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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