For those planning to visit the area and state, the Interstate Hwy. 35W bridge crossing the Mississippi River in Minneapolis is set to re-open at 5 a.m. Central Daylight Savings Time Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008. Routes for getting around and through the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro are now back to pre-8/1/07 options.
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I-35W Bridge in Minneapolis to Re-Open 9/18/08
I%26#39;m really bummed that due to Federal Disaster funds being used for the alternate routes they are forced to revert to the old configuration. The extra lanes on I-94 between 280 and downtown...especially 280 getting its own onramp lane really would help long term congestion. I know the lanes are narrow and there is no shoulder but lots of places on the Interstate system have these restrictions. Same for the two lanes from 280 to North I-35W in Roseville...more than once I%26#39;ve almost been hit there by people in the left lane ignoring the merge right signs - not a problem with two lanes.
Seems a shame and more than a bit wasteful that the sunk costs in these can not continue to be used. Heaven forbid there should be any lasting benefit from the disaster...other than replacing a bad bridge a lot sooner.
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