Hot, hot, hot, the pavement will sizzle and that has the Minnesota Department of Transportation warning motorists to look out for road buckles..
The calendar is light on major traffic generating events as both professional baseball teams - Twins and Saints - are away and Lynx are on the road too. The heat might keep crowds down at celebrations such as the re-opening of the Walker Sculpture Garden, the Northern Spark art festival and the second installment of Minneapolis Open Streets on 1st and Washington avenues in downtown Minneapolis.
But roads might be crowded near lakes, pools and any place cool. If you are on the roads, here is where you might sweat it out in a jam in construction zones.
Interstate 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 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: Traffic has been shifted to the two lanes nearest the center median divider and the speed limit has been reduced to 50 miles per hour between I-694 and Hwy. 55. The ramp from eastbound 94 to Hennepin/Lyndale avenues is closed until June 22. No access from southbound Hwy. 252 to eastbound 94. The detour is via Hwy. 100. The ramp from Washington Avenue to westbound I-94 closed until Monday.
Minneapolis
3. Cedar and Portland avenues: Closed between 28th and Lake streets until mid-fall.
