- Minnesota State Highway 220
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Trunk Highway 220 Route information Defined by MS § 161.115(151) Maintained by Mn/DOT Length: 78.536 mi[2] (126.391 km) Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present Major junctions South end: U.S. 75 at Climax
U.S. 2 at East Grand Forks
MN 1 at Alvarado , Oslo
North end: MN 11 at Teien Township,
near Drayton, NDLocation Counties: Polk, Marshall, Kittson Highway system Minnesota Trunk Highways
Interstate • U.S. • State
Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes← MN 219
MN 222 →
Minnesota State Highway 220 is a regional trunk highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 75 in Climax and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with State Highway 11 near Drayton, North Dakota. The route runs along and near the Red River.
For part of its route (4 miles), Highway 220 runs together with U.S. Highway 2 in the city of East Grand Forks.
Highway 220 is 79 miles (127 km) in length.
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Route description
Highway 220 serves as a north–south route in northwest Minnesota between Climax, East Grand Forks, Alvarado, Oslo, and Robbin.
Red River State Recreation Area is located in the city of East Grand Forks near the junction of Highway 220 and U.S. Highway 2.
Highway 220 parallels Interstate 29 throughout its route.
The route is legally defined as Route 220 in the Minnesota Statutes.[3]
History
Highway 220 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1] It originally intersected U.S. 75 near Eldred and followed present-day County Road 45 to its current routing. It was rerouted south to intersect U.S. 75 at Climax in the late 1950s.
The route was completely paved by 1970.[4]
Major intersections
County Location Mile[2] Destinations Notes Polk Climax 0.000 US 75
Vineland Township 1.517 CR 7 Tynsid Township 7.663 CR 45 Original route of MN 220 Tynsid Twp.-Bygland Twp. 12.973 CR 9 Bygland Township 15.564 CR 15 Huntsville Township 22.200 CR 238 Original route of MN 220 23.800 US 2
East end of US 2 overlap US 2: 4.402
US 2 Bus.
East Grand Forks 27.241 US 2
West end of US 2 overlap 28.152 CR 19 (23rd Street) Grand Forks Township 33.110 CR 21 Northland Township 37.200 CR 22 37.960 CR 23 Marshall Alvarado 46.069 MN 1, CR 10 north
East end of MN 1 overlap Oak Park Township 51.070 MN 1, CR 9 south
West end of MN 1 overlap Big Woods Township 61.100 CR 4 Fork Township 66.187 MN 317
Eagle Point Township 69.157 CR 5 (400th Street)
Kittson Teien Township 77.162 MN 11,
CR 7 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi
Concurrency terminus • Closed/Former • Incomplete access • UnopenedReferences
- ^ a b "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): pp. 1177-1185
- ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
- ^ Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 219-287". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r219-287.htm#220. Retrieved December 11, 2010.[unreliable source]
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