Crow Wing County announces proposed roadway improvements

By Dispatch staff report

March 04, 2022 at 6:00 PM

The Crow Wing County Highway Department scheduled about $12 million worth of roadway improvements for 2022.

The starting date for the projects is dictated by weather conditions and contractor schedules. A brief summary, by category, is listed below and includes county highways, county roads and improvements to unorganized territory town roads in the First and Second assessment districts.

Reconstruction:

County Highway 49 (Wise Road)/County Highway 5 (Beaver Dam Road) — a roundabout will be constructed at the intersection. Wise Road will be closed to through traffic during construction. Highways 371 and 210, and County Highway 3 (Mill Avenue) will be the detour route.

Resurfacing/rehabilitation:

County Highway 8 from the Morrison County line to Highway 18.
County Highway 45 from the Morrison County line to County Highway 2.
County Road 113 from County Highway 51 to County Highway 2.
County Road 117 from Highway 371 to County Highway 45.
County Road 131 from Highway 371 to County Highway 45.
County Road 138 from County Highway 2 to Highway 169.
First Assessment District roads — Sorenson Lake Road, Landmark Drive, River Ridge Drive, Hartley Drive, Heritage Road, Indigo Road, Shellisa Lane and Carolyn Lane.

Other projects include:

County Highway 45 bridge replacement at the Nokasippi River crossing. County Highway 45 will be closed to through traffic during construction. County highways 2 and 21, and County Road 131 will be the detour route.
Dean Lake Road in the Second Assessment District — culvert/bridge replacement.
Left-turn lane installations at County Highway 3/Legionville/Executive Acres, County Highway 3/County Road 127, County Highway 3/County Road 118, County Highway 4/County Highway 18 and County Highway 16/County Highway 39.
County Road 115 — select tree clearing for utility relocation work.
Annual pavement markings — countywide striping of roadways.
Annual seal coat program — surface treatments to selected county and First Assessment District roadways.
Centerline rumble strips on various roadways.

Visit www.crowwing.us/115/Engineering or call the highway department at 218-824-1110 for more information.

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