Daylong closure of Parks Avenue north at Hwy. 43/Mankato Avenue planned for October 19

Xcel Energy placing a 12-inch gas line across the road

Parks Avenue North (the road from Mankato Ave to Winona Health nearest the lake) across from Frontenac Drive will be closed for the day, Wednesday October 19 as Xcel Energy crews place a gas line underground. Remember, Winona Health is always accessible via Parks Avenue South off Hwy 61 near the Winona Family Y. Motorists in Winona on Highway 43/Mankato Avenue will encounter daylong closure of Parks Avenue north across from Frontenac Drive on Oct. 19 as crews from Xcel Energy place a gas line underground. Xcel Energy will be placing the gas line underground along the west side of Highway 43/Mankato Avenue. Motorists will be able to access Winona Health and other properties located on the west side by using other access roads to the south. Crews will close the Parks Avenue north entrance beginning at 7 a.m. and will begin pulling the new 12-inch gas line into place. Work is expected to continue through the day and Parks Avenue north will reopen when the work is complete. Southbound motorists will be able to use right turns at Riverbend Road and Parks Avenue south as well as Parks Avenue access on Highway 61 west near the Winona Family YMCA. Northbound motorists use Parks Avenue on Highway 61 during the short-term closure. Left turns Remember that left turns on Highway 43/Mankato Avenue are not allowed. No left turn signs are present as you approach intersections as well as into the intersections. Trying to make left turns will cause traffic backups and there will be times that those side road entrances will be closed for construction. • If you are going southboundand you want to go east onto Bruski Drive, Riverbend Road and Frontenac Drive, you will have to go south to the Highway 61/43 roundabout and come back north and turn right onto your desired street. • If you are going northboundand you want to go west onto Parks Avenue south, Riverbend Road or Parks Avenue south, you will have to take a right turn at one of the open intersections going east, go around the block and travel west straight across Mankato Avenue. Stay connected, informed

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