Jackson County Road #29 ramp opens today
Interstate #90 motorists in Jackson County and Martin County should see traffic restrictions removed on Tuesday, August 18 as the construction wraps up for 2015. The Jackson County Road #29 ramp opened today (Thursday, August 13).
Drivers need to continue to use caution as workers install interchange lighting and work on culverts off the roadway.
In 2016, construction will resume between Jackson County Road #5 and Highway #86 (Lakefield).
This $36 million project, consisting of both concrete and asphalt work between Round Lake and Sherburn, is being designed and built at the same time and should be complete in July 2016.
Information on all I-90 work in southwestern Minnesota can be found www.dot.state.mn.us/d7/projects/I90preserve/ where the public is encouraged to sign up for e-mail updates.
Constructed in the 1970s, the I-90 pavements are nearing the end of their service life. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is investing $50 million in savings and $30 million of District 7 funds over the next few years into the rural interstate system to improve performance. The $80 million investment will improve 120 miles of some of the poorest interstate pavements and an additional $20 million will be invested to repair the bridges.0
