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<td>UPDATE - Series of lane closures on five Central
Minnesota highways begin today</td>
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<td>Tue, 25 Aug 2015 18:10:44 +0000</td>
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<td>Gillach, James (DOT) <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:james.gillach@state.mn.us"><james.gillach@state.mn.us></a></td>
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<td>#DOT_ALLCOMM <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us"><ALLCOMM.DOT@state.mn.us></a></td>
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25,
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of lane closures on five Central Minnesota highways begin
<span style="color:red">Aug. 25</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">ST.
CLOUD, Minn. – Motorists will encounter lane closures,
flaggers, pilot cars and delays on five Central Minnesota
highways beginning
<span style="color:red">Tuesday, Aug. 25</span> while crews
seal segments of each road.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:9.0pt"><span
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lane closures will occur intermittently up to seven day per
week through early/mid-September on the following roadways.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Highway
55 between County Road 181 in Paynesville and the east
junction of Highway 4 near Lake Koronis<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span
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65 between Highway 23 in Mora and Highway 27 in Woodland<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Each
road segment will be intermittently reduced to a single lane
with flaggers and a pilot car controlling one-way,
alternating traffic through the daily work zone. Motorists
should slow down and prepare to stop as they approach each
work zone, obey the flaggers and use caution as they follow
the pilot car through each work zone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Motorists
entering a work zone from driveways or crossroads that
intersect the work zones must wait for the pilot car to
pass, then follow it through the work zone<span
style="color:#1F497D">.
<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.5pt;color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
more information on navigating work zones with pilot cars,
visit
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mndot.gov/d3/graphics2/pilotcar.pdf"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.mndot.gov/d3/graphics2/pilotcar.pdf</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The
closures are needed as crews seal each segment of road.
Sealing pavement can help extend the life of the pavement on
Minnesota roadways. <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:4.5pt"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">For
more information on Minnesota road funding, visit Get
Connected at
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.mndot.gov/getconnected"><span
style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">www.mndot.gov/getconnected</span></a><span
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="GroupWiseView"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">For
real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota, visit
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.511mn.org"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">www.511mn.org</span></a><span
style="font-size:11.0pt">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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