News Release

(Roseville, Minn.)--The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will continue resurfacing I-494 from Highway 55 in PLYMOUTH to westbound I-94 in
MAPLE GROVE at 9 p.m. Thursday, June 6, 2002.

Motorists will expect northbound lane and ramp closures between the two points until
5 a.m. Friday, June 7 as crews remove the old roadway surface.

All NORTHBOUND lanes of I-494, as well as entrance ramps and loops, will be CLOSED between 9 p.m. June 7 and 5 a.m. June 10, weather permitting, as crews resurface and paint lane markings on the roadway.

Northbound I-494 motorists are advised to use the following detour during the northbound closure: eastbound Highway 55 to Northbound Highway 169 to westbound I-94/694.

A similar closure occurred between May 29 and June 3 as southbound I-494 was resurfaced between westbound I-94 and Highway 55.