The first blast of summerlike warmth comes just in time for the first huge outdoor celebrations of the season and with them comes road closures, congestion and parking restrictions, so watch the signs carefully.
None may be bigger - or grander - than Grand Old Day in St. Paul where 200,000 of your friends and neighbors will sup and nosh at the Sunday party stretching 30 blocks on Grand Avenue between Dale Street and Fairview Avenue.
Another big draw will be the Edina Art Fair in the vicinity of 50th and France Avenues while Open Streets Minneapolis takes over Lyndale Avenue between Franklin Avenue and 54th Street from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. The Flint Hills International Children's Festival continues through Sunday in Rice Park and nearby venues in downtown St. Paul.
A reminder that light-rail trains won't run between Target Field Station and U.S. Bank Stadium Station. Buses will fill in until 3:30 a.m. Monday.
Meanwhile, the spate of road work rolls on.
I-94 in Minneapolis and St. Paul
1.I-94 from St. Paul to Maplewood: Two lanes open in each direction between Century Avenue and Mounds Boulevard; temporary lane and ramp closures. Ramps to westbound 94 at Mounds Boulevard and Hwy. 61 are closed until June 16. The ramp from Ruth Street to westbound I-94 is closed.
2. I-94 from Minneapolis to Brooklyn Center: Two lanes open in each direction between I-694 and Hwy. 55. The ramp from southbound Hwy. 252 to eastbound/southbound I-94 is closed. Traffic is being detoured to Hwy. 100. All westbound I-94 to westbound I-394 traffic will be shifted onto the HOT lanes. There's no access to HOT lanes for eastbound drivers from Hwy. 100 to downtown Minneapolis. The ramp from Washington Avenue/West Broadway closes Monday.
