News Release

(Roseville, Minn.)--The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will CLOSE southbound Highway 100 between County Road 152 (Brooklyn Blvd.) in BROOKLYN CENTER and County Road 81 in ROBBINSDALE at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2002.

Northbound traffic will be reduced to a single lane through this workzone.

The southbound closure and northbound lane reduction are necessary as crews erect structural steel girders for the new Canadian Pacific-Santa Fe railroad bridge that will span Highway 100.

Weather permitting, all of this segment of Highway 100 will re-open by 6 p.m. Sunday, June 30, 2002.

Mn/DOT suggests southbound motorists follow the posted detour during the closure: County Road 152 (Brooklyn Blvd.) northbound to westbound County Road 10 (Bass Lake Rd.) to eastbound County Road 81 in order to return to southbound Highway 100.

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 traffic information in the Twin Cities metro area, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/tmc/trafficinfo. For updated construction information in the Twin Cities metro area, visit www.dot.state.mn.us/construction.html.

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