YAHC: Yet Another Highway Closing
MnDOT’s website has a whole bunch of good info. There are roads and bridges closing all the time! The latest news on the Crosstown project contains this gem:
All lanes of I-35W from I-94 to Hwy 62/Crosstown and westbound Hwy 62 from Cedar Ave/Hwy 77 to Lyndale Ave S will be closed from approximately 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 7, through 5 a.m. Monday, Sept 10. The work is part of the Interstate 35W/Highway 62 Crosstown reconstruction project. Heavy, sustained wind or rain could postpone the closure.
Crosstown project-related work occurring over this weekend includes demolition of the 50th Street bridge; drainage and temporary roadway construction; bridge work at the west and east junctions of I-35W and Hwy 62; placement of steel beams on the Diamond Lake Road bridge; and relocation of girders for the widening of the I-35W bridge over Minnehaha Creek.
Due to the work above Minnehaha Creek, Minnehaha Parkway will be closed from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 8. Bike and pedestrian paths will not be accessible while Minnehaha Parkway is closed.
We ought to be pretty used to not being able to use large swaths of highway at a time by now. Start planning your alternate routes. Or ride your bike or the bus.
(via SW Journal)
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Wow, I must get over there to take pictures. To see all of 35W closed in South Minneapolis has to be an amazing sight.
Minnehaha Parkway had better reopen on that Sunday for my long run. I’ll ford the creek if I have to!
I know! The creek is my favorite place in town to run.
Maybe someone else can recreate this awesome photo. (via)