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Key downtown on-ramp to 35W opening 2 years early

MnDOT says the ramp from 4th Avenue and 10th Street to I-35W southbound is expected to reopen by 3 p.m. on Thursday.
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MINNEAPOLIS — A key downtown Minneapolis on-ramp to Interstate 35W is reopening two years ahead of schedule.

MnDOT says the ramp from 4th Avenue and 10th Street to I-35W southbound is expected to reopen by 3 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 26. It was originally expected to be closed for two more years.

The ramp will still be closed sometimes on a short-term basis, but MnDOT says it should be mostly open for the rest of the multi-year project.

That extensive project, labeled by MnDOT as the "35W@94 Downtown to Crosstown project," started in the summer of 2017 and will continue until fall of 2021.

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Crews are currently in stage four of the five-stage project. That means between summer of 2019 and fall of 2020, we'll see:

  • SB I-35W to 46th St. ramp closing
  • I-35W and I-94 lane reductions continue
  • Local road work with lane reductions and closures continues

This week specifically, watch for the following road closures:

  • 10 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 26 through 5 a.m. Friday, Sept. 27
    • EB I-94 is closed between I-394 and I-35W
  • 10 p.m. Friday, Sept. 27 through 5 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 28
    • SB I-35W is closed between I-94 and Hwy 62

RELATED: MNDOT announces 2019 road construction projects

For more information on the project and closures, go to the MnDOT website.

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