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National Highway System pavement projects

MnDOT District 7

Scoring criteria for national highway system pavement projects. Out of 100 possible points, 60 points are based on the timing of the improvement, 10 points are based on traffic volume, 10 points are based on truck volume, 10 points are based on other infrastructure needs, 5 points are based on network designation, and 5 points are based on the miles covered by the project.

Learn more about how MnDOT evaluates and selects pavement projects

MnDOT scores stretches of highway based on a pavement need when selecting projects to include in the 10-year Capital Highway Investment Plan. Pavement needs on the National Highway System (NHS) are scored and selected separately from pavement needs off the system. MnDOT’s approach to managing pavements follows the guidance and targets in the Transportation Asset Management Plan and the planned outcomes in MnSHIP.

Pavement projects are scored and selected within each district. Potential pavement projects are identified by the Highway Pavement Management Application (HPMA) and by MnDOT District staff.

Once selected, MnDOT then identifies and evaluates alternatives and other needs, legal requirements, issues and opportunities in coordination with local partners, and considers public input. In the process, non-pavement work may be added to a pavement project or a pavement project may be combined with a nearby bridge project. The department follows a context-sensitive complete streets approach, which considers the needs of all users. The final project may address a substantial number of needs beyond the pavement need that precipitated the project. Projects may move years based on local coordination, project delivery, timing of other nearby construction projects, and funding shifts.

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How the projects scored

The construction costs shown on this list represent a very rough estimate based on limited information available at the time selection decisions were made. Actual construction and delivery costs will change over time as projects go from a concept through the project development process and are eventually constructed. View more detailed scores (Excel).

