MnDOT to Close Five Miles of Southbound Interstate 35E for 30 Days Over Summer 2013
This summer, Dakota County's Interstate 35 Corridor will be riddled with detours and diversions as the state refurbishes one of the most heavily trafficked roads in Minnesota.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Summer of 2013 could be a season of frustration for commuters, when 17 miles of Interstate 35 will be closed or hobbled for repairs. The two-part, $20 million project is expected to cause significant backups and delays. The fork between I-35E and I-35W will be the most drastically affected. Southbound lanes of I-35 E between Burnsville's County Road 42 and the split will be closed for a month while construction crews demolish the deck of I-35E's flyover bridge, and then build it anew. "There's a pretty big crack across the deck, and our engineers felt they couldn't bring it back up to repair with standard maintenance," said Nicole Danielson-Bartelt…
