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Minnesota Department of Transportation | |
| News Release May 12, 2000 |
Metro Division Contact: Judy Jacobs, Communications Specialist
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RECONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAY 100 CORRIDOR UNDERWAY IN GOLDEN VALLEY, CRYSTAL AND ROBBINSDALE (Roseville, Minn.) -- Beginning, Monday, May 15, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will begin clearing and grubbing work for the reconstruction of Segment 1 of the Highway 100 Corridor from Glenwood Avenue North to Duluth Street in Golden Valley. Work will also include reconstruction of the interchange at Highway 55, with a signal on Highway 55. Access to Highway 100 will remain at Glenwood Avenue, Highway 55 and Duluth Street. All other access points to Highway 100, Lindsay Street and existing connections to frontage roads will close. Construction costs for Segment 1 total $40 million. Crews are currently building bypasses for the Highway 100, Segment 2 work from 29th Avenue to 39th Avenue. The signalized interchange at 36th Avenue will be replaced with a diamond interchange. Access to Highway 100 will be at 36th Avenue. 39th Avenue interchange has closed to traffic. All other access points to Highway 100 (Unity Avenue and existing connections to frontage roads) will also close. Construction cost for this segment is $25 million. Reconstruction of Highway 100 from Glenwood Avenue to 50th Avenue North is divided into five segments. When complete, there will be six travel lanes from Interstate 394 to Hennepin County Road 81 and four lanes of traffic north of County Road 81. The project includes removing all signalized intersections, closing all substandard access locations, constructing and reconstructing interchanges, widening shoulders and medians and replacing bridges. These improvements will upgrade the Highway 100 Corridor from an expressway to a freeway through the cities of Golden Valley, Crystal, Robbinsdale and Brooklyn Center. Currently, southbound lanes of Highway 100 carry approximately 40,000 cars a day, while northbound lanes transport almost 39,000 vehicles on a daily basis. The Highway 100 (old Lilac Way) belt line was constructed in between 1935 and 1942. It was historically significant as a join effort of what was then the Minnesota Department of Highways and the WPA federal public works labor program. Mn/DOT asks motorists to join in a safety partnership and drive with caution in work zones, allow for extra time or plan an alternate route to reach their destinations. We're in the Work Zone Together |
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