News Release

Highway 169 Ramp Closures Take Effect June 3

(Roseville, Minn.)The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will close the ramp from Cedar Lake Road to southbound Highway 169 and the ramp from W. 16th St. to southbound Highway 169 in MINNETONKA on Monday, June 3, 2002.

The ramp from southbound Highway 169 to Cedar Lake Road and the ramp from southbound Highway 169 to 16th St. also will close beginning June 3.

These ramp closures are necessary as crews replace the median barrier between northbound Highway 169 and southbound Highway 169 from I-394 to Cedar Lake Road.

Mn/DOT advises motorists to seek alternate routes during these ramp closures.
Weather permitting, Mn/DOT expects the ramps to re-open by July 2, 2002.
Mn/DOT reminds motorists to SLOW DOWN in work zones and NEVER enter roadways that have been blocked with barriers or cones. Please join us in a safety partnership.

For updated construction information and roadway closures in the metro area, visit the Mn/DOT web site at www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/construction. For updated traffic information for the metro area, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo.

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Metro Division
1500 County Road B2 West
Roseville, MN 55113
Office Tel: 612/582-1000