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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015 05-01 I-35E lanes shift this week; Minnesota 36 to close for weekend PIONEER PRESS I-35E lanes shift this week; Minnesota 36 to close for weekend Pioneer Press TwinCities.com Updated:05/Ol/2015 08:47:32 AM CDT I-35E lanes shift this week;Minnesota 36 to close for weekend Continuing construction on Interstate 35E between downtown St.Paul and Little Canada Road is bringing a new round of traffic changes in St. Paul,Maplewood and Little Canada. According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation: At 6 a.m.Thursday,April 30,southbound I-35E wili be reduced to two lanes.(Northbound i-35E will reopen to three lanes.) Beginning at 7 p.m.Thursday,crews will shift southbound I-35E traffic to the northbound side of the freeway and the following ramps will close just after midnight Friday,May 1: --Southbound I-35E to eastbound Minnesota 36 --Eastbound Minnesota 36 to southbound i-35E --Westbound Minnesota 36 to southbound I-35E --Southbound I-35E to Roselawn Avenue --Roselawn Avenue to southbound I-35E Motorists are advised to follow posted detours for area ramp closures.The southbound I-35E lanes and ramps that are closed will reopen by early September. Meanwhile,both directions of Minnesota 36 between Interstate 35W and U.S.61 in Roseville,Little Canada and Maplewood will be closed from Friday,May 1, until early on Monday,May 4.The closure is needed so that crews can remove the southbound I-35E bridge spanning Minnesota 36. Beginning at 9 p.m.May 1, Minnesota 36 traffic will be reduced to a single lane,and ramps between I-35W and U.S.61 will begin closing.At 10 p.m.,Minnesota 36 will fully close. (Local access for eastbound Minnesota 36 motorists will be maintained up to Rice Street.) Traffic will be detoured on I-35W,i-694 and U.S.61.All lanes and ramps will reopen by 5 a.m. Monday,May 4. Following the Minnesota 36 closure, County Road B will close beneath 135E. Motorists will be detoured to Edgerton Street, Roselawn Avenue and Rice Street. County Road B is expected to remain closed for up to lwo days. After County Road B reopens, Roselawn Avenue will close. During the closure, motorists will be detoured to Edgerton Street, County Road B and Rice Street Roselawn Avenue is expected to remain closed for up to two days. The work is part of the I-35E MnPASS project,which will add a MnPASS Express Lane between Little Canada Road and Maryland Avenue, improve pavement and replace the bridges at Arlington Avenue,Wheelock Parkway, Larpenteur Avenue and the 135E bridges spanning local roadways. Read more about the project at dotstate.mn.us/metro/projects/35estpauV.