Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Hwy 24–Annandale

Wright County

About this 2023 project

April 2022 update: City of Annandale has rescheduled project to 2023 construction.

Construct roundabout at Hwy 24 and Hemlock St.

City of Annandale to construct a roundabout to improve access at Hwy 24 (Park St. E) and Hemlock St., includes access to the Annandale Health Care Center and School District 876. Project requires a detour.

Summary of work

  • Install roundabout, includes adjacent entrances and pedestrian sidewalk between Poplar Ave. and Hemlock St.
  • Resurface Hemlock St./80th St. NW

Impacts

Construction to take place when students are on summer vacation.

Hwy 24 Detour map Use Hwy 55, Co. Rd. 6 back to Hwy 24
Hwy 24 detour via Hwy 55 and Wright Co. Rd. 6. Click map for PDF

Detour

  • Motorists: Hwy 24 will close Poplar St. to south of Hemlock St. Detour uses Hwy 55 and Wright Co. Rd. 6
  • Pedestrians: Access may close in areas

Hemlock St./80th St.

  • Local access only: Use Wright Co. Rd. 6

Learn more, visit the city of Annandale Hwy 24 and Hemlock St. roundabout project web page.

Future area projects

Annandale area

Hwy 55–east of Watkins, Kimball, Annandale

MnDOT will resurface rural areas of Hwy 55 from Meeker/Stearns county line, between Watkins and Kimball, to Brown Ave. in Annandale, includes sidewalks in New Haven and Kimball. Motorists to encounter alternate one-lane traffic with flaggers and use of a pilot car.

  • Construction is scheduled for August–October 2022

Hwy 55–Annandale

MnDOT will resurface and/or reconstruct due to underground utility replacements, Hwy 55 between Brown Ave. N and Poplar Ave., and widen Highway 55 from Poplar Ave. to just east of Annandale Blvd. to add a center left-turn lane.  The project will also improve sidewalks and upgrade the traffic signal system at Excelsior Ave.

  • Construction is scheduled for 2024

More details to become available once closer to construction.