Interstate 35 - Duluth Mega Project

Resources

• Presentation Materials
• Information for Business Owners: How to Thrive during Road Construction
• FAQs

Local Links

• Duluth Transit Authority (info on Express buses which start on April 26)
• City of Duluth
• Visit Duluth
• St. Louis County
• Wisconsin DOT
• UMD Center for Economic Development (small business assistance)

 

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CONSTRUCTION UPDATE:

The project is on schedule and all lanes and ramps will be open for the 2010-11 winter.

 

REMINDER: Trucks over 10 tons prohibited from Midway Road to Central Avenue.

 

Location: City of Duluth

 

• Information for travelers

 

• New map

 

Cost: $66.8 million

 

Description:

 

• Pavement replacement
• Bridge replacement
• Bridge repairs

 

2010 Schedule:

 

• May - November 2010
• All lanes and ramps will open for the 2010-2011 winter season
• Three year project schedule

 

Hours of Work:

 

• Monday - Saturday
• 6 AM - 10 PM
• No Sundays unless authorized

 

Other state highway projects near Duluth

 

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What's Open

• At least one lane of I-35 in each direction
• Boundary Ave ramps and 40th Ave West ramps
• Ramps north of Garfield Ave

 

What's Closed

• REMINDER: All trucks over 10 tons are prohibited on I-35 between Midway Rd and Central Ave (Thompson Hill)
  • Map of truck route for NB I-35 - detoured via Midway Rd (County Rd 13), Hwys 194 and 53
  • Passenger buses will not be prohibited on I-35
• A single lane of traffic will run in each direction on I-35 from Boundary Ave to Garfield Ave
  • Access to NB and SB I-35 will be available at 40th Ave West, 27th Ave West and Cody Street

Northbound

• Traffic on NB I-35 will be redirected to a single SB lane from Boundary Ave to Central Ave
• NB I-35 off-ramp to Central Ave
• NB I-35 to NB Hwy 53 ramp (Piedmont Ave)
• NB I-35 to SB I-535 ramp (to Blatnik Bridge & Wisconsin)
• The ramp from 27th Ave West to NB I-35 is closed
  
  

Southbound

• SB I-35 off-ramp to Grand Ave (left exit to Hwy 23)
• SB I-35 ramp to SB I-535 (to Blatnik Bridge & Wisconsin)

Other Closures

• EB Hwy 2 ramp (from Proctor)
  • Detoured to Boundary Ave
• WB Hwy 2 (46th Ave West / Bong Bridge) on-ramp to SB I-35
  • Detoured to 40th Ave West on-ramp
• WB Hwy 2 (Bong Bridge) ramp to NB I-35
• Hwy 23 on-ramp (from Grand Ave) to NB I-35

 

Traffic Information

• Posted speed limit of 45 mph through the construction zone.
• Check out the traffic cameras on I-35 in Duluth

 

For project information, call 218-725-2708.