Districtwide Culvert Repairs
Summary of MnDOT work
This project involves repairs to over 130 culverts on highways in Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Redwood, Renville, and Yellow Medicine Counties.
Repairs include:
- Placing plastic liners inside existing pipes
- Fixing separated joints between pipe sections on larger concrete culverts
- Replacing unrepairable culverts
- Placing riprap to repair and prevent erosion
- Cleaning ditches adjacent to culverts
Traffic impacts
Most of the work will be done off the highway in the ditch bottom and will only require temporary shoulder closures.
Five locations will involve temporary road closures, with detours at four of the locations.
Detours will be restricted to occur outside the normal planting and harvest seasons.
Project location and detour maps
- Hwy 68 West of Canby - detour (PDF) - Completed
- Chippewa County Road 14 south of Watson - detour (PDF) - Completed
- Hwy 68 between Milroy & Wabasso, near Lucan - detour (PDF) - June 16 through July 3
- Redwood County Road 5 between Milroy & Wabasso - detour (PDF)
- 3rd street in Prinsburg - temporary closure (PDF)
Project update
June 13, 2025
- Crews worked on joint repairs on Hwy 75.
- Completed paving over the Hwy 68 box culvert west of Canby and opened the road.
- Completed paving over the CR 14 box culvert south of Watson and opened the road.
- Will begin working on Hwy 68 between Milroy and Wabasso on June 16.
- Detour dates will be posted on this website when known, along with message boards on the roadway near the location.