PAYNESVILLE - Starting Monday, a 21-mile stretch of state Highway 4 between Paynesville and Interstate 94 will be closed until early October for a reconstruction project.
Detours will be place in Kandiyohi and Stearns counties.
The road closure on Highway 4 is located between Interstate 94 near Sauk Centre and state Highway 55 west of Paynesville.
According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the detour will be signed along Interstate 94 to Sauk Centre, then on U.S. Highway 71 and Highway 55 to Highway 4, west of Paynesville.
The detour will be in operation for about four months while crews reconstruct the road surface of Highway 4 using a full-depth reclamation process, replace 40 pipes and culverts and remove three cattle passes beneath the road. The guardrail will also be upgraded as part of the $10 million project.
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Local access will be open to residents and businesses along Highway 4. However, MnDOT said motorists should expect changes and gravel surfaces when navigating through the work area and should plan for reduced speeds, alternating one-way traffic, flaggers and use of a pilot car.
Some locations will need to close temporarily to replace pipes below the road.
MnDOT said Highway 4 will be open in the towns of Meire Grove and Lake Henry.
Meanwhile, a segment of state Highway 55 west of Paynesville will also be closed while crews re-deck the bridge over the Canadian Pacific Railway.
That detour will be located between state Highway 4 and state Highway 23 in Paynesville.
That detour begins Monday and will last until early August.
