Minnesota State Highway 227

Trunk Highway 227 marker

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

Minnesota State Highway 227 (MN 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 eastwest 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.[2]

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.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Sebeka0.0000.000 US 71
0.2880.463CR 52 (Jefferson Avenue)
Meadow Township3.7265.996 CR 23 north
North Germany Township4.0236.474 CR 23 south
Nimrod10.10716.266 CR 26
10.65017.140 CR 12
10.67017.172 CR 14
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  2. 1 2 "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration), pp. 1177–1185
  3. "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  4. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § G11. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  5. 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1952. § G11. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
  6. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § G11. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

External links

Route map: Bing / Google

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