Last updated October 2021

Score Route  Description High Level Cost Estimate for Planning Purposes Year Planned (FY) Comments
94 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from 1.4 miles east of MN60 to 1.4 miles east of Nobles County Road 13 $6,060,000 2029
94 I90 Major CPR and diamond grinding westbound lanes from Rock River to Rock County Road 4 near Beaver Creek $8,130,000 Not Selected Not a district priority, will continue to monitor pavement performance
94 I90 Medium mill and overlay eastbound lanes from Rock County Road 4 to Rock River $4,580,000 Not Selected Not a district priority, will continue to monitor pavement performance
93 I90 Thick overlay from 2 miles west of US 169 to MN 22 $28,400,000 2026 2280-143
92 I90 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay westbound lanes from Jackson County Road 5 bridge to 1.54 miles east of MN 60 $3,650,000 2029
86 US14 Major CPR and diamond grinding from west of MN 22 to .15 miles east of the eastern junction with MN 60 $9,800,000 2026 0702-128
85 US169 Major CPR and diamond grinding from Commerce St to Le Sueur County Road 28 in Le Sueur $3,600,000 2030  
84 I90 Thick overlay from South Dakota Border to County Road 4 at Beaver Creek $5,790,000 2022 6780-124
84 I90 Medium mill and overlay eastbound lanes from County Road 13 near Rushmore to 1 mile east of MN 60 $5,400,000 Not Selected Not a district priority, will continue to monitor pavement performance
83 I90 Cold in place recycling eastbound lanes from MN 4 to MN 15 $4,900,000 2022 4680-132
83 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from east of Nobles County Road 13 to Minnesota Southern Railroad Bridge $3,670,000 2026 5380-154
83 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from MN 15 to MN 4 $7,320,000 Not Selected Not a district priority, will continue to monitor pavement performance
83 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from MN60 to Jackson County Road 5 $4,740,000 2029
82 US169 Medium mill and overlay northbound lanes from Le Sueur County Road 28 to MN 19 $3,900,000 Not Selected
82 US169 Medium mill and overlay northbound lanes from Union St to MN 93 $1,820,000 Not Selected
82 MN60 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay from north of I-90 to southwest of Nobles County Road 24 $1,500,000 2029  
81 US169 Unbonded overlay from west junction of MN60/US169 to north end of Minnesota River (North Star) Bridge $19,880,000 Not Selected
80 US14 Unbonded overlay from west of Lookout Bridge to west of MN 22 $19,540,000 Not Selected
80 US14 Medium mill and overlay from County Road 37 at Smith's Mill to Waseca County Road 2 overpass $11,900,000 Not Selected  
80 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from east of Laclaire St to 2 miles west of US169 (Cray Corner) $3,090,000 2030  
79 MN60 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from County Road 47 to I-90 $3,670,000 Not Selected  
79 US71 Medium mill and overlay from Iowa Border to Riverside Dr in Jackson $3,990,000 2030 3205-36
78 MN15 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay from Cottonwood St to 20th St S in New Ulm $870,000 Not Selected
78 MN60 Minor CPR and diamond grinding from west of Cottonwood County Road 47 to Watonwan County Road 5 near Butterfield. $2,510,000 Not Selected
78 I90 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay westbound lanes from MN4 to 2.5 miles east of MN 86 $9,750,000 2031  
78 I90 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay eastbound lanes from MN 86 to east of MN 4 $10,500,000 Not Selected  
77 MN60 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay eastbound lanes from Jackson County Road 24 to Alder St in Wilder $2,430,000 2030  
77 I90 Medium mill and overlay eastbound lanes from Rock/Nobles County line to Nobles County Road 35/Minnesota Southern Railroad Bridge $2,600,000 Not Selected  
76 US14 Medium mill and overlay from 2 miles west of MN111 to Lookout Dr $8,140,000 Not Selected  
75 US14 Rural reconstruction from MN 15 to 2 miles west of MN 111 $39,800,000 2022 Four-lane expansion project
75 MN60 Unbonded overlay westbound lanes from 1.6 miles east of Blue Earth County Road 109 to MN 15 bridge.  $14,800,000 Not Selected  
75 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from 16th St to John Caldwell Dr/490th Ave $5,120,000 2031 Windom reconstruct
74 MN60 White top overlay westbound lanes from .4 miles east of Cottonwood County Road 47 to .3 miles west of Cottonwood County Road 47 near Mountain Lake $480,000 2028  
74 MN60 Reconstruction from Blue Earth County Road 20 to northeast of Laclaire St in Lake Crystal $15,580,000 2024 0708-47
74 MN60 Unbonded overlay from Blue Earth County Road 115 connecting with US169 and extending north to the Minnesota River Bridge $7,310,000 Not Selected  
74 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from Nobles County Road 4 to north of I-90 $12,400,000 Not Selected  
73 US14 Medium mill and overlay from Waseca County Road 2 overpass to Steel County Line $10,070,000 Not Selected  
73 US169 Unbonded overlay from Minnesota River to US14 $8,680,000 2027 0713-81
73 US169 Medium overlay from 1 mile north of I-90 to MN 109 in Winnebago $4,280,000 Not Selected  
73 US169 Medium mill and overlay from Blue Earth County Road 13 to MN60 $4,660,000 Not Selected  
73 US71 Medium mill and overlay from MN30 to 120th St (Sanborn City limits) $6,140,000 Not Selected  
71 US59 Thick overlay from 27th St north to MN 62 $10,990,000 Not Selected  
71 MN60 Thin mill and overlay eastbound from Cottonwood County Road 27 to Watonwan County Road 5 $1,090,000 Not Selected  
71 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from .3 miles south of Jackson County Road 24 to .5 miles north of Jackson County Road 24 near Heron Lake $1,590,000 Not Selected  
71 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from Iowa Border to Nobles County Road 4 $2,980,000 Not Selected  
70 MN15 Medium mill and overlay from 1.2 miles south of Brown County Road 24 to Cottonwood St $11,870,000 Not Selected  
