Prepare Your Route: Road Construction in the Twin Cities This Week

Here is a list of some of current road construction projects, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Hennepin County.

NORTHWEST

Monticello/St. Michael

• I-94 in both directions: Nighttime construction work: Between MN 25 (Monticello) and MN 241 (St. Michael). Night time construction work is in progress. The road is being repaved. A lane is closed. Width limit 11 feet. From 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. on weekends, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until Aug. 22. Nighttime work—concrete pavement rehab—I-94 from 0.9 mi. E. of CSAH 18 to Crow River Bridge, June 3 to Aug. 17, 2013, lane closures from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday through Thursday nights.

Maple Grove/Plymouth

• US 169 in both directions: Road reconstruction: Between Highway 55 (Plymouth) and Exit 138: 77th Avenue North (Maple Grove). The road is being reconstructed until August 29. Project involves pavement removal and replacement.
• US 169 in both directions: Road reconstruction: Between Highway 55 (Plymouth) and Exit 138: 77th Avenue North (Maple Grove). The road is being reconstructed. Until August 29. Project involves pavement removal and replacement.

NORTH

New Hope

• County Road 9-42nd Avenue North: Utility company is closing road for gas main replacement until mid to late July 2013.

Brooklyn Center

• Hennepin County Road 10 (57th Avenue North) in both directions: Bridge construction: At Highway 100. Bridge construction work is in progress. The bridge is closed until August 16.
• County Road 10-Bass Lake Road: Remove and reconstruct bridge deck until fall 2013.

Brooklyn Park

• Hennepin County Road 30 (93rd Avenue North) in both directions: Major road construction between 6th Avenue Northeast and Xylon Avenue near Brooklyn Park until Oct. 31. This is the reconstruction of the interchange between US 169 and 93rd Avenue. The road is closed to traffic.

Arden Hills/Brooklyn Center

• I-694 in both directions: Major road construction: Between Highway 100 (Brooklyn Center) and I-35W (Arden Hills). Major road construction work is in progress. Width limit 11 feet. Single lane nightly between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. and two lanes daily between 6 a.m. and 7 p.m. until September 27.

Arden Hills/Shoreview

• I-694 in both directions: Long-term road construction: Between 35W (Arden Hills) and Exit 104C: Victoria Street (Shoreview). Look out for long-term road construction work until November 15. Width limit 10 feet. There will be ramp closures and non-peak lane closures.

Pine Springs

• MN 36: Road construction: At Hilton Trail (Pine Springs). Follow the detour signs. There is a width limit in effect. See map for detour(s). Width limit 12 feet. Southbound Hilton Trail to eastbound Highway 36 is closed. Detour is westbound 36 to southbound 694, follow both loops to eastbound 36 until November 15.

CENTRAL

St. Paul

• I-35E in both directions: Bridge construction: Between Exit 107C: University Avenue and Exit 109: Maryland Avenue (St. Paul). Bridge construction work is in progress until Dec. 31, 2015. The Cayuga Project includes multiple construction sites.
• US 52 in both directions: Bridge construction: At 94; MN 803A (St. Paul). Bridge construction work is in progress until Sept. 15, 2014. No vehicle or vehicle combinations over 35 feet are allowed to use the Lafayette Bridge north of Plato Blvd until the crossover is removed (Early 2014).

Minneapolis

• County Road 33-Park Avenue: Closure for bridge rehabilitation until August 2013
• County Road 35-Portland Avenue: Closure for bridge rehabilitation until mid-August 2013.

Minneapolis/Bloomington

• 494: Major road construction: Between Exit 1B: 34th Avenue South (Minneapolis) and Highway 100 (Bloomington). Major road construction work is in progress until September 30.

WEST

Chanhassen

• MN 5 in both directions: Roadway reduced to one lane between Minnesota 41 and Minnesota 101 (Chanhassen). Traffic signal maintenance work continues until August 2.

Minnetonka

• MN 62 eastbound: Entrance ramp closed at Exit 104, Shady Oak Road (Minnetonka). The entrance ramp is closed until July 22.

Shakopee

• US 169 in both directions: Road construction at Spring Road (Shakopee) until July 26. Crews will build crossovers for use throughout the upcoming project on the Bloomington Ferry Bridge.