Minnesota State Highway 226

{{Infobox road|

state=MN |

type=MN |

route = 226

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|map_notes=MN 226 highlighted in red

|established = July 1, 1949{{citation |title=Chapter 663-H.F. No. 1792 |work=Session Laws of Minnesota for 1949 |publisher=Earl L. Berg, Commissioner of Administration |pages=1177–1185}}

|length_mi = 1.494

|length_ref =

|section=115

|subsection=157

|direction_a = South

|terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MN|MN|34}} in Henrietta Township

|direction_b = North

|terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MN|CSAH|7|county1=Hubbard}} at Dorset

|counties=Hubbard

|previous_type=MN

|previous_route=225

|next_type=MN

|next_route=227}}

Minnesota State Highway 226 (MN 226) is a short {{convert|1.494|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} 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.

Route description

Highway 226 serves as a short north–south connector route between State Highway 34 and the community 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 State-Aid Highway 7.

The route is legally defined as Route 226 in the Minnesota Statutes.{{cite web |url=https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=161.115 |title=161.115, Additional Trunk Highways |work=Minnesota Statutes |publisher=Office of the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota |year=2010 |accessdate=December 15, 2010}}

History

Highway 226 was authorized on July 1, 1949.

The route was paved at the time it was marked.{{cite map |url=http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/mdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10 |title=Minnesota 1950 Official Highway Map |publisher=Minnesota Department of Highways |date=January 1, 1950 |section=G10 |accessdate=December 12, 2010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721132203/http://reflections.mndigital.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=%2Fmdt&CISOPTR=1291&REC=10 |archivedate=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead }}

Major intersections

{{Jcttop |state=MN |county=Hubbard |length_ref={{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2 |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=December 15, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204174621/http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |archivedate=December 4, 2008 }}}}

{{MNint

|location=Henrietta Township

|lspan=2

|mile=0.000

|road={{jct|state=MN|MN|34|CSAH|11|county2=Hubbard|dir2=south}}

}}

{{MNint

|mile=0.998

|road={{Jct|state=MN|CR|81|county1=Hubbard}}

}}

{{MNint

|location=Dorset

|mile=1.494

|road={{Jct|state=MN|CSAH|7|county1=Hubbard}}

}}

References

External links

[http://www.steve-riner.com/mnhighways/r219-287.htm#226 Highway 226 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page]

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Category:Transportation in Hubbard County, Minnesota