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highway 100 construction

Traffic “Checkmate”: Trying — Unsuccessfully — to Avoid Highway 100 Gridlock

Twin Cities Rush Hour Drivers:  “%#!&!#$!” How bad is rush hour (or any hour) traffic in the vicinity of Highway 100 road construction in St. Louis Park these days? Bad enough to evoke the existential play, “No Exit” — and to seriously steam me and doubtless thousands of other Twin Cities drivers. 0-for-5 Trying to...
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“Cute Rambler on Quiet Minnetonka Boulevard Cul-de-sac”

Wait a Second . . . Where?!? I doubt you’re going to see any homes marketed that way — it is only “temporary,” right? — but at the moment, there are not one but two new cul-de-sac’s in St. Louis Park’s Fern Hill and Birchwood neighborhoods. The west and east boundaries, respectively, are formed by Highway...
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“Ghost Highway”

Highway 100 Between 394 and 62 on Weekends Even with all the advance notice about pending construction, it’s still a bit eerie to see six or so miles of what’s ordinarily heavily trafficked Twin Cities freeway . . . completely empty. You know it’s a major hassle when the “Detour” signs direct drivers to Highway...
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