Red Cross, hospital and detour and road closure information and map
The Red Cross Family Inquiry Line is 612-871-7676. A family assistance center has been established at the Holiday Inn Metrodome, 1500 Washington Ave. South.
Families looking for information about family members at Hennepin County Medical Center should call 612-873-3400.
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDoT) has posted detour information and a map on its website. Traffic and road changes were summed up well on the Prospect Park elist:
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is making Minnesota
Highway 280 the primary route to replace northbound and southbound
I-35W traffic. It will carry traffic from I-35W in Roseville to
Interstate 94.
To prevent traffic snarls, Highway 280 will be converted to a
temporary freeway with no traffic signals.
The change means Broadway Avenue and County Road B will no longer have access to the highway,
and the lights at these intersections will stay green for the highway.
North of the collapsed bridge, traffic on I-35W will stop at the
Stinson/New Brighton Boulevard exits. South of the bridge, all
northbound I-35W traffic will be forced to exit onto eastbound I-94.
In addition to these changes, the ramp from Hennepin Avenue to
Southbound I-35W will be closed to traffic.
Leaving downtown Minneapolis:
Drivers wanting to leave downtown Minneapolis have two main routes:
Fourth Avenue South, which feeds onto southbound I-35W; and
Third Street West, which feeds onto Interstate 394 or I-94
westbound.
Drivers should avoid Washington Avenue.
Please be advised that there may be more changes to this
transportation plan. The situation may change to accommodate traffic
patterns.
Road closures due to bridge collapse:
The City of Minneapolis has announced the closure of the following
roads due to collapse of the I-35W bridge across the Mississippi River:
WEST RIVER PARKWAY
Closed between 13th Ave S to 1st St S
Local access only between 11th Ave and 13th Ave S
Local access between 4th St and 1st St S
2nd STREET SE
Closed between 8th Ave SE to 11th Ave SE
Local access between 3rd Ave SE and 8th Ave SE
Local access only on 11th Ave SE between University Ave and 2nd St SE
10th AVENUE BRIDGE
Closed between University Ave. SE to 2nd St. South
Local access to gas station at University Ave SE
Local access between 2nd St S and Washington Ave.
BROADWAY ST NE
Closed at TH280 Eastbound and Westbound
Local access from Industrial Blvd to the TH 280 closure
August 2, 2007 3 a.m.
Signing on westbound 36 and southbound I-35W will display “Local traffic use Stinson Blvd; thru traffic use Hwy 280”
The ramp from Hennepin Avenue to southbound I-35W will be closed to traffic.
last revised: August 2, 2007