GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Multiple sections of Minnesota highways are closed due to flooding as rivers continue to swell from spring melting and rain.
According to 511mn.org, stretches of highway on at least four roadways are currently closed to due flooding as of Tuesday, April 18:
MN 67 in both directions
- At 266th Avenue, one mile north of Granite Falls.
MN 22 in both directions
- Between County Highway 9 and Foster Court, one to four miles south of Richmond.
MN 47 in both directions
- Between 317th Avenue NW and 325th Avenue NW, 10 miles north of Saint Francis.
MN 60
- Between McDougall Avenue and Hiawatha Drive West in Wabasha.
MnDOT has several other advisories posted on the 511 traffic map about flooding on highways across the state, though not all have resulted in complete road closures.
Individual communities are also closing local roads and streets due to anticipated flooding. The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced multiple closures within the city's parks system Tuesday, including:
- West River Parkway
- Parkway and trails between 4th Street South and Franklin Avenue
- Trail underneath the Broadway Avenue Bridge
- Boom Island Park boat launch & lower paths
- North Mississippi Regional Park boat launch
- Sections of Nicollet Island Park parking lot
- Bohemian Flats Park lower path
- East River Parkway lower path
In Delano, Bridge Avenue and parts of 90th Street are closed. Crow River levels have already reached major flood stage Tuesday, and are forecast to crest on Wednesday at 19.1 feet.
Earlier this month, St. Paul declared a local flood emergency in anticipation of rising floodwater. Water Street/ Lilydale Road and Shepard Road/Warner Road are closed in anticipation of Mississippi River flooding, and on Tuesday, the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) extended a temporary wall at Holman Field, St. Paul's Downtown Airport.
Takeoff and landing operations will be shut down on the main runway between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. Tuesday so crews can add on to a 2/3-mile metal plank floodwall system designed to hold back the Mississippi River.
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