Minnesota’s 2024 Road Construction Season Has Ended

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The 2024 road construction season has come to an end in Minnesota. 

See Also: Busy Rochester-Area Highway Targeted for Two Upcoming Road Projects 

Construction crews worked on almost 240 road and bridge projects across the state. Several of those projects took place in southeast Minnesota. 

A MnDOT news release announcing the completion of 2024 road construction season highlighted four major projects in the Rochester area that were either started or completed. 

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MnDOT Completes Pair of Major Southeast Minnesota Road Projects in 2024

Earlier this year, MnDOT announced the completion of a two-year project to resurface Interstate 35 through Faribault. Crews also repaired and replaced ramps at interchanges in the Faribault area during the multi-year project. 

A project to build a J-turn intersection and make safety improvements along Hwy. 14 between Byron and Dodge Center was also finished this year.

Read More: Hwy. 14 Repaving Project Between Byron and Dodge Center is Finished 

The new J-Turn intersection is at the junction of Hwy. 14 and Dodge County Rd. 9 between Kasson and Dodge Center. 

Crews also installed a high-tension median cable barrier, repaved six miles of the highway and repaired the bridge at the Hwy. 57 interchange in Kasson. 

First Year of Work for Major I-90 Projects in Southeast Minnesota Completed

Work got started this season on two major multi-year projects along the Interstate 90 corridor in southeast Minnesota. Crews completed the initial stages of a three year project to transform the I-90/Hwy. 52 interchange southeast of Rochester. 

Once completed the interchange will have a new flyover ramp connecting southbound Hwy. 52 to I-90, new I-90 overpass bridges and improved entrance and exit ramps.

The project is scheduled to be completed in 2026. 

In Austin, crews began a project to replace six bridges. MnDOT says two bridges will be replaced and a third bridge will be repaired by the end of the year.