highway 23

Work on the Highway 23 project between St. Cloud and Foley will prompt a change in the way motorists access Benton County Road 4. Weather permitting, that access will change either tomorrow or Friday.

Our heavy rain this past weekend has caused a detour on Highway 23 in east St. Cloud to be extended. Traffic is being detoured via Wilson Avenue, East St. Germain Street, and Lincoln Avenue.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close a short stretch of Highway 23 in east St. Cloud tomorrow. The replacement of the pedestrian bridge over Highway 23 will close the road between Lincoln Avenue and Wilson Avenue tomorrow through Tuesday morning.

MnDOT crews will be tearing down the pedestrian bridge over Highway 23 in east St. Cloud Monday night. The work will begin at 7:00 p.m., and is expected to be completed by the Tuesday morning rush hour.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin holding bi-weekly informational meetings this week on the Highway 23 Paynesville ByPass project.

Work on the Highway 23 Paynesville Bypass project resumes Monday. It will prompt the closure of Lake Avenue North from Minnie Street to 185th Street in Paynesville for about the next month.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced a $1.1-billion construction program for this season and among them are some projects already in progress here in central Minnesota.

The St. Cloud City Council is being asked to approve a Cooperative Construction Agreement for this spring's Highway 23 resurfacing project.

Snow and freezing temps are near and it has the Minnesota Department of Transportation construction crews scrambling to finish paving projects around the region.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a list of the 20 most dangerous intersections in Minnesota and two St. Cloud intersections make the list. In the list compiled by KARE 11 TV in the Twin Cities, a St. Cloud intersection is number one.