Motorist Killed After Car Vaults Over Highway 280 Ramp
A 28-year-old woman is dead after a crash in St. Paul Friday night.
A 28-year-old woman is dead after a crash in St. Paul Friday night.
Motorists in the Twin Cities should stay attentive this weekend, as there will be a new round of ramp and land closures this weekend.
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A major highway shutdown in Minneapolis could throw a detour into your weekend plans.
The interstate is closing so crews can take down the 5th Street pedestrian bridge over the highway. The new bridge won't be done until August.
A driver was taken into custody Tuesday night after driving the wrong way on Highway 280 before an injury crash in Minneapolis.
A motorcyclist is clinging to life after a crash in St. Paul early Saturday morning.
A motorist was killed following a crash early Sunday morning after jumping a guardrail and falling about 40 feet, investigators say. The crash happened along Highway 280 near University Avenue after 2 a.m.
Two people, including a police officer, were injured early Saturday morning when a suspected drunk driver slammed into the back of a squad car on Highway 280 in St. Paul. The Minnesota State Patrol says a University of Minnesota officer had pulled over a 19-year-old St. Paul woman near University Avenue at about 12:40 a.m.
In case you weren't already keeping track of enough detours around the Twin Cities, get ready to add another potential headache to the pile. Starting Friday at 10 p.m., eastbound traffic on Interstate 394 shifts into two HOV lanes so crews can do pavement work between Highway 100 in Golden Valley and Interstate 94 in Minneapolis.
Traffic in the west metro has been a headache lately, and it's only going to get worse as delays and detours come to St. Paul this weekend.
More detours are in store for people traveling between Minneapolis and St. Paul. I-94 just shut down in both directions for the weekend.
Motorists are going to have to schedule in a few extra minutes if they're commuting between St. Paul and Minneapolis over the weekend.
Motorists are going to have to schedule in a few extra minutes if they're commuting between St. Paul and Minneapolis over the weekend. The Minnesota Department of Transportation says that Interstate 94 will be closing in both directions between Highway 280 and Interstate 35E.
Despite a scheduled construction closure, a major highway between the Twin Cities is open in both directions Saturday evening.
Motorists in the Twin Cities are losing a number of main thoroughfares in the metro area this weekend. The Minnesota Department of Transportation said Interstate 94 will be closed in both directions between Highway 280 and Interstate 35E.
Authorities are on the scene of a fatal accident on Interstate 94 in Minneapolis that will cause major delays for the evening commute. The accident happened just after 3 p.m. Monday on eastbound I-94 at Highway 280 in Minneapolis.
The most recent accident occurred on Highway 280 near the Interstate 94 eastbound ramp. MnDOT says a mutli-car pile-up has shut down to the ramp from southbound Hwy 280 onto I-94 east. According to MnDOT, as many as 20 cars are involved, including a semi-truck.
Some major roads across the metro are experiencing closures and detours this weekend. Southbound Interstate 35W will be closed from Highway 280 in Roseville, Minnesota to 4th Street SE in Minneapolis.
A four-vehicle crash brought traffic to a stop on a busy metro freeway during the Friday morning commute. According to State Patrol Lieutenant Eric Roeske, a semi-truck was traveling southbound on I-35W just before 6:30 a.m. when the driver lost control.
The Minnesota State Patrol has responded to a single-vehicle crash that killed one person east of downtown Minneapolis Tuesday morning. The crash happened on the southbound Highway 280 ramp to westbound Interstate 94. The vehicle involved rolled, and the driver was reportedly killed.
The Minnesota State Patrol said it's investigating after a train crashed into a truck overnight. Authorities said the accident happened at about 12:45 a.m. Friday along Doswell Avenue in St. Paul, a remote back road near where Como Avenue crosses Highway 280.
A 50-year-old Oakdale man was seriously injured Saturday morning after pulling over to check on the drivers from a minor crash, the Minnesota State Patrol says, as icy conditions played a role.
Road construction is going to cause some major headaches after 10 p.m. Friday, when all eastbound lanes of Interstate 94 close between Highway 55/Hiawatha Avenue and Highway 280 in Minneapolis as crews lay down pavement.
Motorists this weekend will experience delays one final time as a portion of Interstate 94 in the Twin Cities will be closed due to construction.
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