Two-month detour to build connections for new eastbound lanes
Motorists on Minnesota State Highway #60 between Mountain Lake and Butterfield can expect a detour beginning on Monday, June 1. The detour will be in place for about two months. This is earlier than the first-scheduled detour for July and August as work began earlier than expected this spring, and is quickly progressing.
The detour will go south on Cottonwood County Road# 1, east on Cottonwood County Road #16 and Watonwan County Road #10, and then north to Butterfield on Watonwan County Road #5. The detour adds approximately eight miles. The two-month detour is necessary to build the connections for the new eastbound lanes on both ends of the project.
The project, which includes grading, paving, concrete repair and lighting of two additional lanes to expand Highway 60 to a four-lane facility is expected to be complete in October.
Mathiowetz Construction of Sleepy Eye was awarded the contract with a bid of $12,424,000.
This is the second of three projects planned to complete the expansion of Highway 60 to a four-lane facility. The section from Mountain Lake-to-Windom is planned to begin in 2017. For more project information and a detour map, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/d7/projects/hwy60stjames/