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I-494 in southeast metro reopens after semi spills load
A stretch of highway in the southeast metro will be closed nearly all morning Tuesday while crews work to clear debris spilled by a semi truck.
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A stretch of highway in the southeast metro will be closed nearly all morning Tuesday while crews work to clear debris spilled by a semi truck.
A stretch of highway in the southeast metro will be closed nearly all morning Tuesday while crews work to clear debris spilled by a semi truck.
An overnight crash caused hours of cleanup in Edina. A semi-truck accident spilled diesel fuel onto westbound Interstate 494 under the France Avenue overpass. A contractor was called out to help clean it up.
Starting on Monday, MnDot will close the southbound Interstate 35W at the I-35W/Interstate 494 interchange Bloomington/Richfield. The northbound I-35W interchange will then close on Tuesday.
Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras caught the fire and subsequent extinguishment.
Minnesota Department of Transportation cameras caught the fire and subsequent extinguishment.
Drivers who take Interstate 494 from Edina to Bloomington as part of their daily commute will have to pack their patience for the next several years as work begins Tuesday evening on one of the Minnesota Department of Transportation's largest construction projects in department history.
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The Minnesota Department of Transportation said the center lane of Interstate 494 westbound is closed near Highway 100, just south of Edina.
Traffic is backed up on Interstate 494 near France Avenue in the south metro following a four-vehicle crash Thursday morning.
A Minneapolis man faces charges after allegedly leading police on a highway chase in Bloomington in a stolen vehicle over the weekend.
A man is in custody after allegedly leading police on a chase through Bloomington in a stolen vehicle Sunday morning.
The trooper had pulled off onto the shoulder of Highway 52 just north of Interstate 494, with their emergency lights on, when a driver struck their squad car.
One person died on Saturday morning after a semi truck crash on Interstate 494 in Eden Prairie.
The Minnesota State Patrol says Interstate 494 in Mendota Heights was temporarily reduced to one lane Friday morning after a fatal crash.
A federal grant of $60 million is slated to be used to improve a stretch of Interstate 494 near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Authorities said the blood was from an animal rendering plant. The ramp will remain closed until the blood is entirely cleaned up.
Bloomington police say a man fell onto Interstate 494 Thursday evening after fatally shooting himself in the midst of a confrontation with officers on a pedestrian bridge.
A crash has shut down an exit ramp on a highway in the east metro Wednesday evening.
The Minnesota State Patrol shut down a section of Interstate 35W in the Twin Cities Thursday night after at least one person was seriously hurt in a crash.
The Minnesota State Patrol is investigation a fatal crash that has closed part of an interstate in the south metro.
According to law enforcement, the driver was not wearing a seat belt at the time.
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Days after the massive IT meltdown that led to thousands of canceled flights across the United States, Delta Air Lines says normal operations should finally resume on Thursday.
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