The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced Tuesday the agency has nearly 200 road construction projects slated this season.
The list includes 193 planned road and bridge projects, plus 54 projects that will improve airports, water ports, railroad crossings and transit infrastructure.
“Drivers throughout Minnesota can expect to see more work zones, more orange cones, more closed lanes, and more people working along the road wearing their high-visibility gear,” Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger stated in a MnDOT press release.
“We need everyone on the road to work together to keep our crews, and yourselves, safe in work zones. When we all slow down and obey work zone speed limits, set aside our cellphones and other distractions, plan ahead and remain patient, we become safer together as we share the limited space inside work zones.”
Significant projects in the region this year include:
• The first year of a three-year project at Henderson to reconstruct and raise Highway 93 about 8 feet. The project between Henderson and Highway 169 includes a bridge replacement and the construct of an additional overflow bridge.
A section of Highway 93 will temporarily be closed to traffic for the project, which begins April 15.
• An interstate project near Blue Earth is entering its final year of construction. The Interstate 90 project between Blue Earth and a section of Highway 169 south of Wells includes resurfacing, repairs to bridges and culverts, lighting, reestablishing golden panels on eastbound and westbound lanes and the replacement of pavement at two rest areas.
• Resurfacing Highway 4 between Sherburn and St. James and between St. James and Sleepy Eye. The project includes bridge replacements and repairs and drainage improvements.
For more information about 2024 construction projects, go to: mndot.gov. To get up-to-date travel advisories, go to: 511mn.org.