Minnesota State Highway 223
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Minnesota State Highway 223 (MN 223) is a
highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
in northwest
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, which runs from its
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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
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. It is also signed as Leonard Road. MN 223 passes through Holst Township, Dudley Township, and
Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikiwikiweb:Λέων, Π...
.


Route description

Highway 223 serves as an east–west connector route in northwest Minnesota. It connects State Highway 92 with the town of
Leonard Leonard or ''Leo'' is a common English language, English masculine given name and a surname. The given name and surname originate from the Old High German ''Leonhard'' containing the prefix ''levon'' ("lion") from the Greek wikiwikiweb:Λέων, Π...
. The route is legally defined as Route 223 in the Minnesota Statutes.


History

Highway 223 was authorized on July 1, 1949. The route was paved in 1960.


Major intersections


References


External links

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Highway 223 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page
223 Transportation in Clearwater County, Minnesota