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Map showing roads closed by flooding includes county roads for most counties.

 

 

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Flood-related News Releases

 

May 17

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

May 9

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

May 5

 

Hwy 22 between Mankato and St. Peter opens May 6

 

May 3, 2011

 

Hwy 101 to reopen at 3 p.m., May 4

 

Highway 12 east of Ortonville open

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

April 29, 2011


West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

 

April 28, 2011

 

One lane closure of Hwy 89 has re-opened

 

April 26, 2011

 

One lane closure of Hwy 89 north of Grygla

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

 

April 25, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

April 24, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

April 23, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota road conditions

 

April 22, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions: Hwy 75 reopened near Climax (1 p.m.)

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

April 21, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

 

April 20, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

April 19, 2011

 

Hwy 19 from Hwy 169 to Henderson opens

 

April 18, 2011

 

Highway 75 near Kent to open today

 

Hwy 60 from Hwy 61 to Wabasha County Road 30 reopens

 

Hwy 67, between Granite Falls and Yellow Medicine County Road 44, is open to traffic

 

April 17, 2011

 

Stillwater Lift Bridge to reopen Monday at 3 p.m.

 

 

April 15, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

Hwy 93 from Hwy 169 to Henderson opens

 

April 14, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions (8:45 a.m.)

 

April 12, 2011

 

Hwy 19/71, between Redwood Falls and Morton, is open to traffic (2:30 p.m)

 

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions (10 a.m.)

 

April 11, 2011

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions (12 p.m.)

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions (9:15 a.m.)

 

 

April 10, 2011

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions (10 a.m.)

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions (8:45 a.m.)

 

 

April 9, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood-related road conditions (9:30 a.m.)

 

Hwy 75 at Georgetown to close at noon today (9:30 a.m.)

 

 

April 8, 2011

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

Hwy 19/71, between Redwood Falls and Morton, open to traffic

 

 

April 6, 2011

 

Mn/DOT advises extra caution on Hwy 19 due to mud slide

 

Stillwater Lift Bridge closing at 9 a.m. Friday due to high water

 

 

April 5, 2011

 

Northwest Minnesota flood related road conditions

 

 

April 4, 2011

 

Hwy 41 in Chaska reopened

 

Hwy 67, between Granite Falls and Yellow Medicine County Road 44 closing today at noon due to flooding

 

Hwy 212, between Montevideo and Granite Falls closing today at noon due to flooding

 

 

April 3, 2011

 

West central Minnesota flood-related road conditions

 

 

April 2, 2011

 

Hwy 75 near Kent closed due to flooding

 

 

April 1, 2011

 

Hwy 93 from Hwy 169 to LeSueur open

 

 

March 30, 2011

 

Hwy 99 east of St. Peter open

 

Hwy 25 south of Watertown closed March 30 for additional berm construction

 

 

March 28, 2011

 

Hwy 75, three miles south of Madison open to traffic

 

Hwy 25 south of Watertown open to traffic

 

 

March 26, 2011

 

Eastbound Hwy 65 at Clark Street in Albert Lea now open

 

Hwy 25 south of Watertown closed today due to flooding

 

Hwy 99 east of St. Peter closing today due to flooding

 

 

March 25, 2011

 

Hwy 21 in Jordan reduced to a single lane March 28

 

Hwy 19 west of Henderson opens
Hwy 169 may stay open for weekend

 

Crews to reconfigure Hwy 25 until floodwater recedes

 

Hwy 75, three miles south of Madison will close to traffic today at 9:30 a.m. due to flooding

 

 

March 24, 2011

 

Hwy 62 open, Hwy 19 west of Henderson being repaired

 

Eastbound Hwy 101 lane closure scheduled for early Friday

 

Northbound I-35W lane closures scheduled for tonight

 

Hwy 19 west of Henderson temporarily closed due to washout

 

Water over Hwy 75, three miles south of Madison

 

 

March 23, 2011

 

Hwy 62 added to list of road closures in south central Minnesota

 

Hwy 41 in Chaska closing at 7 p.m. today due to high water

 

Hwy 65 from Garfield Avenue to Newton Avenue in Albert Lea closed due to flooding

 

Hwy 101 in Shakopee now closed to all traffic

 

Westbound Hwy 65 at Clark Street in Albert Lea closed due to flooding

 

Hwy 22 from Mankato to St. Peter closed due to flooding

 

Hwy 101 in Shakopee closing at 9 a.m. today due to flooding

 

 

March 22, 2011

 

Hwy 169 now open between Mankato and St. Peter

Hwy 93 into LeSueur closing today

 

Hwy 169 north and southbound lanes closed between Mankato and St. Peter

 

Hwy 14 between Tyler and Florence in southwestern Minnesota is open to traffic 

 

 

March 21, 2011

 

River flooding closes Hwy 93 at Henderson (3 p.m.)

 

River flooding closes Hwy 19 at Henderson Minnesota (9 a.m.)

 

Hwy 14 between Tyler and Florence in southwestern Minnesota closed to traffic (10:45 p.m. March 20, 2011)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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