VIRGINIA — The Minnesota Department of Transportation will be detouring ramps at the north junction of Highway 53 and Highway 169 in Virginia Sept. 3-6 for paving work.
This paving work on Highway 53 between 12th Avenue W and the north junction with Highway 169 starts Tuesday, Sept. 3.
Lane closures will be in effect between 7 a.m. Mondays and noon Fridays.
Traffic on westbound Highway 169 entering southbound Highway 53 will be directed onto northbound Highway 53 then U-turn at a median crossover at milepost 71.5 to enter southbound Highway 53. Trucks will be directed on northbound Highway 53 to a median crossover and will take a U-turn at milepost 76 to enter southbound Highway 53.
Southbound Highway 53 traffic entering eastbound Highway 169 will be directed to continue on southbound Highway 53 then U-turn at a median crossover at milepost 69.7 to enter northbound Highway 53 then take the ramp to eastbound Highway 169.
Trucks taking southbound Highway 53 entering eastbound Highway 169 will be directed to continue on southbound Highway 53 to Ninth Street to County Road 103 back to northbound Highway 53 to take the ramp to eastbound Highway 169.
A temporary reroute of the Mesabi Trail at Ninth Street will also be in place for the duration of the project.
Existing lane closures due to construction on the bridges over Sixth Avenue are expected to last until Sept. 16.
More information is available from MnDOT.