Interstate 94 will be closed over the weekend between St. Paul and Oakdale while construction crews on the Metro Gold Line project set beams for a new pedestrian bridge over the freeway in St. Paul.

The closure starts at 10 p.m. Friday with eastbound lanes closed between U.S. 52 and U.S. 61 and westbound lanes closed between I-494/I-694 and I-35E.

The eastbound lanes will reopen Saturday at 8 p.m. while the westbound lanes will reopening Monday at 5 a.m. I-35E and I-694 will be the detour routes.

Interstate 94 will close for the weekend beginning Friday, Nov. 10, 2023, as crews working on the Metro Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit line set beams for a new pedestrian bridge over the freeway in St. Paul. (Courtesy of Metro Transit)

In addition to the pedestrian bridge, crews also will be working on the westbound I-94 to Mounds Boulevard exit.

The $505 million Gold Line Bus Rapid Transit service will make 16 stops between St. Paul and Woodbury, including in Maplewood, Landfall and Oakdale. Ramsey and Washington counties are both putting in about $120 million to the project. Another $239 million in federal funding was approved through the infrastructure law passed by Congress in 2021.

More information about the Gold Line project can be found at Metro Transit’s website: metrotransit.org/gold-line-construction.

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