History
State Highway 169 was numbered as an extension of U.S. 169.
The route was authorized on April 22, 1933 from the city of Virginia to the junction with Highway 135 (formerly 35) in Tower, where the highway terminated until 1953.
The six-mile (10 km) segment running from Ely to Fall Lake Township was authorized in 1949 and originally designated State Highway 221 until 1953, when State Highway 169 was extended over State Highway 1 to Ely.
Highway 169 was paved by 1940. The segment east of Ely was paved by 1950.
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