Minnesota State Highway 227 Explained

State:MN
Type:MN
Route:227
Map Custom:yes
Map Notes:MN 227 highlighted in red
Established:July 1, 1949
Decommissioned:2012[1]
Length Mi:10.680
Section:115
Subsection:158
Direction A:West
Direction B:East
Terminus A: at Sebeka
Terminus B: CR 14 at Nimrod
Counties:Wadena
Previous Type:MN
Previous Route:226
Next Type:MN
Next Route:228

Minnesota State Highway 227 (MN 227) was a 10.68-longNaN-long 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.[2]

History

Highway 227 was authorized on July 1, 1949.

The western half of the route was paved when it was marked.[3] The remainder was paved in 1952.[4] [5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Removal of Minnesota State Route 227.
  2. Web site: 161.115, Additional Trunk Highways . Minnesota Statutes . Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota . 2010 . December 15, 2010.
  3. Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1950 . G11 . December 15, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132203/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10 . July 21, 2011 . dead .
  4. 1952 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1952 . G11 . The H.M. Gousha Company . December 15, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132107/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1294&REC=12 . July 21, 2011 . dead .
  5. 1953 Official Road Map of Minnesota . Minnesota Department of Highways . January 1, 1953 . G11 . The H.M. Gousha Company . December 15, 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132115/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1177&REC=13 . July 21, 2011 .