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May 30, 2023

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I-35 Twin Ports Interchange closures/traffic impacts

DULUTH, Minn. – Minnesota Department of Transportation contractors will be working this week to pour bridge deck for the Twin Ports Interchange project. This work requires reduced lanes and temporary closures.

  • Wednesday, May 31, at 9 a.m., traffic will be placed in two-lane, two-way configuration on the southbound side of I-35.
  • Wednesday, May 31, between approximately 9 p.m. and 12 a.m., I-35 will temporarily close in both directions from Garfield Avenue to 27th Avenue West.
  • Thursday, June 1, between approximately 9 p.m. and 1 a.m., I-35 will temporarily close in both directions from Garfield Avenue to 27th Avenue West.

During the full closures, northbound I-35 traffic will be detoured to the Highway 2 Bong Bridge into Superior, then follow I-535. Southbound traffic will exit at 5th Avenue West and Lake Avenue and use city streets. After work over the southbound lanes is completed, northbound and southbound traffic be moved back to the two-lane, two-way configuration on the southbound lanes of I-35. On Friday, June 5, at approximately 12 p.m., I-35 traffic will reopen to two lanes of traffic in each direction.

For more information on the Twin Ports Interchange project visit.

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