Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Hwy 36 and English Street

Maplewood

Traffic impacts

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Lane closures

  • English street is closed between Hwy 36 and Cope Avenue until late August. The closure is needed to improve safety. Please follow the posted detours.
  • Gervais Avenue between Viking Drive and Harvest Park is closed to through traffic
  • The right turn lane from eastbound Hwy 36 to southbound English is closed permanently. Traffic will be detoured via Atlantic St, Cope Ave, and English St
  • County Rd B between Hwy 61 and Atlantic St is closed. Traffic on northbound and southbound Hwy 61 will be unable to turn onto Co Rd B


Project schedule

Map of Hwy 36 and English
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Phase 1

  • March- June:  Highway 36 retaining wall construction
  • April- May:  County Road B and Frontage Road will be constructed
  • April- mid-June:  Bruce Vento Trail bridge will be constructed and realigned.  There will be a short-term closure of the trail as the new bridge is aligned
  • May-  mid-June:  County Road B Trail will be constructed

Phase 2 & Phase 3

  • Mid-June- late-August:  Highway 36 will be closed as Highway 36 and ramps at Hwy 61 and English are constructed

Phase 4

  • Late-August-  late-November:  Completion of any remaining work

Project clean-up and remaining restoration and maintenance work may carry over into spring 2014.

About this project

Summary of work

  • Replace the Hwy 36/English Street signalized intersection with a diamond interchange
  • Improve CR B/Hwy 61 intersection
  • Remove existing access to Hwy 36 at Hazelwood and Atlantic Streets
  • Replace Vento Trail pedestrian and bicycle bridge

Cost

This project was awarded to Forest Lake Contracting on Dec. 13, 2012 for a cost of $17.3 million.