(KNSI) – The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be completely closing a stretch of Highway 10 in east St. Cloud next week.
From 8:00 a.m. Monday, August 28th, to noon on Wednesday, August 30th, the busy freeway will be shut down in both directions between 15th Avenue/Seventh Street SE and Benton Drive in neighboring Sauk Rapids. Crews will be tearing down the old Highway 23 bridge that crossed over the interchange in that 52-hour window.
Detours will be mandated. Officials say eastbound Highway 10 will detour along Highway 15, Highway 23 (Division Street), Lincoln Avenue and 15th Avenue SE back to eastbound Highway 10. Westbound Highway 10 will detour along Highway 23, Benton County Road 1 (Mayhew Lake Road) and Golden Spike Road back to westbound Highway 10.
Travelers can use Highway 15, Interstate 94, or Highway 24 as alternate routes. MnDOT says that the traffic diversions will lead to stop-and-go vehicle flow through St. Cloud during the afternoon and morning rush hours.
The new Highway 23 bridge, currently down to one lane of traffic in each direction, will remain open during the work.
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