Minnesota State Highway 223

Trunk Highway 223
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(154)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	7.643 mi[2] (12.300 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	MN 92 in Holst Township, near Clearbrook
East end:	CR 10 in Leonard
Location
Counties:	Clearwater
Highway system
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Minnesota State Highway 223 is a highway in northwest Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 92 in Holst Township of Clearwater County and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Clearwater County Road 10 in Leonard.

The route is 7.6 miles (12.2 km) in length and passes through the communities of Holst Township, Dudley Township, and Leonard.

Route description

Highway 223 serves as an east–west connector route in northwest Minnesota. It connects State Highway 92 with the town of Leonard.

The route is legally defined as Route 223 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 223 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved in 1960.^[4][5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clearwater County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Holst Township	0.000	MN 92, CR 18 west
	1.980	CR 33
	3.239	CR 78
	3.989	CR 47
Dudley Township	6.960	CR 2
Leonard	7.520	CR 23 (2nd Avenue)
	7.591	CR 14 (1st Avenue)
	7.644	CR 10
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi      Concurrency terminus •      Closed/Former •      Incomplete access •      Unopened

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): pp. 1177-1185 
2. ^ ^{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 12, 2010. 
3. ^ "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 12, 2010. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1960). 1960 Official Road Map - Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section E6. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1198&REC=20. Retrieved December 12, 2010. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1961). 1961 Official Road Map - Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section E6. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1201&REC=1. 

External links

• Highway 223 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page