Local Road Projects To Restrict Memorial Day Weekend Travel; Get The Info You Need To Avoid Delays

For many, the Memorial Day Weekend is the first opportunity they have to hit the open road to cabins, lakes and other destinations.  At the same time - with many road construction projects in high-gear, it's also a weekend filled with traffic delays, detours and orange cones.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has issued their annual review of where some of these major road projects are - just in time for your weekend plans.  Drivers are reminded to be alert, slow down, and use extra caution inside of Minnesota's work zones.  Fines increase and no one wants to be responsible for a tragedy.

MNDOT has flagged some areas of northern Minnesota as areas of concern - with a large number of projects in progress already this summer.  Our area would fall under this region.  Other parts of the state that they are alerting drivers to include the Twin Cities Metro and I-94 near Collegeville/St. John's - which is reduced to one lane of traffic.

Here are the projects MNDOT wants you to be aware of - broken out by region:

Northern Minnesota  

• I-35 in Duluth:  Lane restrictions and ramp closures
• I-94/Highway 29 in Alexandria: Single lane on Highway 29, expect delays
• County Road 1 in Pequot Lakes:  Closed east of Highway 371 – detour
• I-94/Highway 75 in Moorhead:  Lane closures on Highway 75, and slow traffic

Twin Cities area

• I-35E between Vadnais Heights and White Bear Lake:  Lane and ramp closures
• Highway 61 in Forest Lake:  Single-lane traffic
• I-94 between St. Paul and Maplewood:  Overnight lane reductions, daytime intermittent lane and ramp closures
• Highway 280 between I-35W and Broadway Street:  Closed, detour
• I-494 in Plymouth:  Multiple lane and ramp closures
• Highway 100 in St. Louis Park:  Ramp closures and lane shift
• Highway 8 between Highway 95 and Taylor Falls:  Closed, detour

Central Minnesota

• I-94 between St. Cloud and Collegeville:  Lane and ramp closures, and slow traffic
• Highway 169 north of Milaca:  One lane each direction and slow traffic
• I-35 between Pine City and Hinckley:  Lane shifts and slow traffic
• Highway 9 between Ada and Borup:  Detour
• Highway 23/Willmar Bypass:  Westbound lane closures

Southern Minnesota   

• Highway 169 between St. Peter and Mankato:  Detour
• Highway 52 southbound between Zumbrota and Pine Island:  Single lane traffic
• Highway 23 between Holland and Pipestone, Russell to Florence:  Detour

For more details, click here to visit MNDOT's road project page.