DETROIT LAKES, Minn. – The speed limits on several
highways in west central Minnesota will increase from 55 to 60 miles per hour
beginning the week of Jan. 23, according to the Minnesota Department of
Transportation.
The new speed limits will take effect when the new signs
are posted.
Highways that will receive new speed limit signs include:
· Highway
27 from Browns Valley to Interstate 94
· Highway
29 from Wadena to Highway 40
· Highway
78 from I-94 to Highway 10
· Highway
108 from I-94 to Pelican Rapids
· Highway
114 from Starbuck to I-94
· Highway
119 from Highway 40 to Highway 12
· Highway
104 from Glenwood to Sunburg
Speed limits lower than 55 miles per hour along these
sections of highway will remain unchanged.
New 60 miles per hour signs recently went up on Highway
200 from Mahnomen to the Norman/Mahnomen county line and on Highway 113 from
Waubun to the Norman/Mahnomen county line.
The speed increases are based on a traffic and
engineering study of each location, which looks at past crash rates, physical
attributes of the highway (such as shoulder widths and access points), and an
analysis of current driving speeds.
In 2014, the Minnesota Legislature directed MnDOT to
evaluate its two-lane, two-way 55 mph highways to determine whether speed
limits could be reasonably and safely increased. The statewide study will end
in 2019.
For updated road condition information, call 511 or visit
www.511mn.org.
