A short but busy segment of I-94 in St. Paul will be closed for part of the weekend as crews install beams for the new Kellogg Boulevard/3rd Street bridge.
Lane closures between Hwy. 61/Mounds Boulevard and Hwy. 52 will begin at 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 16, with all westbound lanes shutting down at 10 p.m. and eastbound lanes at 11 p.m., the Minnesota Department of Transportation said.
Traffic will be detoured via I-35E and I-694 until I-94 reopens at about 9 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 18.
Westbound I-94 lanes will remain open to the Hwy. 61 interchange. To reduce the number of cars cutting through neighborhoods, westbound I-94 drivers won’t be able to access local streets, including Wilson Avenue or Etna Street, and will be forced to go south on Hwy. 61.
Exits off Hwy. 61 at Burns Avenue also will be closed. Drivers going to downtown St. Paul will be able to use Warner Road.
Eastbound I-94 drivers will have access to E. 7th Street and southbound Hwy. 52, also known as the Lafayette Freeway.
The Kellogg Boulevard/3rd Street bridge closed in July 2024 and is scheduled to reopen in 2028. Crews will work around the clock over the weekend. People living in the area can expect to hear noise, including from trucks and cranes, MnDOT said.
When the $91 million project began, city officials said the longest city-owned bridge would be the largest and most complex public infrastructure project since 1995.
