Hwy 12 and Wayzata Boulevard
Stage 1
- Traffic on Highway 12 will be shifted to the south.
- Wayzata Boulevard will be closed at the intersection of Highway 12.
- The proposed detour will be Wayzata Boulevard to County Road 101 to Highway 12.
- This stage will remove the existing median on Highway 12, construct temporary widening of westbound Highway 12 east of Wayzata Boulevard, construct a portion of the new Highway 12, construct Wayzata Boulevard, and remove the signal at the intersection of Highway 12 and Wayzata Boulevard.
- This stage began in July of 2007 and will be completed in Spring of 2008.
Stage 2
- Traffic was diverted to the northern portion of existing Highway 12.
- Wayzata Boulevard will be opened for right turns onto Wayzata Boulevard from westbound Highway 12 and for right turns from Wayzata Boulevard to westbound Highway 12.
- This stage will construct the ramp from eastbound Highway 12 to the new eastbound Highway 12, including a bridge and retaining walls. It also constructed the remainder of the new Highway 12 and connect into the existing Highway 12.
- This stage began in November of 2007 and was completed in November 2008.
This project also removed the existing Luce Line Trail Bridge over existing Highway 12 and replaced it with a salvaged bridge from the previous contract. This work required that existing Highway 12 be closed for periods of time to remove the existing bridge and install the new bridge. This work was dependent upon the Highway 12 bypass being open with all movements at the County Road 6 interchange being available. This stage began in April of 2009 and be completed in May of 2009.
It is anticipated that this project will be complete by June 2009.
Project Overview
The following includes the anticipated schedule/staging information for the interchange of Highway 12 and County Road 6, as well as information for the interchange of Highway 12 and Wayzata Boulevard. The project began on July 23, 2007 and be completed in spring 2009.
Hwy 12 and County Road 6
Stage 1A
- Bypass is constructed on the south side of Highway 12, west of the County Road 6 intersection
- All traffic remained vvvvvvvvin current location during this stage.
- Construction began July 2007 and was completed in September 2007
Stage 1B
- Traffic was diverted onto the newly-constructed bypasses, remains in its current configuration.
- Construction included the bridge over Highway 12 and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, the bridges for the entrance and exit ramps to and from Highway 12 to County Road 6, and the signal systems at the ramp terminals.
- Construction began in August 2007 with completion May 2008.
Stage 2A
- County Road 6 closed to connect the new County Road 6 with the existing facility. County Road 6 remained open for local traffic only and the remainder of the traffic was detoured around the work area. The detour was County Road 6 to Willow Drive to Watertown Road back to County Road 6.
- New driveways and Starkey Road were also be built. Traffic on Highway 12 remained in the same location as Stage 1B.
- This stage began in June 2008 with completion in July 2008.
Stage 2B
- Highway 12 traffic will be shifted onto the newly constructed Highway 12.
- County Road 6 will be opened on the new alignment.
- The north leg of existing Highway 12 and County Road 6 intersection closed. Access to County Road 6 from Highway 12 was provided via the south leg of the existing Highway 12 and County Road 6 intersection.
- The entrance ramp from County Road 6 to westbound Highway 12 was built
- The previously-constructed bypass on the south side of Highway 12 was removed
- The southern portion of Highway 12 west of County Road 6 was built, including Mill overlay Highway 12, and pond construction.
- This stage began June 2008 and was completed in August 2008.
Stage 3
- Highway12 traffic bypassed onto the newly constructed ramp from County Road 6 to Highway 12 and the newly-constructed Highway 12 connection.
- This stage constructed Highway 12 from the intersection of County Road 6 to the east, the southern ramps including retaining walls, the connection of the exit loop from westbound Highway 12 to CR6, and removed the inplace signal at the intersection of Highway 12 and old County Road 6.
- This stage begins in July 2008 with completion in November 2008.
Stage 4
- The newly-constructed Highway 12 opened to traffic, including all ramps to and from County Road 6 to Highway 12.
- The connection of existing Highway 12 to County Road 6 closed and detoured for this stage. The detour was County Road 6 to Willow Road to Wayzata Blvd.
- This stage removed the temporary connection of existing Highway 12 to County Road 6, constructed the permanent roadway for that connection, constructed the median barrier on the new Highway 12, and constructed the east pond.
- This stage began in November 2008 with completion in May 2009.