News Release

(Roseville, Minn.) Motorists will encounter overnight lane closures and single lane traffic beginning Sunday evening, August 10, during restriping of five and a half miles of Interstate 694 between I-35W and Highway 252 through the cities of New Brighton, Fridley and Brooklyn Center. Crews will work from 9 p.m. each night until 5 a.m. the following day, Sunday night through Friday morning.

Work will begin at Highway 252 and head east. Once the eastbound lanes are restriped, work will move to the westbound lanes moving west back to Hwy. 252. Ramps and loops between I-694 and adjoining roadways will close for short periods of time when there is work nearby.

Crews will grind off the old latex paint lane markings from the interstate and restripe the roadway with more durable and longer-lasting epoxy paint. The new epoxy paint lasts between five and eight years and saves time and money compared with latex paint, which lasts between one and two years.

Weather permitting, the entire project will be completed before the Labor Day weekend.

For updated statewide traffic, construction and travel information visit www.511mn.org.

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We’re in the WORK ZONE Together

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