Overnight Work Along Highway 169 Begins

ST. LOUIS PARK, MN — The work to rebuild the Nine Mile Creek bridge along Highway 169 between Bren Road and 5th Street – Lincoln Drive exit continues. Starting at 7 p.m. Tuesday evening, crews are working overnight hours through Sunday, May 7.

There will be no changes to the current detour routes for the bridge closure and noise levels are not expected to change, according to a news release. Motorists are still advised to follow the signed detours to bypass the bridge closure and lane reduction on Highway 169:

• Northbound detour: EB Hwy 62, NB Hwy 100, WB I-394 to Hwy 169
• Southbound detour: WB I-394, SB I-494 to Hwy 169

Project purpose, benefits

This project is made up of four separate projects that are tied together. All four projects will be let to one contractor during one Design Build letting. The scope of the projects are as follows:

• SP 2772-113: Replace the Nine Mile Creek Bridge #27568 with a causeway. Approximate cost $60 million. Limits are essentially between the Bren Road and 7th Street interchanges on TH 169.
• SP 2772-104: Remove ramps on southbound TH 169 at 16th Street in St. Louis Park and install a visual barrier (similar to short noise wall). Approximate cost is $850,000.
• SP 2772-105: Major concrete pavement repair and medium bituminous mill and overlay between TH 62 and TH 55. See scoping map on FTP site. Approximate cost $10 to $15 million.
• SP 2772-110: Add acceleration and deceleration lanes along TH 169 at the existing Cedar Lake Road interchange ramps. See preliminary layout on FTP site. Approximate cost $770,000.

Key Project Goal

The key project goal is to completely close TH 169 between Bren Road and 7th Street interchanges from Nov. 1, 2016 to Nov. 1, 2017 to prosecute the replacement of bridge 27568 over Nine Mile Creek with a causeway.

See the interactive map on the project website for a current map of road/ramp closures and to navigate to a specific area of the project to learn more about it.

Image via Google Streetview