The Minnesota Department of Transportation has called off this weekend's full closure of I-35W, but a Friday night closure of the northbound lanes of the freeway between the Crosstown and downtown Minneapolis will linger into Saturday morning.
Orange cones and "Road Closed" signs will up all weekend on the westbound Crosstown from Hwy. 100 in Edina to Interstate 494 in Minnetonka.
Blue Line riders will face disruptions between Mall of America and Fort Snelling on from 8:45 p.m. Friday until 5 a.m. Saturday. Starting at 5 a.m. Saturday until 3:30 a.m. Monday, trains won't run from Mall of America to Terminal 2 at at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Passengers will be bused between stations while crews do repair work in the airport tunnel, install fire detection equipment and fix the curved section of track near 28th Street.
Traffic generating events include the Minnesota Wild's open practice Saturday at the Xcel Energy Center and the University of Minnesota Gopher football game at TCF Bank Stadium Saturday. West Broadway between Penn and Lyndale avenues will be closed from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday for another edition of Open Streets Minneapolis. Several Minneapolis parkways will be closed to traffic for the annual Minneapolis Bike Tour on Sunday.
Here is a round up of major road closings:
Minneapolis
1. I-35W: Northbound lanes closed 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Saturday from Crosstown Hwy. 62 to I-94. Southbound reduced by two lanes from 7 p.m. Saturday until 5 a.m. Monday from County Road C to 4th Street. Reduced to two southbound lanes from downtown to 43rd Street. Northbound is two lanes plus a MnPass lane up to 31st Street, then a third general traffic lane opens to 3rd Street. MnPass northbound open to 31st Street. This setup will be in place until late 2019.
2. I-94: Reduced to two lanes between Chicago and Portland avenues.