Hwy 36 between White Bear Avenue and Hwy 120 (Century Avenue) in North St. Paul is now completely open to traffic.

Also open:

• Entrance and exit ramps between Hwy 36 and McKnight Road
• Margaret Street Bridge over Hwy 36

Final completion of the project is slated for the fall of 2008

• May 19, 2008 project update
• Nov. 20, 2007 news release
• Nov. 30, 2007 project engineer's update

About the Hwy 36 project

The goals of this project were to rebuild Hwy 36 between White Bear Avenue and Century Ave (Highway 120), and to increase safety and improve access through Maplewood and North St. Paul.

The project constructed:

• A diamond interchange at Hwy 36 and McKnight Road (County Highway 68)
• A bridge to carry traffic on Margaret Street over Hwy 36.
• A pedestrian bridge over the highway to enhance safety for users of the Gateway Trail and eliminate some at-grade crossings on the trail.

Additional work:

• Eliminated six at-grade intersections at Charles St., Margaret St., 1st St., 2nd St., 3rd St. and McKnight Rd.
• Built auxiliary lanes for east and westbound Highway 36 between White Bear Ave. and McKnight Rd.
• Added a frontage road from McKnight Rd. to First Street.

Gateway Trail:

A tunnel for the trail was constructed at Margaret St.