Expiration date: 2/14/2025
The purpose of the project is for Stearns County Highway Department to reconstruct a 5.62-mile section of County Road 157 from the intersection of Trunk Highway 238 in Albany to the intersection of 6th Avenue in Freeport. The current roadway no longer meets state aid standards for shoulder width and slope grade in several locations. The following activities are proposed: grading of ditches along the roadway, removal of concrete panels from under the current roadway surface, sub-cutting, and removal of non-compliant material from the roadbed, replacement of centerline and driveway culverts, stormwater treatment, paving of the new roadway surface and seeding and turf restoration, and the removal of a wood trestle bridge that expands over County Road 157 and is part of the Dairyland / Wobegon trail. The proposed roadway would be 62-foot-wide with a top surface width of 36 feet with a 1 to 4 slope.