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News Release
Sept. 27, 2011

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Minnesota Department of Transportation
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Roseville, MN 55113

 

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Overnight I-494 lane closures scheduled for Sept. 28, 29
Brief late-night full closures also to take place

 

 ROSEVILLE, Minn. – Motorists will encounter lane closures on eastbound Interstate 494 between Prairie Center Drive and Hwy 169 beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 28 and again on Thursday, Sept. 29.

 

The roadway will be reduced to two lanes at 7 p.m. and reduced to one lane at 10 p.m. each day.

 

During both nights’ work, state troopers will stop I-494 traffic intermittently for approximately 15 minutes at a time between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. as crews place bridge beams directly above the freeway. 

 

All lanes of I-494 will reopen at 5 a.m. each day following the closures. 

 

Part of the Hwy 169/I-494 interchange reconstruction project, the closures are necessary as crews set bridge beams for the new Washington Avenue bridge spanning I-494. 

 

For more information on the Hwy 169/I-494 interchange reconstruction project, call the Hwy 169/I-494 Project hotline at 1-877-563-4768, e-mail Hwy169-I494@rranow.com or visit http://www.dot.state.mn.us/metro/projects/169/.

 

For real-time traveler information anywhere in Minnesota visit www.511mn.org or dial 5-1-1.

 

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