News Release

Roseville, Minn.— The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will resume construction of the Highway 62 (Crosstown)/Highway 55 (Hiawatha Ave.) interchange in MINNEAPOLIS the week of July 7.

Motorists may expect daily shoulder closures early in the project. However, overnight and off-peak lane closures and lane shifts also will occur throughout the life of the project.

Weather permitting, the new interchange will be completed by Fall 2004.

Mn/DOT halted original construction of the project in Summer 2001 when questions arose with regard to the affect the new interchange would have on groundwater flow to nearby Camp Coldwater Spring.

Mn/DOT reviewed a number of alternative designs that would permit finishing construction of the interchange while avoiding any adverse effects to the spring. The final design raises portions of the roadway in the area where depressed, and a "liner" is being implemented as part of the new design to prevent groundwater from entering the roadway bed. The Federal government and the state and local agencies involved are in agreement with the design.

Mn/DOT urges motorists always to drive with caution and reminds them to SLOW DOWN in work zones and NEVER enter a roadway that has been blocked with barriers or cones. For updated statewide traffic, construction and travel information visit www.511mn.org.

See ORANGE.

We’re in the WORK ZONE Together

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