Looking from southwest. Most problematic is the southbound US. 52 lanes, in white, coming from under the I-90 overpass. Winona-bound drivers need to slow, sometimes stop, to enter the I-90 entrance ramp to Winona. This means crossing traffic that’s heading north from Chatfield to Rochester. A trailing vehicle, heading from Rochester to Chatfield, at 55 mph or faster, then rear-ends the Winona-bound vehicle. What then? Call 911 for an ambulance.
A danger for Winonans heading home from Rochester
ROCHESTER, Minn. – The state Transportation Department has earmarked $38 million to improve the accident-heavy Interstate 90 interchange with U.S. 52 southeast of Rochester. Construction should begin this summer, said agency spokesperson Mike Dougherty. The interchange handles a lot of the traffic between Winona County and Rochester. Accidents average 20 a year. Most of the accidents are rear-enders involving motorists on U.S. 52 out of Rochester and turning left across traffic to the I-90 on-ramp.