Minnesota State Highway 223
Trunk Highway 223 | ||||
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| Leonard Road | ||||
 MN 223 highlighted in red | ||||
| Route information | ||||
| Maintained by MnDOT | ||||
| Length | 7.643 mi[2] (12.300 km) | |||
| Existed | July 1, 1949[1]–present | |||
| Major junctions | ||||
| West end |   MN 92 / CSAH 18 in Holst Township | |||
| East end |  CSAH 10 in Leonard | |||
| Location | ||||
| Country | United States | |||
| State | Minnesota | |||
| Counties | Clearwater | |||
| Highway system | ||||
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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.
MN 223 passes through Holst Township, Dudley Township, and Leonard.
Route description[edit]
Highway 223 serves as an east–west 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[edit]
Highway 223 was authorized on July 1, 1949.[1]
The route was paved in 1960.[4][5]
Major intersections[edit]
The entire route is in Clearwater County.
| Location | mi[2] | km | Destinations | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holst Township | 0.000 | 0.000 | MN 92 – Bagley, Clearbrook CSAH 18 west | Western terminus | |
| 1.980 | 3.187 |   CSAH 33 south | |||
| 3.239 | 5.213 |   CR 78 north | |||
| 3.989 | 6.420 |  CSAH 47 south | |||
| Dudley Township | 6.960 | 11.201 |  CSAH 2 south | ||
| Leonard | 7.520 | 12.102 |   CSAH 23 east (2nd Avenue) | ||
| 7.591 | 12.217 |   CSAH 14 north (1st Avenue) | |||
| 7.644 | 12.302 | CSAH 10 west | Eastern terminus | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792", Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949, Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration, pp. 1177–1185
- ^ a b "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.
- ^ "161.115, Additional Trunk Highways". Minnesota Statutes. Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.