News Release

(Roseville, Minn.) — Northbound Highway 169 will be restricted to a single lane of traffic at Cedar Lake Road from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Wednesday, May 11 for inspection of the Cedar Lake bridge over the highway on the border of St. Louis Park and Minnetonka. The ramp from Cedar Lake Road to the northbound interstate also will be closed during the inspection.

Two girders on the northbound bridge were struck this spring by an over-height truck that had already struck the same bridge traveling southbound earlier in the day.

Motorists should take alternate routes to avoid congestion and to reach their destinations.

Mn/DOT reminds motorists to SLOW DOWN in the work zone and NEVER enter a roadway that has been blocked with barriers or cones. Please join us in a safety partnership. For statewide traffic, construction and travel information visit www.511mn.org or call 511.

 

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