Minnesota State Highway 220

Trunk Highway 220
Trunk Highway 220
	MN 220 highlighted in red
Route information
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	78.536 mi[1] (126.391 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[2]–present
Major junctions
South end	US 75 at Climax
	US 2 at East Grand Forks
North end	MN 11 / CSAH 7 near Robbin
Location
Country	United States
State	Minnesota
Counties	Polk, Marshall, Kittson
Highway system
	Minnesota Trunk Highway System; Interstate; US; State; Legislative; Scenic;

Minnesota State Highway 220 (MN 220) is a 78.536-mile-long (126.391 km) 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 MN 11 near Drayton, North Dakota. The route runs along and near the Red River.

For part of its route (4 miles), MN 220 runs together with U.S. Highway 2 in the city of East Grand Forks.

Route description

Highway 220 serves as a north–south 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 State-Aid Highway 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

County	Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations	Notes
Polk	Climax	0.000	0.000	US 75 (Main Avenue N) – Moorhead, Crookston	Southern terminus
	Huntsville Township	23.800	38.302	US 2 east – Crookston	Eastern end of US 2 overlap
	Huntsville Township			US 2 Bus. west – East Grand Forks Business District
	East Grand Forks	27.241	43.840	US 2 west (Gateway Drive NW) – Grand Forks	Western end of US 2 overlap
Marshall	Alvarado	46.069	74.141	MN 1 east – Warren	Eastern end of MN 1 overlap
	Oak Park Township	51.070	82.189	MN 1 west – Oslo	Western end of MN 1 overlap
	Fork Township	66.187	106.518	MN 317 west – Grafton	Eastern terminus of MN 317
Kittson	Teien Township	77.162	124.180	MN 11 – Donaldson, Robbin CSAH 7 north (160th Avenue) – Hallock	Northern terminus; roadway continues as CSAH 7 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi Concurrency terminus

References

Template:Attached KML/Minnesota State Highway 220

KML is from Wikidata

"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 11, 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 11, 2010.
Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 219–287". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved December 11, 2010.

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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 11, 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 11, 2010.

[riner-4] Riner, Steve. "Details of routes 219–287". The Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page. Retrieved December 11, 2010.