MNDOT ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS UPDATE
MNDOT ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS FULL

This project was selected through the State of Minnesota's Corridors of Commerce grant program. The signalized intersections along this stretch of Highway 169 are over capacity, resulting in significant delays and safety issues on Highway 169 and all adjacent streets. The highway plays an important role serving commuters and recreational users, and connecting economic centers in the state. This route connects Minnesota’s central lakes region and the greater Twin Cities metropolitan area with the growing trade centers of Elk River, Zimmerman, and Princeton. Interstate 94 Westbound Interstate 94 between Interstate 35E and Marion Street. View the Projects Area Map (PDF) 2022 Lake Road Projects Detour Route (PDF).

MNDOT ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS UPDATE

Traffic will be detoured using I-94, I-394, Highway 100 and Highway 62. We will update this website as construction progresses. Detour uses Blue Earth County Road 10 and Highway 83 (same detour as other Hwy 22 project from.

The Highway 169 corridor is an important north-south arterial route in central Minnesota. MnDOT says crews will be repairing concrete. MnDOT logo construction banner with road closed sign. HWY 108 BETWEEN I-94 & PELICAN RAPIDS: Motorists can expect to encounter alternating lane closures, flaggers and pilot cars until the project is. If you would like to receive project updates, please click on the link here: (sign upon the righthand side under 'Connect with us.The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) will convert Highway 169 to a freeway, removing all five stop lights from the Mississippi River north through Elk River. If you have any questions, contact MnDOT Construction Project Manager Rob Abfalter at 32 or For more information and to sign up for project email updates, visit the Highway 23 project webpage at /d3/projects/h23foleytomilaca/. When complete in mid-November, travelers will benefit from a smoother road surface, updated drainage and improved safety. Highway 12 will be closed to through traffic between County Road 6 and County. Minnesotans have a long tradition of observing Memorial Day with travel to meet with and suppor. That work is scheduled to start in September with road closures planned in 2022. Michels Road & Stone, Inc., is the contractor for the project. The Minnesota Department of Transportation encourages all motorists who choose to travel during the 2020 Memorial Day holiday weekend to focus on safety when driving through work zones and when interacting with others off the road.

Temporary hard closures will occur to improve access along Highway 23 and replace underground structures. Please slow down and follow construction signs through the work zone. A detour route will be in place to guide traffic around the work zone. This closure is expected to last about two weeks.

MNDOT ROAD CLOSURES AND DETOURS FULL

Expect changes to access, gravel or grooved road surfaces, flaggers, periodic stops, and alternate one-way traffic and use of pilot car. There will be a full closure of Bren Road West beginning on August 1st to perform work on the LRT track crossings.

Access will be open and maintained for those who live, work or visit within the closed work zone-Crews will begin in Foley and work their way east toward Milaca.

A truck route will also be signed for commercial and larger recreational vehicles along Highway 95 and Highway 169. Motorists will follow a signed detour that uses Broadway Avenue South in Foley, Benton County Road 4, Mille Lacs County Road 12 and Highway 169 near Milaca.

Detour, May to November-Highway 23 will close to through traffic between Broadway Avenue South in Foley and the Rum River bridge west of Milaca.

The $18.2 million project will reconstruct Highway 23 from Broadway Avenue to east of 13th Avenue in Foley, which includes a new roundabout at 8th Avenue/Penn Street resurface 12.5 miles of Highway 23 from east of 13th Avenue in Foley to the Rum River bridge in Milaca replace or repair underground culverts or drainage pipes and improve access at multiple Highway 23 intersections in Foley, east of Foley, Ronneby, Oak Park, east of Oak Park, Foreston and west of Milaca. The closure is necessary to improve 14 miles of Highway 23. Those who travel on Highway 23 from Foley to Milaca, Benton and Mille Lacs counties, will encounter the road closed and detoured as construction gets underway Monday, May 9. Highway 23 from Foley to Milaca closes, detours on May 9

Mndot road closures and detours