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Highway 55 Project from Plymouth to Rockford
Welcome!
This Highway 55 Project Web site is intended to provide information for interested persons on plans for a proposed expansion of Highway 55 from approximately I-494 in Plymouth to the Crow River in Rockford. Construction of this expansion is not in Mn/DOT’s 20-year plan; however, planning for right of way protection needs to occur now.
The preliminary corridor design concept envisions the following:
- A four-lane expressway between the Crow River in Rockford and County Road 116 (Pinto Drive) in Medina. An expressway includes at-grade intersections with local roads, with signals where warranted by amount of traffic and safety considerations.
- A four-lane grade-separated "hybrid" facility between County Road 116 and I-494 in Plymouth. This concept represents a hybrid of a freeway that maintains good traffic flow by grade-separating TH 55 from local roads at key intersections, and an expressway that respects the community context with creative design that minimizes right of way and fits well within existing development.
In both the expressway and hybrid sections, direct access from private driveways onto Highway 55 would ultimately be closed.
This Web site will be updated as new information is available.
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