Another I-35W closure will complicate travel in Minneapolis

Motorists in Minneapolis just can't catch a break and will have to endure another weekend with a freeway closure.

The northbound lanes of Interstate 35W will be closed from the Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis and the southbound lanes from downtown to 46th Street will be closed Friday night through Monday morning to allow crews to demolish the 26th Street bridge.

That will make it tough on east-west drivers as bridges at Franklin Avenue and 38th Street also are out of commission. The official detour takes drivers to Portland Avenue to Lake Street to 1st Avenue.

Expect big crowds and heavy traffic and street closings in the area of 50th and France as the Edina Art Fair takes place Friday through Sunday. In St. Paul, Grand Old Day will draw as many as 250,000 people to the annual street party stretching on Grand Avenue from Dale Street to Fairview Avenue.

On the sports scene, the Twins are home Friday through Sunday and the Lynx play at Target Center Friday night.

Be sure to buckle up. Law enforcement is continuing its Click-It or Ticket campaign, targeting motorists who are not wearing their seat belts.

Here is your road construction roundup:

2. Franklin Avenue: Bridge is closed over I-35W through mid-June.

3. I-35W: Northbound lanes closed from Crosstown to I-94. Southbound closed from I-94 to 46th Street until 5 a.m. Monday.

4. Penn Avenue N.: Three closures related to construction of the C-Line bus rapid transit line are in place: 26th to Lowry avenues, 17th to 21st avenues and 12th to 14th avenues.

5. University Avenue: Closed between Lowry Avenue NE. and 32nd Avenue NE.

6. Hennepin Avenue: Closed between 31st and 36th streets.

8. Wabasha Street: Closed from Plato Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Street due to a rock slide.

9. Snelling Avenue: Lane restrictions between Randolph Avenue and Ford Parkway.

10. Hwy. 149/Smith Avenue: The High Bridge over the Mississippi River is closed until December.

11. I-35 in Forest Lake: Northbound reduced to two lanes from Hwy. 97 to Hwy. 8.

12. Hwy. 10 in Elk River: Eastbound reduced to one lane and westbound to two lanes, and sometimes one lane, between Joplin Street and Upland Avenue. Periodic lane closures in both directions from Hwy. 101 to Thurston Avenue.

14. Hwy. 50 in Farmington: Single lane between Hwys. 3 and 52. Flagging operations will occur between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. daily through late August.

15. 66th Street in Richfield: Closed to through traffic between Girard and Xerxes avenues S. The project extends from Xerxes Avenue on the west end to 16th Avenue S. on the east end.

16. Hwy. 3 in Inver Grove Heights: Closed in both directions between Rich Valley Boulevard and Hwy. 55.

17. Hwy. 7 in St. Louis Park: Alternating lane closures from Louisiana Avenue to I-494.

18. Hwy. 13 in Savage: Single lane from Connelly Parkway to Hwy. 101 until 5 p.m. Monday.