MnDOT announces more ramp, lane closures starting Friday night in Washington County [Video]

Drivers looking to get across the state border between Minnesota and Wisconsin may want to avoid using Interstate 94 – at least for the next couple of months.

As reported earlier this week, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is working to pave both directions of the interstate between Highway 95 and St. Croix Trail and the St. Croix River, a project estimated to cost $120 million. The agency previously said both directions of the highway would be down to a single lane starting at 9 p.m. on Wednesday – from just west of Highway 95 and St. Croix Trail to the middle of the bridge. Traffic would then be up to two lanes starting early Thursday morning until late June.

Early Friday afternoon, the agency announced that, due to weather conditions, the contractor wasn’t able to complete the traffic shift scheduled for …