Construction on mainline routes rolls on but the biggest snags may be on local streets leading to parties, festivals and sporting events across the Twin Cities.
The weather should cooperate for the Pizza Luce Block Party, which will bring a daylong closure Saturday on 4th Street in downtown Minneapolis. Other celebrations, some with road closures, include the Twin Cities Polish Festival in northeast Minneapolis, the Minnesota Irish Fair on Harriet Island in St. Paul and the grand reopening of the State Capitol.
Parkways around Lake Nokomis and Minnehaha Park will shut down Sunday morning for the YWCA Women's Triathlon. The Saints are home Friday through Sunday at CHS Field.
Light rail riders take note: Buses will replace Blue Line trains from Franklin Avenue to Target Field Station and Green Line trains from Raymond Avenue to Target Field Station from 3 a.m. Sunday until 3 a.m. Monday.
Interstate 94 in Minneapolis and St. Paul
1. I-94 from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Center: All vehicles over 9,000 pounds are prohibited from the Lowry Hill Tunnel. The freeway is reduced to two lanes in each direction on the westbound side of the tunnel. One lane on the eastbound side of the tunnel is open for traffic coming off eastbound I-394 until Monday. Ramps from east I-94 to south I-35W, north I-35W to west I-94 west, Hwy. 55 to east I-94 and 49th Avenue to east I-94.
2. I-94 from St. Paul to Maplewood: Eastbound has one lane set aside for through traffic while one lane is for drivers who want to access local streets. Lane and restrictions and ramp closures between Century Avenue and Mounds Boulevard.
Minneapolis
3. Cedar and Portland avenues: Closed between 28th and Lake streets.
4. 3rd Avenue S.: Lane restrictions between S. 1st and 2nd streets; S. 1st Street closed from 3rd Avenue S. to 2nd Avenue S.
