The Minnesota Department of Transportation has reopened the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between Albert Lea and Owatonna and westbound Interstate 90 between Highway 52 south of Rochester and Albert Lea.

Motorists traveling on I-35 and I-90, as well as many roadways in southeast Minnesota, should expect to use caution and reduce speeds due to rough and icy road conditions. Motorists should plan for significantly longer travel times until all roads are clear of snow.

Road openings will appear on MnDOT’s road conditions map at www.511mn.org, via news release, Twitter and Facebook. More roads are expected to open Tuesday, but much depends on the equipment and progress of removing vehicles that were stuck on the roads.

In southeast Minnesota there are 101 snowplows that work the state highways in the 11-county MnDOT District 6 plowing 3,774 lane miles. During winter weather events, MnDOT routinely deploys two shifts of drivers in the snowplows, who can keep the snowplowing effort going around the clock by working 12-hour shifts.