Minnesota State Highway 227

Trunk Highway 227
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(158)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	10.680 mi[2] (17.188 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	U.S. 71 at Sebeka
East end:	CR 14 at Nimrod
Location
Counties:	Wadena
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 226 MN 228 →

Minnesota State Highway 227 is a highway in north-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 and Wadena County Road 8 in Sebeka and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Wadena County Roads 12 and 14 in Nimrod near the Crow Wing River.

Highway 227 is 11 miles (18 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 227 serves as an east–west route between Sebeka and Nimrod in north-central Minnesota.

Highway 227 is also known as Minnesota Avenue in Sebeka.

The route crosses the Redeye River.

The route is legally defined as Route 226 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 227 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The western half of the route was paved when it was marked.^[4] The remainder was paved in 1952.^[5][6]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wadena County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Sebeka	0.000	US 71
	0.288	CR 52 (Jefferson Avenue)
Meadow Township	3.726	CR 23 north
North Germany Township	4.023	CR 23 south
Nimrod	10.107	CR 26
	10.650	CR 12
	10.670	CR 14
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 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d3.pdf. Retrieved December 15, 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 15, 2010. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section G11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved December 15, 2010. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1952). 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Section G11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12. Retrieved December 15, 2010. 
6. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1953). 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Section G11. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13. Retrieved December 15, 2010. 

External links

• Highway 227 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page