160th Street (County Road 46) Expansion

County Proj​ect 99-13

​​​​​​Dakota County and the cities of Coates, Rosemount and Empire are designing a 160th Street/Brandel Drive (County Road 46) expansion to four lanes. The project is​ from Highway 3 in Rosemount and Empire to the Highway 52/County Road 46 interchange in Coates.  

Project overview

160th Street/Brandel Drive (County Road 46) provides an east-west connection between Interstate 35 in Lakeville and Highway 61 in Hastings. County Road 46 is also important to the cities and township as it provides an additional east-west route for truck traffic and access to several industrial businesses, UMORE Park, Vermillion Highlands and other recreation attractions.

The proposed project will:

• Complete a corridor traffic assessment
• Review the Highway 52/County Road 46 interchange operations
• Evaluate possible realignments of Akron Avenue (future county road) and County Road 81 (Clayton Avenue) south of Brandel Drive
• Review pedestrian and bicyclist facilities
• Determine the location for the Vermillion Highlands Greenway underpass crossing
• Draft preliminary plans that include:
  • Reconstruction and expansion of 160th Street/Brandel Drive to a divided 4-lane roadway
  • Construct turn lanes at all public street intersections
  • Intersection control evaluation

For assistance or more information

​You can also contact the county's project manager if you have questions:

Imran Ahmed, Project Manager
952-891-7991
imran.ahmed​@co.​dakota.mn​.us