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I-35W Closure In Burnsville, Bloomington Begins This Week
Motorists on Interstate 35W between Burnsville and Bloomington will encounter a road closure and detour beginning this week.
BURNSVILLE, MN — Motorists on Interstate 35W between Burnsville and Bloomington will encounter a road closure and detour beginning Friday, July 7 (weather permitting). Beginning at 10 p.m. Friday, July 7 both directions of I-35W will close between I-35E and I-494. Motorists should follow the signed detour using I-35E, Cedar Avenue/Highway 77 and I-494 in order to bypass the closure.
Crews will begin closing the I-35W ramps at 8 p.m. Friday, July 7, in order to prepare for the hard closure at 10 p.m. All lanes are scheduled to reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, July 10, according to a news release.
In order to minimize impacts to travelers MnDOT construction will be working on several locations of I-35W during the closure including:
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- Milling and paving northbound I-35W at McAndrews Road in Burnsville
- Removing the 86th Street bridge over I-35W in Bloomington
- Removing a portion of the 82nd Street bridge deck over I-35W in Bloomington
In addition to the construction work on I-35W, MnDOT maintenance crews will take advantage of the road closure by conducting other maintenance activities in an area that is usually hard to access.
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