Beginning Tuesday and through this fall, motorists will encounter construction-related delays on westbound Interstate 494 between U.S. 61 in Newport and Blaine Avenue in Inver Grove Heights, according to the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
At 7 p.m. Tuesday, work crews will begin shifting traffic to the outside lanes of I-494 over the Wakota Bridge. Three lanes of westbound I-494 will remain open, but the Concord Street and Maxwell Avenue ramps will close.
The work is part of a nearly $19 million project of I-494 in which crews will widen, resurface and replace bridge joints on the Concord Street bridge; build auxiliary lanes on westbound I-494 between Hardman Avenue to west of Fifth Avenue; improve drainage; and build noise walls.