Justice · Mankato trafficMankato highway crash shut all southbound Highway 169 lanesWritten November 5, 2026 at 2:47 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07A crash shut every southbound lane of Highway69 near Mancado.0:12The shutdown cut off southbound travel through the affected stretch and sent drivers0:16onto a detour.0:17Whether those lanes have reopened is still unconfirmed.0:20The closure stretched between Hawley Street and County Road Thirty-three, near0:25Mancado, Minnesota.0:27Mendiat described the crash as serious.0:30All southbound lanes along that section were closed.0:33Mendot had a detour in place for southbound drivers.0:37The detours roads haven't been named, so there's no confirmed turn-by-turn route to0:42give drivers.0:43Mendot estimated the closure would last until about eleven Thursday morning,0:48November5.0:49That was an estimate.0:51There's still no confirmation that southbound traffic resumed or that the lanes0:56reopened by then.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
