— West Metro Corridor —
This project was identified in the West Metro Sub-Area Study that was conducted by the Saint Cloud Area Planning Organization. The project is needed to provide additional capacity to accommodate traffic from existing and proposed development west of Trunk Highway 15 and to provide and north-south arterial west of Trunk Highway 15. The Saint Cloud Area Planning Organization estimates that travel demand in this party of the area will increase by more that 50 percent from 2003 to the year 2025.
Study Area | Alternative A
— Mississippi River Crossing —
The purpose of the project is to identify and preserve from development an environmentally and culturally sensitive alignment for a future - twenty plus years - four lane minor arterial roadway and Mississippi River bridge connecting Trunk Highway 15 to Trunk Highway 10. The need for this proposed river crossing is based upon the following considerations: 1. Lack of east-west minor arterial continuity south of the University Bridge between Trunk Highway 15 and Trunk Highway 10, 2. Forecasted 2025 congestion within the University Corridor and other existing bridge corridors north of the University Bridge, and 3. Forecasted 2025 land use and trip generation growth south of the University Bridge.
The Study Area includes portions of the City of Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Sherburne County and Haven Township. The Area is bordered on the north by 10th Street South, on the west by Trunk Highway 15, on the south by Interstate 94 and on the east by Trunk Highway 10.
Alternative 1 | Alternative 2 | Alternative 3 | Alternative 4
— Additional Studies —
— Interstate 94 and Highway 10 Interregional Connection —
— Highway 10 and 23 Interregional Corridor Study —
— Highway 23 and Stearns County Highway 75 —
— Highway 15 —
— Field Street - Saint Joseph —
— North Corridor and County Highway 2 - Saint Joseph —
— 33rd Street South - Saint Cloud —