June 5, 2012 A couple weeks ago, Homie (my husband) and I were cruisin' along on the motorcycle and decided to venture onto Superior Street, downtown Duluth. Now, when you're in a vehicle that is enclosed, you don't hear, see, or feel what the roadway is doing underneath your tires, unless it's a pothole you're navigating. On a motorcycle, it's an entirely different story.
June 5, 2012 This mirror probably saved me a trip to the hospital this morning. I was nearly rear ended by a car when I stopped at a traffic light.
June 4, 2012 The road construction is slowly making it way across the Northland. If you haven't already been impacted in some way, perhaps this next bout of road closures and detours will do the trick. We're moving from the Duluth area up I-35 between Scanlon and Larson Road this Thursday, June 7
May 29, 2012 Work will begin on June 6th on the Highway 210 bridge over the St. Louis River on June 6th. The project will extend the life of the bridge for about another 50 years, according to the MN Department Of Transportation.
May 25, 2012 We've received word from the Minnesota Department of Transportation of the closing of Highway 61 approximately one mile west of Grand Marais to all vehicles but semitrailers due to flooding.
There is no word as to when it may reopen, so Highway 61 will remain closed until further notice. The State Patrol has detoured all other motor vehicles via Birch Road and Cook County Road 7 to Highway 61.
May 20, 2012 Driving home from Minneapolis this afternoon, I was so happy that I was not driving south on I-35. While construction did limit us to one lane at times, it didn't cause much if any delay. Those people traveling south, on the other hand, were pretty much sitting still beginning around Sandstone. I can only imagine how long it took those people to get to their destination. 'Tis the season and on Monday we will have some new construction across the Northland.
May 18, 2012 About a year ago the North Shore Scenic Drive made a top 10 scenic drive list. This time, it's part of the 10 "Great All- American Road Trips" on yahoo.com. See where it landed on the list after the jump.
May 18, 2012 Add this to your list of construction projects to remember. This starts on May 21st on Highway 53 near Cotton MN. The project should complete late August, but in the meantime, there will be lane closures and intermittent flagging stops.
May 18, 2012 My husband has business to attend to in the Cities today and thanks to my friend Sandy in Hinckley, I was able to warn him of the Southbound I-35 road construction. Sandy said you'll actually run into two different road construction locations with about 7 miles in between
May 17, 2012
Safety is a concern, so only the decorative lights on the Blatnik Bridge will be off during the two year preservation project that started this month.
There is a lot to do to get one of our local landmarks up to snuff
May 17, 2012 Earlier this week you may have heard of a construction project in Duluth that would have closed the Northbound I-535 ramp over Garfield Avenue in Duluth.
May 16, 2012 It's been a little frustrating, hasn't it? A lot of us were really hopeful that last year the I-35 Mega Project was done. 2 years of avoiding I-35, and using alternate routes was finally over, right? Wrong. Not quite yet. According to the MN Dot website, it should be completed by June. To add to the frustration, work has begun on the Blatnik Bridge.
