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Traffic impacts
Highway 52 detour on Aug. 14
Motorists on Highway 52 at Interstate 90 will be detoured for one day on Aug. 14 while construction crews pour the concrete bridge deck over the highway.
The detour is planned from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 14 while construction crews pour the bridge deck on the westbound I-90 bridge over Highway 52. Highway 52 will reopen once the work is completed later in the day.
Crews will be pouring the entire bridge deck, which spans over both north and south Highway 52, which will close Highway 52 north and south of the bridge, including the southbound Highway 52 to eastbound I-90 flyover bridge. All Highway 52 traffic must use the detour routes.
Southbound Highway 52:
- Highway 52 begins in Rochester with motorists traveling south on Highway 63 to Stewartville and then east on I-90 to Exit 224 (Eyota) and travel south on Olmsted County Road 7 to connect with Highway 52 north of Chatfield.
Northbound Highway 52:
- Motorists should take Olmsted Co Rd 7 north to the westbound I-90 entrance ramp at Eyota, travel west to Exit 209B at Stewartville to travel north on Highway 63 into Rochester to connect with Highway 52.
New flyover ramp open from southbound Highway 52 to eastbound I-90
Instead of making a left turn at grade in front of northbound Highway 52 traffic, motorists travel on the ramp that carries traffic over northbound Highway 52 to eastbound I-90.
- Southbound Highway 52 traffic:
- Going to eastbound I-90, take the right lane to go onto the ramp that curves over northbound Highway 52 and onto the eastbound I-90 on-ramp toward Eyota, St. Charles, Winona and La Crosse.
- Continuing south on Highway 52, take the left lane, which will carry traffic under I-90 and continue south toward Marion, Chatfield and Preston.
- Northbound Highway 52 traffic:
- Going to eastbound I-90, take the right lane to the eastbound I-90 on-ramp. Watch as southbound Highway 52 traffic traveling to eastbound I-90 merges past the bridge.
- Continuing north on Highway 52, take the left lane, which will be adjacent to the oncoming southbound traffic.
I-90 westbound to northbound Highway 52 exit detour for ramp construction
The detour for Exit 218 westbound I-90 to northbound Highway 52 is to travel 8 miles west to Exit 209A at Stewartville and travel north on Highway 63 into Rochester to connect with Highway 52. The detour is scheduled to be removed in late August.
I-90 lane closures, traffic changes at Highway 52
Westbound I-90 motorists at Highway 52 southeast of Rochester will experience lane closures and traffic changes beginning April 1 as the interchange construction project resumes its third and final year.
Beginning April 1:
• Westbound I-90 bridge closes until fall.
• Single-lane traffic for both directions of I-90 begins in the eastbound lanes.
• Westbound I-90 on-ramp closes.
