In 1941, the highway was realigned through Becker County. It now took a more direct route to Osage through Snellman, instead of traveling northward along the shore of Shell Lake, east through Ponsford, and southeast to Osage; the portion of this former routing from Ponsford eastward became State Highway 225 in 1949.
In 1941, the highway was changed to a new route through Becker County, which now went directly to Osage via Snellman instead of traveling along Shell Lake's shore and then through Ponsford before heading southeast towards Osage; this section of the old route became State Highway 225 in 1949.