Getting from the southern suburbs to Saturday's Gophers football game at the University of Minnesota could be tricky, as northbound I-35W will be closed from the Crosstown to downtown Minneapolis from late Friday until early Monday. Southbound lanes will remain open, so going home won't be an issue.
Minnesota Department of Transportation crews will be surveying for a project to upgrade the freeway between 46th Street and I-94 scheduled in the summer of 2017.
The barricades will go up at 11:45 p.m. Friday and stay in place until 5 a.m. Monday from 66th Street to the I-94 interchange. Motorists will have access to both directions of the Crosstown where it joins with I-35W.
Motorists will be directed to use westbound 494 to northbound Hwy. 100, then northbound to I-394 and east on I-394 to downtown Minneapolis.
Meanwhile, motorists in the southwest metro will have to deal with the closure of the Crosstown in both directions at Hwy. 169 in Edina.
In addition, eastbound 94 in Minneapolis will go down by one lane this weekend as MnDOT works on a noise wall A spate of other construction projects and Open Streets celebrations will force drivers to use different routes in other parts of the metro area.
Tim Harlow
