Overview

 

Location

• Lindstrom between Shoquist Lane and the east city limit

 

Schedule

• April 2012 - June 2013
  
  

Cost

• $12 million

Traffic impacts

Pedestrians, please use crosswalks to cross the highway.

• Hwy 8 traffic is configured into its new “one-way pair” alignment. Westbound motorists now travel on what was previously First Avenue and eastbound traffic travels on Hwy 8.
• Intermittent shoulder closures may take place.
  
  

 

About this project

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  Current view of eastbound Hwy 8 in Lindstrom.	Visualization of reconstructed eastbound Hwy 8 in Lindstrom.
  Current view of westbound Hwy 8 in Lindstrom.	Visualization of reconstructed westbound Hwy 8 in Lindstrom.

 

Benefits

Safety, capacity and mobility issues along the highway in Lindstrom will be improved.

• This reconstruction will increase the current capacity of the highway and improve safety.

• Improvements were made because traffic levels on Hwy 8 in Lindstrom were over-capacity. The Lindstrom segment of Hwy 8  carries the highest volumes of traffic. This high volume of traffic has resulted in higher crash rates than on other areas of Hwy 8.
• Pedestrian facilities, including trails and sidewalks, were constructed on both sides of Hwy 8 between County Road 14 and Akerson Street.
• New traffic signals are in place at County Road 14 (Lincoln Road), County Road 20 (North Lakes Trail), County Road 25 (Olinda Trail) and at Akerson Street.
• A new bridge was built over a channel connecting North Lindstrom and South Lindstrom Lakes. The bridge provides an important access for boaters who frequent these two lakes, which are part of the Chain of Lakes System.
• Frontage roads in some areas will improve safety by removing direct driveway access to Hwy 8.

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