Design Concepts

Three roadway improvement concepts have been developed to address the needs in the corridor. All three concepts accomplish these objectives:

Corrects skewed and offset intersections on Hwy 5 at High Avenue, Jefferson Avenue, Melro Street and Hwy 19
Greatly reduces the number of public street and private driveway accesses on Hwy 5
Improves intersection spacing on Hwy 5 to reduce conflict points and allow adequate length for future left turn lanes
Provides a supporting local roadway system parallel to Hwy 5 to improve local traffic circulation
Provides opportunities for trails or sidewalks to serve bicycle/pedestrian use along new or existing local streets
Provides access to existing land uses and supports development and redevelopment opportunities
Incorporates Sibley County's planned realignment of County Road 21 from Lincoln Avenue to Hwy 5

Concept 1 Layout
- Six local street accesses on Hwy 5 occurring at High Avenue, Jefferson Avenue/3rd Street, Harvey Drive, Melro Street and 13th Street
- Local street / frontage road between Jefferson Ave and Harvey Drive

Concept 2 Layout
- Five local street accesses on Hwy 5 occurring at High Avenue, Jefferson Avenue/3rd Street, Harvey Drive, and 13th Street (new CR 21)
- Hwy 19 is realigned to a common intersection with 13th Street (new CR 21)
- Local street / frontage road between Jefferson Ave and Harvey Drive
- Railroad Avenue is continuous from 1st Street to realigned Hwy 19

Concept 3 Layout
- Same as Concept 2 except the local street connection between Jefferson Avenue and Harvey Drive is a backage road rather than a frontage road