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How Can Road Construction Affect Your Commute?

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Here is a list of some of current road construction projects, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and Hennepin County.

New Hope

County Road 9-42nd Avenue North: Utility company is closing road for gas main replacement until mid to late July 2013.

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Brooklyn Center

Hennepin County Road 10 (57th Avenue North) in both directions: Bridge construction: At Highway 100. Bridge construction work is in progress. The bridge is closed until August 16.County Road 10-Bass Lake Road: Remove and reconstruct bridge deck      until fall 2013.

Maple Grove/Plymouth

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US 169 in both directions: Road reconstruction: Between Highway 55 (Plymouth) and Exit 138: 77th Avenue North (Maple Grove). The road is being reconstructed until August 29. Project involves pavement removal and replacement.

US 169 in both directions: Road reconstruction: Between Highway 55 (Plymouth) and Exit 138: 77th Avenue North (Maple Grove). The road is being reconstructed. Until August 29. Project involves pavement removal and replacement.

I-94 in both directions: Nighttime construction work: Between MN 25 (Monticello) and MN 241 (St. Michael). Night time construction work is in progress. The road is being repaved. A lane is closed. Width limit 11 feet. From 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. on weekends, Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays until Aug. 22. Nighttime work—concrete pavement rehab—I-94 from 0.9 mi. E. of CSAH 18 to Crow River Bridge, June 3 to Aug. 17, 2013, lane closures from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. Saturday through Thursday nights.

St. Paul

I-35E in both directions: Bridge construction: Between Exit 107C: University Avenue and Exit 109: Maryland Avenue (St. Paul). Bridge construction work is in progress until Dec. 31, 2015. The Cayuga Project includes multiple construction sites.

US 52 in both directions: Bridge construction: At 94; MN 803A (St. Paul). Bridge construction work is in progress until Sept. 15, 2014. No vehicle or vehicle combinations over 35 feet are allowed to use the Lafayette Bridge north of Plato Blvd until the crossover is removed (Early 2014).

Minneapolis

County Road 33-Park Avenue: Closure for bridge rehabilitation until August 2013

County Road 35-Portland Avenue: Closure for bridge rehabilitation until mid-August 2013.

Minneapolis/Bloomington

494: Major road construction: Between Exit 1B: 34th Avenue South (Minneapolis) and Highway 100 (Bloomington). Major road construction work is in progress until September 30. The Xerxes Avenue Bridge spanning 494 is now open.

Edina/St. Louis Park

US 169 in both directions: Roadway reduced to one lane: Between Exit 105BC (Edina) and Exit 128B: Cedar Lake Road (St. Louis Park). The roadway is reduced to one lane. Bridge construction work is in progress. Look out for construction work. Width limit 11 feet until July 15. The roadway will be reduced to one lane in both directions for the duration of the project.

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