Hwy. 52 Detour at I-90 Interchange Southeast of Rochester to Remain in Place Until Wednesday Night
Rochester, MN (RochesterNow)- Mother nature has once again adjusted the scheduled closure of Hwy. 52 at the Interstate 90 interchange southeast of Rochester.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says the closure is to allow crews to complete the final paving of Hwy. 52, to remove the temporary bridge work on the new I-90 westbound overpass and to paint the bridge rails and beams.
Dates for crews to close the highway to complete the work have been shuffled around due to forecasted heavy rains.
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Hwy. 52 closed Monday and was slated to reopen Tuesday afternoon. The highway was scheduled to close again on Thursday morning and be completed by Thursday night.
An update issued by MnDOT Tuesday morning says crews will continue working throughout the day Tuesday and Wednesday and reopen the highway by 9 p.m. Wednesday.
An additional closure is no longer planned.
Hwy. 52 Detour Routes
The southbound Hwy. 52 detour will direct drivers to I-90 via Hwy. 63 in Rochester. From there, they’ll enter westbound I-90 and exit at County Rd. 7, which will take them to Hwy. 52 north of Chatfield.
Northbound Hwy. 52 motorists will be directed to I-90 via County Rd. 7 then exit I-90 at Hwy. 52 exit. I-90 eastbound and westbound drivers seeking southbound Hwy. 52 will be detoured to the County Rd. 7 interchange.
Eastbound I-90 motorists looking for northbound Hwy. 52 can either get to it via Hwy. 63 northbound. The closure is scheduled to start at 1 a.m. on Monday. Hwy. 52 is set to reopen by 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
The $27.5 million project to transform the interchange is in its third and final year.
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