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Summer road construction hit Luverne and Rock County this week as several major projects convened simultaneously.
Main Street in Luverne was closed to parking Monday morning for crews to mill off the surface as part of repaving County Road 4 from Highway 75 to the Nobles County line.
Also on Monday, lane closures began on I-90 for a concrete pavement overlay between Luverne and the South Dakota border.
Duininck Inc., Prinsburg, is the contractor for the in-town, out-county and I-90 projects.
In Luverne and Rock County
The Main Street construction is part of a broader project that involves a mill-off and overlay of several county state-aid roadways:
•County Road 4 from Highway 75 to the Nobles County line.
•Blue Mound Avenue between Warren Street and Fairway Drive.
•Warren Street between Blue Mound Avenue and Cedar Street.
Duininck has the contract for the work, which was bid in two parts — the in-town portion at $824,557 and the work from the Rock River to the Nobles County line at $2.4 million.
The contract also includes repaving parking lots at the Rock County Library and Rock County Highway Department. Mill-off work began last week for some parts of the contract and new pavement is being laid on this week.
A specific timeline for completion will depend on weather, which is forecast to be rainy this week.
I-90 between Luverne and South Dakota border
Meanwhile, motorists traveling on Interstate 90 between Luverne and the South Dakota border should expect construction delays starting this week as crews move to the second stage of construction.
The project, with expected completion in November, includes a concrete pavement overlay on the eastbound and westbound lanes and reconstruction of shoulders.
Duininck, Inc. was awarded the project with a bid of nearly $22.5 million.
Outside ramp shoulders will be extended for truck parking, guardrails will be repaired, and culverts and pipes will be cleaned, repaired and replaced to improve drainage.
From Monday, Aug. 15, until Wednesday, Aug. 17, traffic was scheduled to be reduced to a single lane in each direction in the eastbound and westbound lanes between the South Dakota border and the County 11 underpass west of Luverne.
Beginning Aug. 17, westbound lanes will close, and westbound traffic will cross over to the eastbound lane, which will carry traffic in each direction between the South Dakota border and the County 11 underpass west of Luverne.
Construction during this stage will require entrance and exit ramp closures on westbound I-90 at Highway 23 and the entrance ramp closure at County Road 4 west of Beaver Creek.
Ramp closures will also be required at Rock County Road 6 at Beaver Creek for approximately one week for paving, with the timing yet to be determined.
During the final stage of construction, traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction from west of Beaver Creek to County Road 9 east of Luverne.
As a side note, the eastbound Minnesota rest area, which has been closed since June, reopened to the public Monday.
Visit https://www.dot.state.mn.us/d7/projects/i90sd-luverne/index.html for more information.