Minnesota State Highway 226

Trunk Highway 226
	MN 226 highlighted in red
Route information
	Defined by MS § 161.115(157)
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	1.494 mi[1] (2.404 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	MN 34 in Henrietta Township
North end	CSAH 7 at Dorset
Location
Counties	Hubbard
Highway system

Minnesota State Highway 226 (MN 226) is a short 1.494-mile-long (2.404 km) highway in north-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 34 in Henrietta Township (east of Park Rapids) and continues north to its northern terminus at Dorset. The route becomes Hubbard County Road 7 at Dorset.

Route description

Highway 226 serves as a short north–south connector route between State Highway 34 and the community of Dorset in north-central Minnesota.

The southern terminus of Highway 226 intersects State Highway 34, which is briefly four lanes to facilitate turns and two through lanes. The northern terminus of Highway 226 is approximately one-tenth of a mile north of the Heartland Trail intersection in Dorset, where the route becomes Hubbard County State-Aid Highway 7.

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

History

Highway 226 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[2]

The route was paved at the time it was marked.[4]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Hubbard County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations
Henrietta Township	0.000	0.000	MN 34 / CSAH 11 south
Henrietta Township	0.998	1.606	CR 81
Dorset	1.494	2.404	CSAH 7
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

"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 15, 2010.
"Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
"161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § G10. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.

External links

Highway 226 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page

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[logpoint2-1] "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 15, 2010.

[laws1949-2] "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185

[161.115-3] "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

[1950map-4] Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § G10. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 12, 2010.