Minnesota Department of Transportation

511 Travel Info

Highway 5/Minnehaha Avenue and Stillwater Road

St. Paul and Maplewood

Meeting rescheduled: The public meeting on March 26 has been rescheduled due to inclement weather. Instead, please join us for the meeting on Thu, April 4, from 5-7 p.m. at Eastern Heights Elementary School. For more information, visit the meetings webpage.

This webpage is not updated over the weekend/overnight. For up-to-date information on traffic impacts, visit 511mn.org.

Traffic impacts

Highway 5 St. Paul to Maplewood project location map

Hwy 5 St. Paul to Maplewood project map.

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All traffic impacts are tentative and weather dependent.

Upcoming

Information about upcoming traffic impacts will be provided as details become available. As crews resurface the road, they will close lanes so please plan for longer travel times. There will not be any detours for these lane closures.

About this project

Starting in April, we will make improvements to Hwy 5/Minnehaha Ave. in St. Paul, including road resurfacing, sidewalk repairs, pedestrian lighting, bus stop improvements and more. We completed similar work on Stillwater Rd. in Maplewood last year.

During construction, crews will work from west to east, starting at N. Mendota St. and moving to McKnight Rd. Construction is anticipated to be complete in fall 2024.

You can learn more about this project by watching this brief presentation.

Additional work

Starting in 2025, we will replant 390 trees along the corridor. These trees will be better selected for the area and will include native species, salt and drought-tolerant species, and trees that are the right size for boulevards and nearby power poles.

In 2023, 246 trees were removed before construction because they were diseased, in poor health or would otherwise not survive construction.

In addition, St. Paul Regional Water Services is currently completing a lead pipe replacement project on Minnehaha Ave. from McKnight Rd. to 7th St. E. in anticipation of MnDOT’s upcoming construction.

Summary of work

  • Road resurfacing
  • Sidewalk repairs
  • Updating sidewalk curb ramps
  • Adding curb extensions or “bump-outs”
  • Replacing traffic signals and adding pedestrian lighting
  • Trail and driveway updates
  • Bus stop improvements