Minnesota State Highway 223

Minnesota State Highway 223 (MN 223) is a 7.643-mile-long (12.300 km) 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 State-Aid Highway 10 in Leonard. It is also signed as Leonard Road.

Trunk Highway 223
Leonard Road
MN 223 highlighted in red
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(154)
Maintained by MnDOT
Length7.643 mi[1] (12.300 km)
ExistedJuly 1, 1949[2]–present
Major junctions
West end MN 92 / CSAH 18 in Holst Township
East end CSAH 10 in Leonard
Location
CountiesClearwater
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 222 MN 225

MN 223 passes through Holst Township, Dudley Township, and Leonard.

Route description

Highway 223 serves as an eastwest 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.[2]

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

Major intersections

The entire route is in Clearwater County.

Locationmi[1]kmDestinationsNotes
Holst Township0.0000.000 MN 92 Bagley, Clearbrook
CSAH 18 west
Western terminus
1.9803.187 CSAH 33 south
3.2395.213 CR 78 north
3.9896.420 CSAH 47 south
Dudley Township6.96011.201 CSAH 2 south
Leonard7.52012.102 CSAH 23 east (2nd Avenue)
7.59112.217 CSAH 14 north (1st Avenue)
7.64412.302 CSAH 10 westEastern terminus
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 4, 2008. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  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 12, 2010.
  4. 1960 Official Road Map - Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1960. § E6. Archived from the original on August 25, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  5. 1961 Official Road Map - Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. 1961. § E6. Archived from the original on 2011-08-25. Retrieved 2020-04-05.

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