Interstate 94 ramp in downtown Minneapolis closed for 10 days

A ramp used by thousands of motorists in downtown Minneapolis closed Friday night and will put drivers on detour for 10 days.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation shut down the ramp from westbound Interstate 94 to southbound Interstate 35W as part of the massive I-35W reconstruction project between downtown and 43rd Street. The ramp won't reopen until Oct. 22.

In the northeast metro, southbound I-35E from the split at Forest Lake to County Road 96 through Hugo and Vadnais Heights is closed for concrete repair until 5 a.m. Monday. In the south metro, a key route — westbound Crosstown Hwy. 62 between Hiawatha Avenue to Cedar Avenue — also is closed until 5 a.m. Monday.

In better news, all lanes of the Crosstown between Hwy. 100 and I-494 will be open by Saturday, and road work on I-35W between northeast Minneapolis and Roseville will be wrapped up by Saturday morning.

Traffic-generating events include a Wild hockey game Saturday and a Rod Stewart concert Sunday at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, a Minnesota United soccer game Saturday at TCF Bank Stadium and a Keith Urban concert Saturday at Target Center in Minneapolis. The Vikings return home for a game Sunday against Arizona at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Here are other places where drivers will see orange cones in the form of closures and detours.

1. Interstate 35W: 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. This setup will be in place until late 2019. Ramps from northbound I-35W to 11th Street and 5th Avenue and from 12th Street/4th Avenue to southbound I-35W closed.

3. Hennepin Avenue S.: Closed from Lake to 36th streets.

4. NE. Broadway Street: Closed from Stinson Boulevard to Industrial Boulevard.

5. Wabasha Street: Closed from Plato Boulevard to Cesar Chavez Street.

6. Shepard Road: Closed from Randolph Avenue and Eagle Parkway from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

7. Hwy. 149/Smith Avenue: The High Bridge over the Mississippi River is closed until December. Closed from Mendota Heights Road to Hwy. 110 through late October.

9. Interstate 35E in Hugo and Vadnais Heights: Southbound closed from the I-35W/E split to County Road 96 until 5 a.m. Monday.

10. Hwy. 10 in Elk River: Reduced to one eastbound lane and two westbound lanes between Waco Street and Upland Avenue.

11. Hwy. 610 in Maple Grove: Reduced to one eastbound lane between I-94 and Elm Creek Boulevard.

12. Interstate 35W in Blaine: Off-peak nighttime lane closures in both directions between Mounds View and Blaine.

13. Hwy. 3 in Inver Grove Heights: Closed between County Road 26 and 60th Street and between Hwys. 149 and 55.

15. Interstate 35W in Bloomington: Alternating lane closures in both directions between Cliff Road and 106th Street daily. After 10 p.m., the freeway may be reduced to a single lane through 6 a.m. the following day.

16. Crosstown Hwy. 62: Westbound closed between Hiawatha and Cedar avenues until 5 a.m. Monday.

17. Flying Cloud Drive in Eden Prairie: Closed from Hwy. 101 to Spring Road.