Northbound Highway 52 To Close for the Weekend

Drivers should plan ahead for this weekend when the Minnesota Department of Transportation is scheduled to close northbound Highway 52 from Concord to Interstate 94.

Northbound 52, and all ramps leading to it, will close at 10 p.m. Friday and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, April 16. Southbound Highway 52 is not scheduled to be affected and will remain open.

MnDOT is prepping the lanes for resurfacing, and replacing bearings on the Eaton Street Bridge.

All work is weather-dependent.

Detour for local traffic:

• Exit at Concord
• Left on Cesar Chavez
• Follow to Robert Street
• Turn right to enter downtown

Most trucks and through traffic:

•  Eastbound 494 to northbound Hwy 61 to westbound I-94

For more information about the Lafayette Bridge project, visit the Lafayette Bridge website.