Road Work To Close Highway 36 In Maplewood Area Next 2 Weekends: MnDOT

MAPLEWOOD, MN — Drivers on Highway 36 should be prepared for closures in the Maplewood area over the next two weekends as the Minnesota Department of Transportation works to resurface the highway between Little Canada and Stillwater.

Department officials are planning to close Highway 36 over the next two weekends between Edgerton Street in Little Canada and Highway 61 in Maplewood.

Eastbound Highway 36 is scheduled to close from 9 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, with traffic to be detoured onto northbound I-35E to reach eastbound I-694, MnDOT officials said.

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Westbound Highway 36 is due to be closed the following weekend — from 9 p.m. May 13 to 5 a.m. May 16 — between Edgerton Street and Highway 61. Traffic will be detoured to westbound I-694 to southbound I-35E, officials said.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation said crews could be working 24 hours a day at times during the project, warning nearby residents they could experience noise, lights and vibrations.

The project on Highway 36 between Stillwater and Little Canada is expected to cost about $15 million, according to the department. It’s meant to improve pavement condition and ride quality along that corridor of Highway 36, while crews will also upgrade pedestrian accessibility in some locations and update drainage, officials said.

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The project is scheduled to be completed by the fall.

Washington County officials are also planning to shut down Highway 36 starting Friday night so crews can pour concrete on the bridge that will allow Manning Avenue to cross the highway and install the south half of a storm sewer pipe.

Eastbound Highway 36 is scheduled to close from 7 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday, with westbound Highway 36 to close from 9 p.m. Friday to noon Saturday.

The planned closure will be delayed until Monday night if it rains this weekend. Officials have had to postpone planned weekend closures of the highway the previous two weekends due to bad weather.

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Westbound Highway 36 is also set to close from 7 p.m. May 13 through 5 a.m. May 16 while crews install the other half of the storm sewer pipe, according to officials.

The project is located at the intersection of Highway 36 and Manning Avenue, where Stillwater, Grant, Lake Elmo and Oak Park Heights converge.

Click here for more information about the project and to view photos of the construction progress at Highway 36/Manning Avenue.

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