County Road 169 Near Melrose Closing This Summer

STEARNS COUNTY (WJON News) -- A Stearns County road construction project starting next week will force traffic to detour around the work zone.

Work crews will begin reconstruction on County Road 169 North of Melrose on Monday.

Drivers will be detoured around the work zone between County Road 13 and County Road 168.

The work includes a bridge removal, culvert replacements, road reconstruction, paving, and turf establishment.

The detour will be posted and is expected to be in place through September. Drivers are urged to find alternate routes to minimize delays.

The dates and timeframes of construction are weather-dependent.

LOOK: Can you guess the world-famous actor from a childhood photo?

Stacker used Getty Images to compile photos of beloved actors from when they were children. How many can you guess from their childhood picture alone?

Gallery Credit: Stacker

LOOK: Do you know these 50 famous acronyms?

This list from Stacker features a collection of the most common acronyms and their meanings. Popular abbreviations include establishments like ACLU, YMCA, ad the AARP.

Gallery Credit: Rachel Cavanaugh

LOOK: What 25 Historic Battlefields Look Like Today

The following is an examination of what became of the sites where America waged its most important and often most brutal campaigns of war. Using a variety of sources, Stacker selected 25 historically significant battlefields in American history. For each one, Stacker investigated what happened there when the battles raged as well as what became of those hallowed grounds when the fighting stopped.

These are the battlefields that defined the United States military’s journey from upstart Colonial rebels to an invincible global war machine.

Gallery Credit: Andrew Lisa

Filed Under: Stearns County