News Release

(Roseville, Minn.)--The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will CLOSE the ramp from southbound Highway 100 to I-394 at 12:01 a.m. Thursday, July 18, 2002.

This closure is necessary as crews remove the ramp's surface. Weather permitting, the ramp will re-open by 5 a.m. Thursday, July 18.

Crews will close this ramp again at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, July 18 as they apply the new roadway surface. Weather permitting, the ramp should re-open by 5 a.m. Friday, July 19.

Motorists are advised to seek other routes during this ramp closure.

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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