Minnesota 60 detour ends July 31

MANKATO - The detour on Minnesota 60 from Mountain Lake to Butterfield will be removed July 31, weather permitting. Traffic will return to the existing two-lane Minnesota 60 until the project is completed in October.
The two-month detour was necessary to build the connections on both ends of the project.
The project includes grading, paving, concrete repair and lighting of two additional lanes to expand Minnesota 60 to a four-lane highway. The contractor expects to be paving the new lanes in September.
Mathiowetz Construction of Sleepy Eye was awarded the contract with a bid of $12,424,000.
This is the second of three projects planned to complete the expansion of Minnesota 60 to a four-lane highway. The section from Mountain Lake to Windom is planned to begin in 2017.
For more project information, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/d7/projects/hwy60stjames/ .