Minnesota Department of Transportation urges motorists to plan their Memorial Day Weekend trips ahead and to pay special attention to roads that may have lane closures, detours or other travel restrictions. While virtually all highway improvement projects will be shut down during the weekend, detours and travel restrictions will remain in effect. Other projects will begin later in the spring and summer. They include advantages for transit such as building bus-only shoulders, eliminating bottlenecks on the Twin Cities freeway system and improving interregional highway corridors to support economic growth and healthy, vital communities.
Projects range from minor resurfacing jobs to major construction projects.
Each one, however, requires that motorists pay special attention to their driving for their safety and that of other travelers. I-35W from 76th Street to 66th Street in Richfield, some lane closures. I-35W in Minneapolis from Lake Street to Washington Avenue, some lane closures. Hwy 55 from E. 54th Street to Hwy 62 and Hwy 62 from 43rd Street to Hwy 55, non-rush hour lane closures. Hwy 100 at W. Broadway Avenue in Robbinsdale, non-rush hour lane closures.