Snelling Avenue will close for road work in both directions between Montreal Avenue and Ford Parkway next week.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will close the half-mile stretch of Snelling, also known as Minnesota 51, for road reconstruction beginning at 4 a.m. Monday through 10 p.m. the following Friday, June 21. Traffic will be detoured onto Montreal Avenue, Fairview Avenue and Ford Parkway. Trucks will be detoured onto Montreal, St. Paul Avenue and Cleveland Avenue. Homes on the west side of Snelling will still have street access.

Following the full closure, Snelling will be reduced to one lane in both directions in the same location for work on the east side of the avenue. The single-lane restrictions will begin June 24 and last through mid-July. Trucks will be detoured.

Additional traffic restrictions will begin in mid-July.

Crews are redesigning a half-mile section of the four-lane Snelling Avenue to two lanes between Ford Parkway and Montreal Avenue, including a center median with left-turn lanes at the median breaks. A new 10-foot-wide multi-use trail will be installed along the east side of the avenue.

The traffic signal at Snelling and Montreal will be replaced. Work is expected to wrap up by late August.

For more information, visit tinyurl.com/Snelling2024.

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