Road construction to close section of University Avenue at the University of Minnesota this weekend

Contacts: Tim Busse, University Services, (612) 624-2863
Patty Mattern, University News Service, (612) 624-2801

MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (06/25/2009) — In order to complete final work associated with the Metropolitan Council’s infrastructure project, ALL lanes of University Avenue near the intersection of University Avenue and Oak Street Southeast at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis will be closed from 7 p.m. Friday, June 26 through 5 a.m. Monday, June 29.

Detour signs will direct traffic north onto Seventeenth Avenue Southeast, east onto Fifth Street Southeast, and south onto 23rd Avenue Southeast.Additional signs will be posted indicating that access remains open to the McNamara Alumni Center and the University Avenue Parking Ramp.

For more information about transportation at the U, go to the U of M Parking and Transportation Services Web site at http://www1.umn.edu/pts/index.htm