Portion of Highway 77/Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis closing for a month

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Freeway 77 in South Minneapolis is closing for a couple of month as crews work to resurface the highway and make accessibility and security enhancements. 

The Minnesota Division of Transportation will shut Freeway 77/Cedar Avenue between West Lake Nokomis Parkway and Freeway 62 at 5 a.m. on Tuesday, Might 31, till Tuesday, June 28. The Freeway 62 and Cedar Avenue ramps within the space may even shut throughout this time. 

Motorists taking southbound Cedar Avenue might be detoured to East forty sixth Road to Interstate 35W to Freeway 62 to Freeway 77. These touring north on Freeway 77 might be detoured to Freeway 62, I-35W, East forty sixth Road to Cedar Avenue. 

Through the closure, CenterPoint Vitality will change a pure fuel predominant on the Cedar Avenue-Edgewater Boulevard intersection. This may lead to a rerouting of the multiuse path alongside the west aspect of Cedar Avenue, south of West Lake Nokomis Parkway, from 5 a.m. on Might 31 by June 28. 

The closure is a part of the $14.4 million Freeway 77/Cedar Avenue building undertaking, which entails MnDOT resurfacing Freeway 77 between the Minnesota River in Bloomington and Lake Nokomis in South Minneapolis. The undertaking additionally consists of making repairs to the 86th Road bridge over Freeway 77, upgrades to intersections to supply common entry, and drainage enhancements. Work will proceed by this fall.