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The Minnesota Department of Transportation kept road construction hassles to a minimum over the Memorial Day weekend, sparing Twin Cities area drivers. But for the next three weekends you will not be so lucky.

A full closure of Interstate 35W in Minneapolis is coming this weekend and a similar shutdown will come the weekend after for Interstate 94. MnDOT officials cautioned drivers on Monday to prepare.

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MnDOT says the highway must shut down so crews can demolish the 26th and 24th Street bridges.

• Starting 10 p.m. Friday through 5 a.m. Monday, I-35W will be closed between Interstate 94 and Minnesota Highway 62.

• Overnight closure of I-35W between I-94 and Highway 62 starts at 10 p.m. Monday, June 4, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, June 5.

• I-94 will be closed between I-394 and I-35W starting at 10 p.m. Friday June 8 until 5 a.m. Mon, June 11.

As always, MnDOT's schedule is subject to change or revision, often based on the weather.

It's worth noting that after I-35W closes this weekend and I-94 closes the weekend after, the agency plans to close I-35W again the weekend after, from 10 p.m. Friday, June 15 to 5 a.m. Monday, June 18, between I-94 and Minnesota Highway 62.

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MnDOT spared metro area drivers over the Memorial Day weekend. But for the next three weekends you will not be so lucky.

Motorists drive along Interstate 35W on Thursday, Sept. 28, 2017. 

I-35W, I-94 weekend closures to test Twin Cities drivers

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