Road closed between Mountain Lake, Highway 30; October 17 end date set
Beginning Monday morning, July 31, Cottonwood County Road #1 will be closed from Cottonwood County Road #27 (Third Avenue) in Mountain Lake, stretching north to Minnesota State Highway #30. A detour will then be in effect until Tuesday, October 17.
The official detour for County 1 will be Watonwan County Road #5, running north through Butterfield to Highway 30, east of Darfur. One “unofficial” detour in the county includes Cottonwood County Road #29, which goes north out of Mountain Lake past the lake, and continues north to Highway 30, turning to gravel following the intersection with Cottonwood County Road #3. A second “unofficial” route is Cottonwood County Road #8, located east of Mountain Lake. From its intersection with Minnesota State Highway #60 on the west side of the New Vision Elevator, the gravel road continues north to Highway 30. Another option route would be to take Cottonwood County Road #2, located east of Bingham Lake, from Highway 60 north to Highway 30.
Only local traffic will be allowed on County 1 during construction (local traffic means a mailing address of County 1, and the only access to home or business is County 1). All other traffic MUST use the detour route.
At around 9 a.m. on Monday morning, crews will begin milling off roadway. A PCC (Portland Cement Concrete) overlay will then be placed from north of Mountain Lake to Highway 30.
Additionally, replacement construction work on a County 1 bridge located between 350th Street and Cottonwood County Road 3 has recently been completed.
Within the city limits of Mountain Lake, two blocks of sewer line and one block of water line between 3rd Avenue and 6th Avenue have been replaced. The work included the elimination of one block of water main along County 1 between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue, along with replacing the block of water main between 3rd Avenue and 5th Avenue with new 8″ diameter main. Sewer will also be replaced, with new 12″ lines laid between 3rd Avenue to 6th Avenue, along with reconnecting service to Town’s Edge Auto.
That water and sewer work being done by the city and utility is a move to pre-empt any possible future water or sewer issues in the area, as the county does not want any cutting into or digging up of the new concrete.
The bituminous pavement removed from that section within the city will be reclaimed and laid back down on the roadway.
The official detour for Cottonwood County Road #1 is the one marked in green on the map below:
