Minnesota State Highway 228

Trunk Highway 228
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(159)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	7.785 mi[2] (12.529 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
West end:	CR 4, CR 17 at Vergas
East end:	U.S. 10 at Gorman Township
Location
Counties:	Otter Tail
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate • U.S. • State Inter-County • County roads • Legislative routes ← MN 227 MN 232 →

Minnesota State Highway 228 is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with Otter Tail County Roads 4 and 17 in Vergas and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 10 in the unincorporated town of Luce in Gorman Township.

Highway 228 is 8 miles (13 km) in length and passes through the communities of Vergas, Hobart Township, and Gorman Township.

Route description

Highway 228 serves as an east–west connector route in west-central Minnesota between U.S. Highway 10 and the town of Vergas.

Highway 228 is also known as Main Street and Frazee Avenue in Vergas.

The route passes around the west side of Long Lake in Vergas.

The route is legally defined as Route 227 in the Minnesota Statutes.^[3]

History

Highway 228 was authorized on July 1, 1949.^[1]

The route was paved in 1954 or 1955.^[4][5]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Otter Tail County.

Location	Mile[2]	Destinations	Notes
Vergas	0.000	CR 17 north, CR 4 south (1st Avenue)
	0.680	CR 4 (East Frazee Road)
Hobart Township	5.369	CR 36
Gorman Township	7.795	US 10, CR 60 east
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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 4" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d4.pdf. Retrieved December 18, 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 18, 2010. 
4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1954). 1954 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section D10. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1183&REC=14. Retrieved December 18, 2010. 
5. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (1956). 1956 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Section D10. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1186&REC=15. Retrieved December 18, 2010. 

External links

• Highway 228 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page