News Release

Roseville, Minn.—By 3 p.m. today the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will re-open to through traffic the E. Bush Lk. Rd. Bridge spanning I-494 in BLOOMINGTON.
In addition, the ramp from westbound I-494 to E. Bush Lk. Rd. will re-open.
However, the ramp from E. Bush Lk. Rd. to eastbound I-494 will NOT re-open to traffic until Summer 2004.
The E. Bush Lk. Rd. interchange is part of the larger I-494 reconstruction project, the addition of a third eastbound lane and a third westbound lane between Highway 212 in EDEN PRAIRIE and France Ave. in RICHFIELD/BLOOMINGTON.

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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