Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

I-90 resurfacing, bridge replacement

Nodine to Dakota

About this project

Traffic impacts

  • I-90 lane closures lane closures will occur through late fall. 
  • Winona County Road 101 is scheduled to be closed and detoured at the I-90 westbound bridge from May 20 to late July.
    • The detour route is: Winona County Road 12 west at Dakota to Dakota Valley Drive east.
    • It will open for about a month and then it expected to close again with a detour from mid-August to mid-October.
    • Crews will replace the I-90 westbound bridge half at a time, while keeping one lane open.

Summary of work

A resurfacing and bridge replacement project will occur on I-90 between Nodine and Dakota in Winona County. Construction is scheduled to begin May 4, 2026. Work is expected to be completed in November.

The following is the planned work on I-90:

I-90 Nodine Hills map
I-90 project map
  • Repave 5 miles of westbound and 4.7 miles of eastbound I-90.
  • Replace the westbound I-90 bridge over Winona Co. Rd. 101.
  • Replace approach panels and bridge barrier guardrail connections on the westbound I-90 bridge over southbound Hwy 61.
  • Improve safety by providing a slight banking of the right lane of northbound I-90 approaching the bridge over southbound Hwy 61.
  • Install new guardrail on the eastbound and westbound lanes and improve drainage.
  • Install a reinforcement and a synthetic liner to reduce sinkhole risks associated with Karst geology.
  • Clean and reestablish rock catchment areas.