Minnesota State Highway 220

Trunk Highway 220 marker

Trunk Highway 220
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(151)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 78.536 mi[1] (126.391 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949[2] – 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, ND
Location
Counties: Polk, Marshall, Kittson
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 219MN 222

Minnesota State Highway 220 (MN 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.

Route description

Highway 220 serves as a northsouth 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.[2] 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

CountyLocationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
PolkClimax0.0000.000 US 75
Vineland Township1.5172.441CR 7
Tynsid Township7.66312.332CR 45Original route of MN 220
Tynsid Township
Bygland Township
12.97320.878CR 9
Bygland Township15.56425.048CR 15
Huntsville Township22.20035.727CR 238Original route of MN 220
23.80038.302 US 2East end of US 2 overlap

US 2 Bus.
East Grand Forks27.24143.840 US 2West end of US 2 overlap
28.15245.306CR 19 (23rd Street)
Grand Forks Township33.11053.285CR 21
Northland Township37.20059.868CR 22
37.96061.091CR 23
MarshallAlvarado46.06974.141 MN 1, CR 10 northEast end of MN 1 overlap
Oak Park Township51.07082.189 MN 1, CR 9 southWest end of MN 1 overlap
Big Woods Township61.10098.331CR 4
Fork Township66.187106.518 MN 317
Eagle Point Township69.157111.297 CR 5 (400th Street)
KittsonTeien Township77.162124.180 MN 11, CR 7 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

Route map: Bing / Google

  1. 1 2 "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved December 11, 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 11, 2010.
  4. Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 219-287". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Self-published. Retrieved December 11, 2010.
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