HomeMy WebLinkAbout2014 06-21 Minnesota Flooding: what's closed PIONEER PRESS Minnesota flooding: What's closed
Updated.06/21/2014 03:41:00 PM CDT TwinCities.com
• Jun 22:
• Stillwater Lift Bridge to close Monday due to flooding
• Minnesota officials anticipate flood aid; Mississippi on track to crest Thursday
• Rising Minnesota waters costing boating clubs dearly
• Flooding causes mudslides in St. Paul, Minneapolis
• Jun 20:
• Minnesota flooding: Tips for cleaning up a wet basement
• Sewage pumped into Kohlman Creek could flow into lakes
• Taste of Minnesota homeless after Harriet Island floods
• For resort owners and visitors, high water can be OK ... or not
• With St. Croix rising, Stillwater builds dike to protect lift station
• Shoreview enacts 'No Wake' policy for Snail Lake
• Flooded taxpayers with bills due may get extra time
• Flooded water wells pose health risk; precautions urged
• Showboat's 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' canceled during high water
Record rainfall has led to the closing of several roads, parks and beaches in the Twin Cities area and
across Minnesota:
CLOSED ROADS, ST. PAUL
--Water Street/Lilydale Road from Minnesota 13 to Plato Boulevard
-- Jackson Street from Kellogg Boulevard to Shepard Road
-- Sibley Street from Kellogg Boulevard to Shepard Road
-- Shepard Road, from east of Eagle Parkway to U.S. 61 in St. Paul is expected to close Saturday.
--A full list of closed roads can be found here.
CLOSED ROADS, ELSEWHERE
-- County Road B between Rice Street and McMenemy Street in Little Canada
-- Part of Minnesota 13 (Sibley Memorial Highway) in Mendota Heights remains closed between
Sylvandale Road and Wachtler Avenue.
-- Minnesota 13 east of Interstate 35E from Sylvandale to Wachtler in Lilydale
-- County Road B under Interstate 35E in Maplewood
RAILROADS
Union Pacific, BNSF and CP are beginning closures and mitigation; eight tracks now closed in St. Paul.
ROADS WHERE TRAVEL IS NOT ADVISED
Southbound U.S. 169 at Stoppelmann Boulevard in Belle Plaine
-- Minnesota 55 in Rockford near the Crow River in Rockford