I-35W in Bloomington to close overnight
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Updated: 12:38 p.m. | Posted 11:50 a.m.
Motorists will want to avoid Interstate 35W in the Bloomington area overnight.
Both directions of the interstate — including all I-35W ramps — will be closed from 82nd Street to 90th Street from 11 p.m. Thursday until 5 a.m. Friday.
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Crews will begin closing the ramps at 10:45 p.m.
The closures are needed so crews can remove a damaged gas pipe underneath the 86th Street bridge, which was hit Feb. 20 by a truck going south on I-35W.
MnDOT spokesperson Nick Carpenter said the closures only involves the removal of the damaged gas line. He said the bridge itself remains damaged and closed to traffic, and engineers are trying to determine the next steps for the bridge.
Southbound motorists will be detoured via westbound 82nd Street, southbound Penn Avenue and eastbound 90th Street. Northbound I-35W traffic will be detoured to eastbound 90th Street, northbound Lyndale Avenue and westbound 82nd Street.
MPR News reporter Tim Nelson contributed to this report.
