Minnesota State Highway 227

Trunk Highway 227
	MN 227 highlighted in red
Route information
	Defined by MS § 161.115(158)
	Maintained by MnDOT
Length	10.680 mi[1] (17.188 km)
Existed	July 1, 1949[2]–2012[3]
Major junctions
West end	U.S. 71 at Sebeka
East end	CR 14 at Nimrod
Location
Counties	Wadena
Highway system

Minnesota State Highway 227 (MN 227) was a 10.680-mile-long (17.188 km) highway in north-central Minnesota, which ran from its intersection with U.S. Highway 71 and Wadena County Road 8 in Sebeka and continued east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with Wadena County Roads 12 and 14 in Nimrod near the Crow Wing River. The route was decommissioned in 2012 and it became an extension of Wadena County Road 12.

Route description

Highway 227 served as an east–west route between Sebeka and Nimrod in north-central Minnesota.

Highway 227 was also known as Minnesota Avenue in Sebeka.

The route crossed the Redeye River.

The route was legally defined as Route 227 in the Minnesota Statutes.[4]

History

Highway 227 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[2]

The western half of the route was paved when it was marked.[5] The remainder was paved in 1952.[6][7]

Major intersections

The entire route is in Wadena County.

Location	mi[1]	km	Destinations
Sebeka	0.000	0.000	US 71
Sebeka	0.288	0.463	CR 52 (Jefferson Avenue)
Meadow Township	3.726	5.996	CR 23 north
North Germany Township	4.023	6.474	CR 23 south
Nimrod	10.107	16.266	CR 26
	10.650	17.140	CR 12
	10.670	17.172	CR 14
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

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References

"Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (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
"Removal of Minnesota State Route 227".
"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. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1952. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.
1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

External links

Highway 227 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page

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[logpoint3-1] "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 3" (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

[3] "Removal of Minnesota State Route 227".

[161.115-4] "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

[1950map-5] Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1950. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

[1952map-6] 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1952. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.

[1953map-7] 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota (Map). Cartography by The H.M. Gousha Company. Minnesota Department of Highways. January 1, 1953. § G11. Archived from the original on July 21, 2011. Retrieved December 15, 2010.