I-394 commute changes start this weekend

Motorists who take Interstate 394 in and out of Minneapolis are in for some major changes starting Sunday night.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) says the changes are all a part of a two-year project to repair and improve the roadway.

Those changes include shutting down the Penn Avenue bridge over the interstate through November, as well as reducing and closing lanes in both directions.

Other changes include:

• Westbound I-394 will be reduced to two lanes between downtown Minneapolis and Highway 100 through mid-summer.
• There will be intermittent lane closures on I-394 and I-94 in both directions through November.
• Westbound I-394 to Park Place Boulevard/Xenia Avenue, eastbound I-94 to westbound I-394, Lyndale Avenue to westbound I-394, and westbound I-394 to/from Penn Avenue ramps will be closed through mid-summer.

Additionally, I-394 will close in both directions between Highway 100 and I-94 in downtown Minneapolis starting Friday, Feb. 27, at 10 p.m. and wrapping up on March 5 at 5 a.m.

A map of the roadway is below; more information from MnDOT can be found by CLICKING HERE.