Lane closures needed to resurface segments of five area highways have been rescheduled or postponed. The closures were originally scheduled to begin Aug. 20.
The new schedule is:
• Aug. 22-28: Both directions of Highway 371 between Crow Wing County Road 27 (the entrance to Crow Wing State Park) and Highway 210 in Baxter will be reduced intermittently to a single lane as crews resurface shoulders.
• Aug. 30-31: Highway 238 between Walnut Avenue and 3rd Avenue in Upsala will reduce intermittently to a single lane with flaggers controlling traffic.
• Sept. 4-7: Both directions of Highway 10 between Long Prairie River and Sunset Road in Motley will intermittently reduce to a single lane.
• Sept. 10-13: Highway 27 between 127th Avenue and 9th Street Northeast in Little Falls intermittently will reduce to a single lane with flaggers controlling traffic beginning at 7:00 p.m. daily. All lanes will reopen by 6:00 a.m. the following day.
• Sept. 13-17 – Segments of Highway 210 will intermittently reduce to a single lane with flaggers controlling traffic as motorists near the east junction of Cass County Road 36, and the west junction of Cass County 36.
• Sept. 13-20: Both directions of Highway 371 between Crow Wing County Road 27 (the entrance to Crow Wing State Park) and Highway 210 in Baxter will be reduced intermittently to a single lane as crews resurface shoulders.
The schedule is weather dependent.
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