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Minnesota State Highway 149 (MN 149) is a highway in Minnesota that runs from its intersection with State Highway 3 in Inver Grove Heights to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 5 (W. 7th Street) in Saint Paul. The route is {{convert|10|mi|km}} in length.

Outside of the Saint Paul city limits, Highway 149 is known as Dodd Road. 149 is known as Smith Avenue within Saint Paul and passes over the Smith Avenue High Bridge crossing the Mississippi River.

Route description

Highway 149 serves as a north–south route between the communities of Eagan, Mendota Heights, West St. Paul, and the "West Side" neighborhood of Saint Paul. The northern terminus of the route is at W. 7th Street / Fort Road near downtown Saint Paul.

History

The route was originally authorized in 1920 as Trunk Highway 1.^[1]^[2] It was later part of U.S. Route 65 from 1927 to 1934.^[3]

In 1934, this route was renumbered State Highway 88 when U.S. 65 was rerouted on a different alignment.^[3]

By 1981, the route was renumbered 149 when a portion of State Highway 49 through downtown Saint Paul was turned back to local maintenance.

The Smith Avenue High Bridge over the Mississippi River was originally a steel truss bridge built around 1895 and rebuilt as a concrete arch in 1987.

On July 30, 2015, the highway was dedicated the Officer Scott Patrick Memorial Highway, named in honor of a police officer killed during a traffic stop along the highway near Bernard Street. The memorial signs were unveiled in a ceremony on the one-year anniversary of his killing.^[4]

Historic Dodd Road

Before it was a numbered highway in the 1920s, Dodd Road was a historic route in Minnesota. It was originally built in 1853 by Minnesota pioneer William B. Dodd and his crew. The road was built as a connection between the city of Mendota and the city of St. Peter (in south-central Minnesota) to help the development of St. Peter during its frontier days. Dodd Road was financed using private funds at a time when most roads were financed by the government to aid settlers. After years of lobbying by Lieutenant (later General) Jesse Reno a remaining portion of the funds allotted to his 1853 survey of the military road from the Missouri River to Mendota which was saved by the work on the Mendota/St. Peter section by the Dodd crew was awarded by the U.S government to the private builders. Present day Highway 149 bears little resemblance to the frontier road but follows the route in parts between Highways 3 and 55.

Major intersections

References

1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.114 |work=Minnesota Statutes |title=§ 161.114, Constitutional Trunk Highways |publisher=Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes |author=Minnesota State Legislature |year=2010 |accessdate=November 21, 2010}}
2. ^{{cite map |url= http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=215&CISOBOX=1&REC=4 |title=Map of Trunk Highway System, State of Minnesota |publisher=Minnesota Highway Department |date=May 1, 1923 |accessdate=November 21, 2010}}
3. ^¹²{{riner |route=149 |access date=November 21, 2010}}
4. ^{{cite web |url=http://kstp.com/news/stories/s3865162.shtml |access-date=July 31, 2015}}
5. ^¹{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 5 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 20, 2010 |accessdate=November 21, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110627123446/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/metrolpt.pdf |archivedate=June 27, 2011 |df= }}