Districtwide culvert project
Summary of MnDOT work
This project involves repairs to over 60 culverts on highways in Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Meeker, and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Repairs include:
- Placing plastic liners inside existing pipes
- Fixing separated joints between pipe sections on larger concrete culverts
- Replacing unrepairable culverts
- Placing rock to repair and prevent erosion
- Cleaning ditches adjacent to culverts
Traffic impacts
Most of the work will take place off the highway in the ditch bottom and will only require temporary shoulder closures.
Three locations will require temporary road closures due to culvert replacements. Two of those locations will use the same detour route.
Detour locations:
- Highway 24 northeast of Litchfield.
- Highway 271 north of Hendricks
All detours will be scheduled outside the normal planting and harvest seasons.
Project location and detour maps
Near Hendricks:
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