Minnesota State Highway 226

Trunk Highway 226 marker

Trunk Highway 226
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(157)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length: 1.494 mi[2] (2.404 km)
Existed: July 1, 1949[1] – present
Major junctions
South end: MN-34.svg MN 34 at Henrietta Township
North end: CR 7 at Dorset
Location
Counties: Hubbard
Highway system
  • Minnesota Trunk Highways
MN 225 MN 227

Minnesota State Highway 226 is a short 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.

The route is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) in length.

Route description

Highway 226 serves as a short north–south route between State Highway 34 and the town 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 Road 7.

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

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History

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

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

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Major intersections

The entire route is in Hubbard County.

Location Mile[2] km Destinations Notes
Henrietta Township 0.000 0.000 MN 34, CR 11 south
0.998 1.606 CR 81
Dorset 1.494 2.404 CR 7
  •       Concurrency terminus
  •       Closed/former
  •       HOV only
  •       Incomplete access
  •       Tolled/ETC
  •       Unopened
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References

  1. ^ a b "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 (Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration): 1177–1185 
  2. ^ a b "Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2" (PDF). Minnesota Department of Transportation. August 23, 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010. 
  3. ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 15, 2010. 
  4. ^ Minnesota Department of Highways (January 1, 1950). Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map (Map). Section G10. http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
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