Twin Cities drivers will see lane and ramp closures on Interstate 35W from Bloomington to Burnsville next week.
Both directions of I-35W between Interstate 494 and the Interstate 35/Interstate 35E/I-35W split will close for two nights starting Monday.
The lanes will close at 9 p.m. Monday and Tuesday and reopen at 5 a.m. the following mornings, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Northbound, southbound detours
During the closures, traffic traveling northbound can detour on northbound I-35E to northbound U.S. 77 to westbound I-494 to northbound I-35W.
Motorists traveling southbound on I-35W can use eastbound I-494 to southbound U.S. 77 to southbound I-35E to southbound I-35 as a detour.
Ramp closures
The ramp from eastbound U.S. 13 to southbound I-35W and the ramp from southbound I-35W to westbound U.S. 13 will close 5 a.m. Tuesday through September.
Traffic for the eastbound U.S. 13 ramp will detour on westbound U.S. 13 to southbound County Road 5 to eastbound County Road 42 to southbound I-35E.
Traffic for the westbound U.S. 13 ramp will detour on southbound I-35W to westbound Burnsville Parkway to northbound County Road 5 to westbound U.S. 13.
The ramp from southbound I-35W to County Road 42 will close 5 a.m. Tuesday, through October. Traffic for the County Road 42 ramp will have two detour options:
• Southbound I-35W to westbound Burnsville Parkway to southbound County Road 5 to County Road 42.
• Southbound I-35 to westbound County Road 46 to northbound Buck Hill Road to westbound Southcross Drive to northbound County Road 5 to County Road 42.
I-35W in Lakeville
Meanwhile, beginning shortly after midnight on Friday, Aug. 22, crews will shut down northbound I-35 between 210th Street and 185th Street in Lakeville to install a digital traffic sign, according to state transportation officials.
The stretch of freeway is slated to be closed from 12:01 a.m. to 3 a.m. that day. Detour signs will direct motorists via Kenrick Avenue.
Beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, the same portion of roadway will be reduced to one lane.
Crews will close and detour northbound Interstate 35 between 210th Street and 185th Street in Lakeville from 12:01 to 3 a.m. Friday, Aug. 22. Motorists will be detoured using Kenrick Avenue.
Before the closure, beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 21, crews will reduce northbound I-35 to one lane in the same area to prepare for the work.
For more information about the project, visit mndot.gov/metro/projects/i35wburnsville.
For real-time Minnesota travel and traffic information, go to 511mn.org.
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