Hwy 60 four-lane expansion
Location
- From Windom to St. James
Schedule
- Construction begins in 2013
Cost
- Estimated $82-110 million
Attn: Landowners from Butterfiled to St. James
Tile/Drainage open house
March 27, 2012
10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Butterfield Fire Station
Bring your tile maps!
Project status
Highway 60 alignments selected
The preferred alignment for finishing the four-lane on Highway 60 from Windom to St. James has been selected
There are three areas or gaps in four-lane that need to expand from two-lane to four-lane. The selected alignments are:
- Butterfield to St. James (Gap A) – new eastbound lanes to the south of existing lanes
- Mountain Lake to Butterfield (Gap B) – new eastbound lanes to the south of existing lanes
- Windom to Mountain Lake (Gap C) – new westbound lanes to the north of existing, including in Bingham Lake where the westbound lanes will be just to the north. This alignment was selected because it has fewer business and farmland impacts and is most cost effective.
The first construction project is planned for 2013-14 from Butterfield to St. James with the gap from Mountain Lake to Butterfield to follow in 2015-16. Scoping and design work are underway on these segments.
The final segment from Windom to Mountain Lake is planned for 2017. While the roundabout at Highway 71 in Windom was not part of the environmental review, it is being considered for construction in 2017.
The 1983 environmental impact statement re-evaluation ( draft) available here.
Hwy 60 from Windom to St. James project map
Benefits
- Improved safety and mobility with four-lane divided highway design
- Improved regional connectivity of Hwy 60 corridor from Sioux City, Iowa to Mankato, Minnesota
- Increased highway capacity and reduced traffic congestion
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