Minnesota State Highway 220

{{short description|State highway in Minnesota, United States}} {{Use American English|date=April 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{More citations needed|date=December 2023}} {{Infobox road| state=MN | type=MN | route = 220 |map={{maplink|frame=yes|plain=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=290|frame-height=240|type=line|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Wikipedia KML/Minnesota State Highway 220}}}} |map_custom=yes |map_notes=MN 220 highlighted in red | established = July 1, 1949<ref name=laws1949>{{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}}</ref> |length_mi = 78.536 |length_ref = <ref name=logpoint2/> |section=115 |subsection=151 |direction_a = South | direction_b = North | terminus_a = {{Jct|state=MN|US|75}} at Climax | terminus_b = {{Jct|state=MN|MN|11|CSAH|7|county2=Kittson}} near Robbin |junction = *{{Jct|state=MN|US|2}} at East Grand Forks *{{Jct|state=MN|MN|1}} from Alvarado to Oslo |counties=Polk, Marshall, Kittson |previous_type=MN |previous_route=219 |next_type=MN |next_route=222}} '''Minnesota State Highway 220''' ('''MN 220''') is a {{convert|78.536|mi|km|-long|adj=mid}} 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 MN 11 near Drayton, North Dakota. The route runs along and near the Red River.

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

==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.<ref name=161.115>{{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 11, 2010}}</ref>

==History== Highway 220 was authorized on July 1, 1949.<ref name=laws1949/> It originally intersected U.S. 75 near Eldred and followed present-day County State-Aid Highway 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.<ref name=riner>{{riner |route=220 |access date=December 11, 2010}}</ref>

==Major intersections== {{Jcttop|length_ref=<ref name=logpoint2>{{cite web |url=http://www.dot.state.mn.us/roadway/data/reports/logpoint/d2.pdf |title=Trunk Highway Log Point Listing - Construction District 2 |format=PDF |publisher=Minnesota Department of Transportation |date=August 23, 2010 |accessdate=December 11, 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 }}</ref>}} {{MNint |county=Polk |cspan=4 |location=Climax |mile=0.000 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|75|name1=Main Avenue N|city1=Moorhead|city2=Crookston}} |notes=Southern terminus }} {{MNint |location=Huntsville Township |lspan=2 |type=concur |mile=23.800 |road={{jct|state=MN|US|2|dir1=east|city1=Crookston}} |notes=Eastern end of US 2 overlap }} {{MNint |mile= |road={{jct|state=MN|US-Bus|2|dir1=west|location1=East Grand Forks Business District}} }} {{MNint |location=East Grand Forks |mile=27.241 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=MN|US|2|dir1=west|name1=Gateway Drive NW|location1=Grand Forks}} |notes=Western end of US 2 overlap }} {{MNint |county=Marshall |cspan=3 |location=Alvarado |mile=46.069 |type=concur |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|1|dir1=east|city1=Warren}} |notes=Eastern end of MN 1 overlap }} {{MNint |location=Oak Park Township |type=concur |mile=51.070 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|1|dir1=west|city1=Oslo}} |notes=Western end of MN 1 overlap }} {{MNint |location=Fork Township |mile=66.187 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|317|dir1=west|location1=Grafton}} |notes=Eastern terminus of MN 317}} {{MNint |county=Kittson |location=Teien Township |mile=77.162 |road={{jct|state=MN|MN|11|city1=Donaldson|city2=Robbin}}<br/>{{jct|state=MN|CSAH|7|county1=Kittson|dir1=north|name1=160th Avenue|city1=Hallock}} |notes=Northern terminus; roadway continues as CSAH 7 north }} {{Jctbtm|keys=concur}}

==References== {{Attached KML|display=title,inline}} {{reflist}}

220 Category:Transportation in Polk County, Minnesota Category:Transportation in Marshall County, Minnesota Category:Transportation in Kittson County, Minnesota