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BAXTER, Minn. - A $5.3 million safety and pavement
improvement project will begin Monday, July 14, for Highway 27 and
Highway 25 in Todd and Morrison counties.
Crews will replace culverts, add turn-lanes and mill
and overlay a new blacktop road surface, including shoulders. All
work will be done during daylight hours.
A pilot car and flaggers will control traffic. Motorists
should plan for delays, reduced speeds and lane closures with short
periodic stops in the work zone.
Work segments include:
- Highway 27 east of Ninth Street in Long Prairie to east of Highway
238 west of Little Falls in Todd and Morrison counties (22 miles).
- Highway 27 from Morrison County Highway 43 in east Little Falls
to Highway 25 in Pierz (11 miles).
- REMINDER: Beginning Monday, July 28, crews will replace
culverts and motorists will encounter a three- to four-week
detour between Little Falls and Pierz. The detour will be
via Morrison County Highway 43. Detour: pdf
file
- Highway 25 just north of the Skunk River to junction Highway
27 south of Pierz including Genola in Morrison County (two miles).
Knife River Corporation of Sauk Rapids is the prime
contractor for the road improvement project slated to be complete
by early October.
Motorists are reminded to obey all traffic personnel,
be patient and drive cautiously through the work zone. For updated
statewide traffic, construction, weather and travel information
visit www.511mn.org.
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