Service Alerts

1400 BLOCK E Superior Street Detour: Mon 6/22-Fri 6/26 (Blue Line and 103)

On Monday, June 22^nd, a fire service installation will close the 1400 block of E Superior St. The project is expected to be completed on Friday, June 26^th.Blue Line and Route 103 will need to detour during this time.

From Downtown Heading towards Lakeside UMD:

Regular route to 14^th Avenue East, then turn right and run to Jefferson Street, turn left and run to 15^th Avenue East, turn left and run to Superior Street, turn right and return to regular route.

To Downtown from UMD and Lakeside:

Regular route to 15^th Avenue East, then turn right and run to 1^st Street, turn left and run to 14^th Avenue East, turn left and run to Superior Street, turn right and return to regular route.

Buses may return to regular route along Superior Street and soon as it reopens.

24^th AW DETOUR Routes 107 and 108 Mon 6/22 – Sat 6/27

On Monday, June 22^nd, road construction will close 24^th AW from 8^th St. to 9^th St. The project is expected to be completed on Saturday, June 27^th. Routes 107 and 108 will need to detour during this time. Temporary stops will be placed along the detour route.

Route 107 From Downtown: Regular route to 21^st Ave W and 1^st St, detour by turning right onto the ramp for Hwy 53/Trinity Road. Continue on Hwy 53 to regular route towards LSC.

Route 108 From Downtown: Regular route to 21^st Ave W and 1^st St, detour by turning right onto the ramp for Hwy 53/Trinity Road and proceed to 10^th Street and turn left, follow to 24^th Ave W and turn right to resume regular route.

Routes 107 and 108 To Downtown: Reverse of the “From Downtown” directions.

We are anticipating this detour to last until Saturday, June 27th

Here is a map of the detour:

DETOUR – SATURDAY, JUNE 20th – GRANDMA’S MARATHON
AFFECTED ROUTES: ALL EXCEPT 111, 112, 211

Grandma’s Marathon will be held on Saturday, June 20th. Due to this, Superior Street will be closed to traffic from 5th Avenue West to 12th Avenue East from 5:45 a.m. until approximately 2:00 p.m.

All downtown routes will use 1ˢᵗ Street during the closure of Superior Street. Passengers should expect trip delays due to the significant congestion this major event will create

Buses will use the nearside of each intersection they pass along 1ˢᵗ St as temporary stops.Route-Specific Detours

Blue Line (East to 24th Ave E & West to Spirit Valley)
Buses will detour through downtown using 1st
Street from 5ᵗʰ Avenue West to 3ʳᵈ Avenue East. From 3ʳᵈ Avenue East to 12ᵗʰ Avenue East buses will use 2ⁿᵈ and 3ʳᵈ Streets (One-way Streets)

Green Line
• To the Mall: Green line begins at 1ˢᵗ Street and 5ᵗʰ Avenue West, following 1st Street to 3ʳᵈ Avenue East where it will return to regular routing to the mall area.
• From the Mall: Buses will use regular routing to 3ʳᵈ Avenue East and 1ˢᵗ Street, then follow 1ˢᵗ Street to 5ᵗʰ Avenue West. Buses will then drop to Superior Street, making its final stop at 6th
Avenue West & Superior Street (next to the Incline Station). Please exit at or before this stop.

Route 103 (to UMD & New Duluth) Buses will detour through downtown using 1st Street from 5ᵗʰ Avenue West to 3ʳᵈ Avenue East. From 3ʳᵈ Avenue East to 12ᵗʰ Avenue East buses will use 2ⁿᵈ and 3ʳᵈ Streets (One-way Streets)

Routes 104 & 110 These routes will detour via 1st Street from 5th Avenue West to Lake Avenue, with Route 110 also using Railroad Street to access Garfield Avenue on its way to and from Superior WI.

Routes 105 & 106 (to UMD / Downtown) Buses will use regular routing to 3rd Avenue East and 1st Street, then follow 1st Street to 5th Avenue West. Buses will then drop to Superior Street, making its final stop at 6th Avenue West & Superior Street (next to
the Incline Station). Please exit at or before this stop.

Routes 108 & 114 Buses will use 1st Street between 5th Avenue West and Lake Avenue.

NOTE: Route 113 will not operate until the 4:35pm departure from DTC.

Route 109 (to Proctor & Downtown)
• To Downtown: Buses will arrive into the downtown area via Mesaba Avenue and 1st Street. The only bus stops for Route 109 in the downtown area will be on 1ˢᵗ Street near 6ᵗʰ Avenue West and on Superior Street below the Incline Station.
• To Proctor: Buses will depart 6th Avenue West, passing the bus stop on Superior Street below the Incline Station before heading via the freeway to West Duluth.

Important Notes for Passengers:

• Please allow extra time for your trip, especially if traveling through downtown.
• Drivers will do their best to stay on schedule, but traffic and the marathon route may cause
delays.
• All buses will still serve their regular destinations outside of the downtown closure area— just via alternate paths during the closure.
• The included maps will be useful tools to visualize the detour routing for this complex closure event.
• In many cases, temporary bus stops (although unmarked) will be used.

Thank you for your understanding and for riding with us during Grandma’s Marathon!

Temporary Changes for construction season:

Impacted neighborhoods:

Denfeld, Lincoln Park, Morely Heights, UMD area

PDF’s of hand schedule changes:

Blue Line Summer Schedule

103 Summer Schedule

Updated 112 Schedule

Updated 211 Schedule

Blue Line ends on the East Side at 24^th Ave E and Superior St. Service to UMD temporarily paused for summer.  Riders are advised to use 103, 104, 105, 106, and 112 to access UMD.

On the west side of Duluth, Blue Line will stay on Grand avenue for the duration of the summer.

Route 103 will not serve Morely Heights, but will provide service on Snively Rd. It will express (using I-35) from Downtown to 40^th Avenue west.

Route 103 will follow the same detour as blue line from 46^th and Grand to 40^th avenue West and W Superior St.

Route 112 gets approximately a ten-minute earlier shift across the board to improve connectivity with all other routes.

211 receives approximately 1 minute shifted between a couple time points to improve route timeliness but is largely very much the same. One time point has been removed from the listings to improve route timeliness as well, but the routing has not changed just the listing of the time point.

The hand updated hand schedules for the Blue Line and Route 103 will be marked with orange to indicate they are the temporary summer versions of these schedules, which we plan to revert to more familiar routing as construction concludes in the fall. These and the other two hand schedules will be available on our service alerts webpage as well to preview.  Below is a system map reflecting the shortened Blue Line routing, along with the modified express service for route 103: