Northbound Hwy 52 to Close Tonight

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is planning to close northbound Highway 52—and the ramps in each direction of Interstate 94—at 8 p.m. tonight to allow crews to finish striping the northbound roadway.

Weather permitting, the northbound freeway will reopen by 5 a.m., Saturday, July 21.

With the opening Saturday morning, the ramp to eastbound I-94 from the northbound freeway will reopen. Work on the Central Corridor Light Rail Transit project will keep the ramp from northbound Hwy 52 to westbound I-94 closed until 5 a.m. Monday, July 23.

The recent lane and ramp closures allowed construction crews to rehabilitate the concrete surface of the roadway.

Moreover, the I-94 lane and ramp closures were needed so crews could modify piers for the new loop connecting northbound Hwy 52 to westbound I-94.

The only ramp to northbound 52 that will remain closed is the Plato ramp, which will reopen when the Lafayette Bridge project wraps up in 2014.

For more information about the Highway 52/Lafayette Bridge replacement project or to sign up for e-mail updates, please visit the project website.

For travel information visit www.511mn.org.