WINONA, Minn. – Emergency crews channeled the usual four-abreast traffic on Mankato Avenue into two lanes for the morning commute, while other crews worked to thaw water that spewed from a broken water main. Traffic moved slowly through the bottleneck. Cross-street intersections and exits to the hospital were problematic. So too was access to dozens of shops in the complex of strip malls anchored by the Walmart and Menards big-box stores. Authorities advised motorists to find alternate routes.
Barricades in place overnight. At the Sarnia intersection looking toward Lake Park from the Lake Winona outlet. Mankato is the main link between U.S, Highway61 and the Winona hospital and the Far East retail zone, as well as the whole East Side from he south and east.