.347	15.043	CSAH 12 east (Wildwood Road) / CSAH 15 west (County Road E) / CR 27 north (East County Line Road)	Northern terminus; CSAH 12 is former MN 244; road continues as CR 27 (East County Line Road)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Closed/former

References

"Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 5" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
Minnesota Legislature (2010). "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
Minnesota Legislature (May 29, 2001). "Chapter 213-S.F. No. 1769, Sec. 4". Minnesota Session Laws for 2001. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
"MnDOT handing over stretch of Minnesota 5 to Washington County". TwinCities.com.

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[logpoint5-1] "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 5" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 20, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 27, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

[161.115-2] Minnesota Legislature (2010). "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

[riner-3] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 101–149". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

[sf1769-4] Minnesota Legislature (May 29, 2001). "Chapter 213-S.F. No. 1769, Sec. 4". Minnesota Session Laws for 2001. Office of the Revisor of Statutes. Retrieved November 20, 2010.

[5] "MnDOT handing over stretch of Minnesota 5 to Washington County". TwinCities.com.