Just came back from Duluth and saw all the announcements for the summer construction season.

is there a list or a map that shows the areas under contstruction?

Lovely (not).

I've heard from a few different people that the construction should be fairly light conspire to years passed.

coff coff..I am from away..and hesitate to suggest MN info from heah..

but does this help? 511

Yes. Site bookmarked for future reference. Thanks.

Thanks YC! Bookmarked as well. Your site also had a link to this site which shows "real time" travel times.

perfect..i leave on the 5th..

ugh. Ruined the drive on many a trip last year... wish someone would invent a permanent roadway that didn't require repairs! :)

Last year I updated the TomTom the day before I left home, got through Duluth just fine. 9 days later, not so good. This is a legit topic if you have to go that way.

It's part of the gig! A buddy of mine provides me with much laughter as he goes totally mental each year whenever we hit construction...and I am pretty sure his going mental never really does much to alleviate the construction he so hates.

quote BWPaddler: "ugh. Ruined the drive on many a trip last year... wish someone would invent a permanent roadway that didn't require repairs! :)"

There is a simple way to make this happen, Make the state put a clause in all road work contracts that the contractor must guarantee their work for X number of years at no cost to repair to the state.

Trust me, these roads would never need repair. Also it should be illegal for a contractor to bid on repairing a road they built originally.

Im going to get a really long ramp and get back a couple miles, then gun it and jump that sumbich :-) So if you see a Jeep Liberty airborne and it lands on your car while your stuck in road construction traffic, well that will be me !

FYI - signs up on NB USHWY 53 this morning that northbound 53 across Blatnik (High) bridge will be closed starting May 14th at 0900. Haven't been able to find out for how long. Will be a slight detour for folks heading from WI to MN. Maybe extra 10 minutes most of day, bit longer between 7-8 a.m. weekdays.

Pick up highway 61 in hinckly or sandstone and take it to Carlton. It's normally not as fast as 35 but with the meat grinder that's probably going to be happening it will alleviate a head ache or two.

My previous statement of construction not being bad was in regard I Duluth. I forgot about the rest of 35:)

I would avoid it if it were possible, that 511 site is very handy though. Basically the American system of the lowest bidder wins causes poor work that you would never see on a road such as the autobahn, but that also costs much more to build.

just as a odd-ball comment..for me the worst part of the drive north is from my place by the Vets Hospital in Mpls to the start of 35N..it takes forever to make the stop and go drive up Hiawatha Ave and break out on to the freeway non stop to Cloquet.

Update on the Blatnik (Hwy 53) closure. According to Duluth paper, MN bound lanes will be closed from May 14th until mid-summer and when those re-open the WI bound lanes will be closed until October.