70 MN22 Reconstruction from Le Sueur County Road 102 to north end of MN River bridge $7,880,000 2024 0714-35
69 MN15 Medium mill and overlay from 4th St to Goemann Rd $260,000 Not Selected  
68 US14 Unbonded overlay eastbound lanes from 1 mile east of MN111 to 520th St cul-de-sac. $10,780,000 Not Selected  
67 US14 Medium mill and overlay from MN60 to eastern junction of Blue Earth County Road 37 at Smith's Mill $3,190,000 Not Selected  
67 US169 Medium mill and overlay from  Faribault County Road 52 to .17 miles north of Faribault County Road 52 $60,000 Not Selected  
66 US14 Medium mill and overlay from Brown County Road 27 to Palmer Ave Roundabout in New Ulm $4,910,000 Not Selected  
65 US169 Thick overlay from Faribault County Road 12 to Blue Earth County Road 13 $4,540,000 2022 0712-113; Concrete expected to deteriorate at the joints at an accelerated rate
63 MN15 Medium mill and overlay from Goemann Rd to Brown/Watonwan County line $5,790,000 Not Selected  
62 US169 Medium overlay from MN30 to Blue Earth County Road 13 $3,890,000 2022 0712-113; Concrete expected to deteriorate at the joints at an accelerated rate. Northern project limits are at southern city limits of Vernon Center
62 MN60 Unbonded overlay from Watonwan County Road 5 to 1.4 miles west of junction with MN4 $8,890,000 2028 Westbound lanes only.
61 MN15 Cold in place recycling and medium overlay from Martin/Watonwan County line to 360th St $2,900,000 2023 8303-48; Aligning with bridge needs
61 US59 Minor CPR and diamond grinding from Prairie Dr to 27th St N in Worthington $90,000 Not Selected  
61 US71 Thick mill and overlay from Riverside Dr to Prospect St in Jackson $580,000 2030 3205-36; Pairing with adjacent project
60 MN22 Reconstruction from Riverfront Dr to north end of Railroad Bridge $3,350,000 2024 0714-35; Pairing with adjacent project
58 MN22 Unbonded overlay from US14 to Blue Earth County Road 26 in Mankato $4,830,000 Not Selected  
58 US59 Major CPR and diamond grinding from I-90 to Prairie Dr in Worthington $420,000 2027  
58 I90 Thin mill and overlay from Rock River to Rock/Nobles County Line $2,450,000 Not Selected  
54 MN60 Diamond grinding from Nobles County Road 24 near Heron Lake to Jackson County Road 47 near Brewster $2,130,000 2029 Address this pavement with adjacent work
54 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from County Road 35/Minnesota Southern Railroad bridge to Rock/Nobles County Line $6,510,000 Not Selected  
53 US169 Medium mill and overlay southbound lanes from MN 93 to Jackson County Road 5 $9,660,000 Not Selected  
76 MN15 Unbonded overlay from west junction of MN 60 to east junction of MN 60 in Madelia $17,460,000 2022 8304-118
48 US169 Medium mill and overlay from US14 to MN 99 $8,900,000 Not Selected  
45 MN60 Minor CPR and Diamond Grinding from Alder St to MN 62 $2,940,000 Not Selected  
44 MN60 Unbonded overlay 0.7 miles east of Caldwell Drive near Windom to 0.6 miles east of Cottonwood CR 8 east of Mountain Lake $18,820,000 Not Selected  
42 US14 Cold in place recycling and Medium overlay from US 71 to Springfield City limits $4,640,000 2022  
40 US14 Thin mill and overlay from Palmer Ave to Garden St in New Ulm $1,720,000 Not Selected  
35 US169 Thin mill and overlay from Leland Parkway/Blue Earth County Road 16 to north of I-90 $770,000 Not Selected  
35 MN22 Reconstruction from Railroad bridge to south of Blue Earth County Road 102 $9,260,000 2022 Project originally selected prior to project selection policy (in 2019-2022 STIP) Coordinating with another MnDOT project.
34 US169 Thin mill and overlay from .7 miles north of I-90 to 1 mile north of I-90 $350,000 Not Selected  
34 MN22 Reclaim and overlay from Blue Earth County Road 26 to South of Riverfront Dr (Blue Earth County Road 57) $1,370,000 2024  
33 I90 Minor CPR eastbound lanes from Jackson County Road 5 to MN86 $2,330,000 Not Selected  
33 I90 Medium mill and overlay southbound lanes from MN 5 to 1.25 miles west of the eastbound Blue Earth Rest area $5,940,000 Not Selected  
33 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from Jackson County Road 5 bridge to MN 15 $10,260,000 Not Selected  
33 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from MN 86 to Jackson County Road 5 bridge $6,380,000 Not Selected  
33 I90 Medium mill and overlay eastbound lanes from County Road 35/MN Southern Railroad Bridge to 1.1 miles east of Nobles County Road 13 $4,510,000 Not Selected  
29 MN23 Thin mill and overlay from south I-90 ramps to Railroad Crossing in Jasper $50,000 Not Selected  
29 MN60 MN60 from 1.2 miles west of MN4 to .4 miles west of west MN15 bridge $16,220,000 Not Selected  
26 MN15 Medium mill and overlay from Minnesota Prairie Line Railroad to MN 19 $160,000 Not Selected  
25 I90 Medium mill and overlay eastbound lanes from MN 22 to west of MN 109 $2,050,000 Not Selected  
25 I90 Medium mill and overlay westbound lanes from MN109 to MN22 $2,050,000 Not Selected  
19 US169 Thin mill and overlay from Iowa border to Faribault County Road 52 $3,050,000 Not Selected  
19 MN23 Medium mill and overlay from Railroad Crossing to Rock/Pipestone County Line in Jasper $8,810,000 Not Selected  
18 US169 Reconstruction from MN99 to South Minnesota Avenue frontage Road in St. Peter $3,260,000 2023 Addressing pavements with intersection reconfiguration as part of safety and mobility project
15 US14 Medium mill and overlay from Springfield City Limits to Railroad crossing on the east side of Sleepy Eye $1,700,000 Not Selected  
15 US71 Thin mill and overlay from 120th St (Sanborn City Limit) to US14 $350,000 Not Selected  
14 MN15 Medium mill and overlay from Watonwan/Brown County Line to 1.2 miles south of Brown County Road 34 $2,400,000 Not Selected  
14 MN60 Minor CPR and diamond grinding from Watonwan County Road 5 in Butterfield to 690th Lane $50,000 Not Selected  
14 MN60 Medium mill and overlay from Caldwell Ave near Windom to east of Caldwell Ave $100,000 Not Selected  
9 US169 Thin mill and overlay from County Road 52 to 10th St in Blue Earth $260,000 Not Selected  

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