2022 Construction Season: What Richfield Residents Should Know

RICHFIELD, MN — The 2022 construction season will include 230 different projects across Minnesota, the state Department of Transportation announced Thursday.

The projects aim to maintain Minnesota's roads, bridges, and transportation infrastructure and improve safety and access.

"Minnesotans will soon see work zones popping up throughout the state," said MnDOT Interim Commissioner Nancy Daubenberger in a news release.

"Each of these projects represents an investment in a more efficient and reliable transportation system for all people. As always, safety is MnDOT's top priority – so we urge motorists to pay attention to signage in work zones, slow down, and put away distractions behind the wheel. Everyone, including our hardworking road and construction workers, deserves to get home safely."

Here are the projects that Richfield residents should be aware of this spring, summer and fall:

Highway 55

Project description: "Crews will resurface Hwy 55/Hiawatha Ave. between I-35W and Hwy 62 and repair bridges from Hiawatha Ave. to 7th St., from 8th St. to Hiawatha Ave. and on SB Hiawatha Ave. over Franklin Ave."

Highway 62 (no project link available)

Project description: "Replace signs and sign panels on Hwy 62 between I-494 in Eden Prairie and Penn Ave in Richfield/Minneapolis"

Highway 77

Project description: "MnDOT, in partnership with Hennepin County, will resurface Hwy 77 between the Minnesota River in Bloomington and Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis. Improvements will be made to drainage, accessibility and center median barrier."

Here are some of the other projects taking place this summer in the Twin Cities metro area:

• Highway 10 in Anoka
  • Includes replacing and repairing bridges to improve traffic flow, safety and improve pedestrian and bicycle access.
• I-94 and I-35E projects in St. Paul
  • Includes resurfacing, repairs to ramps and frontage roads, improved drainage and upgraded storm sewers, bridge rehabilitation, and improving sidewalks
• Highway 77 between Bloomington and Minneapolis
  • A resurfacing project to provide a smoother ride, improve drainage and accessibility
• Highway 52 between Zumbrota and Cannon Falls
  • Includes reconstruction of southbound lanes, a new Highway 52/Highway 57 interchange, and completing a new Goodhue County Road 14 connection in the Cannon Falls area
• Stone Arch Bridge
  
  • Project description: "The historic Stone Arch bridge in Minneapolis will get repairs to the mortar. The rocks and stones will be replaced and repaired as needed."

Find a list of every project in the state here.