Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

State Aid for Local Transportation

Low volume roads: rural and urban

Low volume roads: rural and urban

Rural
  WORK DURATION
MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY MOBILE
15 minutes or less
SHORT DURATION
1 hour or less
SHORT TERM
12 hours or less
On road
Asphalt pavement patching 11 4* 4*
Concrete pavement patching   4*
Temporary pothole patching 11 4*  
Crack filling   4* 16*
Crack sealing - route and seal   16*
Surface treatment   16*
Grading a gravel road 30    
Road closure (e.g. water main break) 31 31 31, 32
Culvert maintenance (partial road closure)   4*
Shouldering
Shoulder disking/blading
10,11    
Roadside
Mowing 10  
Tree/brush removal 10,11 4* 4*
Debris removal - routine (e.g. litter pickup) 8, 9 8, 9  
Debris removal - large item (e.g. couch, roadkill) 11  
Utility repair - shoulder 8, 9 8, 9 8
Sign repair 8, 9,11 8, 9  
Snow cleanup 8, 9,11 8, 9  

* This layout may be used for nighttime operations only if the flagging stations are occupied and illuminated with auxiliary lighting such as floodlights or balloon lighting except in emergency situations.

Urban
  WORK DURATION
MAINTENANCE ACTIVITY MOBILE
15 minutes or less
SHORT DURATION
1 hour or less
SHORT TERM
12 hours or less
On road
Asphalt pavement patching 11 4* 4*
Concrete pavement patching   4*
Pothole patching 11 4*  
Crack filling   4* 4*, 16*
Crack sealing - route and seal   4*, 16*
Surface treatment   4*, 16*
Sweeping - residential 11    
Utility repair - centerline 1 1 1, 2
Utility repair - center of intersection 3 3 3
Road closure
(e.g. water main break)
31 31 31, 32
Road closure
(for special event)
5 5 5
Road closure
(partial road closure)
  4*
Roadside
Mowing 10  
Tree/brush removal 10, 11 4* 4*
Debris removal - routine (e.g. litter pickup) 8, 9 8, 9  
Debris removal - large item (e.g. couch, roadkill) 11  
Utility repair - shoulder 8, 9 8, 9 8
Sign repair 8, 9,11 8, 9  
Snow cleanup 8, 9,11 8, 9  

* This layout may be used for nighttime operations only if the flagging stations are occupied and illuminated with auxiliary lighting such as floodlights or balloon lighting except in emergency situations.

Low volume roads: rural and urban
Low volume
Less than 400 ADT
MOBILE
15 minutes or less
SHORT DURATION
1 hour or less
SHORT TERM
12 hours or less
INTERMEDIATE TERM
3 days or less
Work vehicle parked on shoulder 6 8
Work on shoulder 9 8
Work off shoulder 8
Work off roadway 10  
Shoulder on parking lane closure 8
Partial shoulder closure for trailer mounted devices 7
Lane closure 11  
Uncontrolled 4
One flagger control 4*
2 flagger control 16*
Moving work spaces 17*  
Near intersection 20*, 21*
Near railroad crossing 22*
Pilot car operation 18*
Flagging crossroads and blind curves 19*
Automated Flagger Assistance Device (AFAD) 24*
Portable signal control 25
Stop sign control 14
Flagging station enhancements 23
Turn lane closure 33, 34
Lane shift 29
Work on centerline 1 (30 mph or less only)  
Work in center of road 2
Work in intersection 3 (30 mph or less only)
Temporary road closure (15 minute intervals) 31  
Temporary road closure 32
Road closure - special events 5  
Sidewalk closure 88, 89
Gravel road maintenance 30  

* This layout may be used for nighttime operations only if the flagging stations are occupied and illuminated with auxiliary lighting such as floodlights or balloon lighting except in emergency situations.