Minnesota State Highway 220

Trunk Highway 220
Route information
Defined by MS § 161.115(151)
Maintained by Mn/DOT
Length:	78.536 mi[1] (126.391 km)
Existed:	July 1, 1949[2] – present
Major junctions
South end:	U.S. 75 at Climax
	U.S. 2 at East Grand Forks MN 1 at Alvarado , Oslo
North end:	MN 11 at Teien Township, near Drayton, ND
Location
Counties:	Polk, Marshall, Kittson
Highway system
Minnesota Trunk Highways Interstate US State Legislative routes ← MN 219 MN 222 →

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

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

Highway 220 is 79 miles (127 km) in length.

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 Road 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
	Vineland Township	1.517	2.441	CR 7
	Tynsid Township	7.663	12.332	CR 45	Original route of MN 220
	Tynsid–Bygland township line	12.973	20.878	CR 9
	Bygland Township	15.564	25.048	CR 15
	Huntsville Township	22.200	35.727	CR 238	Original route of MN 220
		23.800	38.302	US 2	East end of US 2 overlap
				US 2 Bus.
	East Grand Forks	27.241	43.840	US 2	West end of US 2 overlap
		28.152	45.306	CR 19 (23rd Street)
	Grand Forks Township	33.110	53.285	CR 21
	Northland Township	37.200	59.868	CR 22
		37.960	61.091	CR 23
Marshall	Alvarado	46.069	74.141	MN 1, CR 10 north	East end of MN 1 overlap
	Oak Park Township	51.070	82.189	MN 1, CR 9 south	West end of MN 1 overlap
	Big Woods Township	61.100	98.331	CR 4
	Fork Township	66.187	106.518	MN 317
	Eagle Point Township	69.157	111.297	CR 5 (400th Street)
Kittson	Teien Township	77.162	124.180	MN 11, CR 7 north
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi       Concurrency terminus

References

Route map: Bing / Google