submitted by farrisr@augsburg.edu
Starting in April 2025, MnDOT will begin bridge preservation and maintenance work on five bridges along I-94 in Minneapolis, affecting travel time and highway access to Augsburg. Please double-check route availability and plan extra time when traveling to campus via 94 during this time.
During construction between early April and mid-June, 94 will be reduced to two lanes of traffic in each direction between Hwy 55/Hiawatha Ave. and the Franklin Ave. bridge over 94. Several ramps, bridges, and bike trails near Augsburg will be closed, including:
– Huron Blvd to eastbound I-94
– Huron Blvd to westbound I-94
– Westbound I-94 to Riverside Ave
– Riverside Ave. to westbound I-94
– Westbound I-94 to Cedar Ave/S. 7th St. (anticipated to reopen May 17)
– S. 6th St. to eastbound I-94 (anticipated April 7 through late April)
The Riverside Ave. bridge will be closed for up to three weeks starting in early May, with a detour to 25th Ave. S. The Hiawatha LRT bike trail will be closed for three weeks between 15th Ave. S. and The Cabooze, with a detour on Cedar Ave.
Once work along westbound 94 is completed, traffic will be reduced to two lanes in both directions on the normally westbound (north) side of the interstate. Specific dates and closures for this phase of work will be determined and communicated in early summer.