by Frank Lee
operations@thenewsleaders.com
Motorists who use the Highway 15/CR 33/Benton Drive interchange in Sauk Rapids should plan alternate routes and additional time for travel after all ramps at the interchange close at 6 a.m. Monday, May 9.
No signed detour will be posted. Motorists should consider using the Highway 15/CR 29 intersection, about one mile north of the Highway 15/CR 33/Benton Drive interchange, or seek their own alternate route.
The closures are needed while crews resurface the interchange’s ramps, upgrade signals and improve accessibility along CR 33/Benton Drive.
Overnight lane closures on segments of Highway 15 between Highway 23 in St. Cloud and the Highway 15/Benton Drive interchange in Sauk Rapids will continue through mid-August.
The closures are part of a project that will resurface Highway 15 between Highway 23/Division Street in St. Cloud and the Benton Drive interchange in Sauk Rapids, and improve the Highway 15/12th Street N and Highway 15/CR 1 intersections.
When complete, the project will result in a smoother ride, improved traffic flow and accessibility, and improved pedestrian safety.
For more information on 2016 roadwork on Highway 15 in St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Sartell, visit www.mndot.gov/d3/stc/.
A separate Stearns County project to improve CR 1 at Highway 15 in Sartell will begin later this year. More information on that project can be found on the Stearns County website at www.co.stearns.mn.us/PropertyRoads/RoadConstruction/CSAH1HeritageDr .
