Minnesota State Highway 228 is a highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 in west-central Minnesota

Minnesota

Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...

, which runs from its intersection

Intersection (road)

An intersection is a road junction where two or more roads either meet or cross at grade . An intersection may be 3-way - a T junction or fork, 4-way - a crossroads, or 5-way or more...

 with Otter Tail County Roads 4 and 17 in Vergas

Vergas, Minnesota

Vergas is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census.Vergas claims it is home of the World's Largest Loon, actually a sculpture of a loon, the Minnesota state bird.- History :...

 and continues east to its eastern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway 10

U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

U.S. Route 10 is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The route runs through the central portion of the state, following closely the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little...

 in the unincorporated town of Luce in Gorman Township.

Highway 228 is 8 miles (12.9 km) in length and passes through the communities of Vergas

Vergas, Minnesota

Vergas is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census.Vergas claims it is home of the World's Largest Loon, actually a sculpture of a loon, the Minnesota state bird.- History :...

, Hobart Township, and Gorman Township.

Route description

Highway 228 serves as an east–west connector route in west-central Minnesota between U.S. Highway 10

U.S. Route 10 in Minnesota

U.S. Route 10 is a major divided highway for almost all of its length in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The route runs through the central portion of the state, following closely the alignment of the former Northern Pacific Railway and connects the cities of Moorhead, Detroit Lakes, Wadena, Little...

 and the town of Vergas

Vergas, Minnesota

Vergas is a city in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 331 at the 2010 census.Vergas claims it is home of the World's Largest Loon, actually a sculpture of a loon, the Minnesota state bird.- History :...

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Highway 228 is also known as Main Street and Frazee Avenue in Vergas.

The route passes around the west side of Long Lake in Vergas.

The route is legally defined as Route 227 in the Minnesota Statutes.

Major intersections

External links

• Highway 228 at the Unofficial Minnesota Highways Page