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MnDOT: How to Get to Lilydaze Sept. 17
If you're a guest to the Mendota Heights area, here's how to avoid the I-35E closures and still end up at the festival in Lilydale on Saturday.
The at is set for Saturday, Sept. 17 from 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Now how to get there ...
Northbound lanes of Interstate 35E between Interstate 494 and Highway 5/West Seventh Street are closing Friday night.
Meanwhile, the interchange of Highway 13 and Interstate 35E are also under construction, with just the southbound lane of 35E to Highway 13 open for traffic.
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What's a visitor to do? MnDOT provided these tips Friday afternoon:
Coming from ...
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West of the Interstate 494/Interstate 35E interchange: Take northbound Highway 5 (if across the river), to eastbound Highway 55 (across the Mendota Bridge), to Highway 13.
Coming from ...
East of the Interstate 494/Interstate 35E interchange: Take northbound Hwy 149/Dodd Road (if south), to westbound Highway 110, to Highway 13.
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