A huge stretch of I-35W is closing the next 2 weekends in the Twin Cities
Updated: July 26, 8:33 a.m. | Posted: July 25, 8:15 a.m.
Interstate 35W is scheduled to shut down starting 10 p.m. Friday between Minnesota Highway 62 in Richfield and Interstate 694 in Arden Hills.
Drivers will be detoured around the closure using Highway 62, Minnesota Highway 100 and I-694 or Interstate 35E to Interstate 94 east. The highway is expected to reopen by 5 a.m. on Monday, the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
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There will be some local access to I-35W as crews repave the interstate. Southbound traffic will still have access from I-694 to Minnesota Highway 280, and from 46th Street to the Crosstown. Northbound lanes will be open from County Road C in Roseville to I-694.
A closure of I-35W in the same stretch is expected for Aug. 3 at 9 p.m. through Aug. 6 at 5 a.m.
The closures are part of two highway projects. Workers are expected to complete utility crossings over the July weekend between Highway 62 and I-94; they'll demolish the 40th Street pedestrian bridge over the August weekend, MnDOT said in a statement.
Workers will also resurface I-35W between Minnesota Highway 280 and I-94.
MPR News reporter Tim Nelson contributed to this report.