Good riddance washboards

The growing collection of MNDOT heavy equipment around the Bengtson Curve last week looked ominous.

This morning MN DOT is telling local traffic that State Highway 108 across Stony Bar West will be closed as of 0900 this morning for the next 15-21 days. For those headed west State Hwy 34 is the option until later in the week (Wednesday at the earliest) when it closes. Then MN108-OTC30-OTC21-MN34 (The Scenic Route) looks like the only alternative, until it rains and the Olaf Lake Ferry goes back into operation until freezeup.

Updates here on 56572 and the MNDOT District 4 website.

Both 108 and 34 will be tarred with guard rails.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—Beginning Monday morning, Oct. 2, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin work to raise the grade and resurface Highway 108 on a section of roadway 2 miles east of the junction of Otter Tail County Road 21 to 1000 feet west of the junction of Otter Tail County Road 30. In an effort to improve safety, guardrail along this section of the roadway will also be replaced during this project.

This work requires the closure of Highway 108. Traffic will be re-routed from Otter Tail County Road 30 to Otter Tail County Road 21 back to Highway 108 west of Pelican Rapids. Weather permitting, work will be completed by late October.

DETROIT LAKES, Minn.—Beginning the week of Oct. 2, the Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin work to raise the grade and resurface Highway 34 on a section of roadway just east of the junction of Highway 32 to 9 miles west of Otter Tail County Road 23. In an effort to improve safety, guardrail along this section of the roadway will also be replaced during this project.

This work requires the closure of Highway 34. Traffic will be re-routed from Otter Tail County Road 32 to Clay County Road 6/Otter Tail County Road 23 back to Highway 34.Weather permitting, work will be completed in early November.