Road closures planned for I-35W/Minnehaha Parkway area

Motorists driving along Minnehaha Parkway near Interstate 35W in Minneapolis should expect to encounter detours and road closures starting Monday.

Crews will be demolishing the northbound I-35W bridge spanning Minnehaha Parkway. The work will last through mid-September.

During the closures, at least one pedestrian or bike path along Minnehaha Creek at I-35W will remain open, but the path may be intermittently closed for safety reasons, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

Access across I-35W will be available at the 42nd Street bridge, 46th Street bridge, 50th Street bridge, Diamond Lake Road bridge, and the 60th Street underpass.

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The bridge demolition will not affect traffic on northbound I-35W, since traffic from 49th Street to the Highway 62 junction has been re-routed to the southbound lanes of I-35W.

Also starting Monday, the northbound lanes of I-35W, between I-494 and Highway 62, and the southbound lanes of I-35W at the western junction of Highway 62, will close nightly from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. The closures will continue through Wednesday, August 19.

The nighttime closures are needed for bridge painting at the western junction of I-35W and Highway 62.

Both road closures are part of the Crosstown reconstruction project.