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Hwy 61 Grand Marais culverts 

Grand Marais

Traffic impacts

Project is complete for 2025. Work will resume in spring 2026.

About this project

A rendering of the Hwy 61 project with box culvert replacements.

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Summary of work

The project involves replacing six aging box culverts (more than 80 years old) with properly sized hydraulic structures. The culverts are located between reference posts 124 and 133.

Visual quality renderings

These documents show a before and after view of what the culverts at Myhr and Carlson creeks will look like.