Service Alerts

Crane placement near Dicks Sporting Goods, and active work zones surrounding that area, require the DTA to detour their Miller Hill Mall routing. Door 8 will not be serviced during this time. Passengers are requested to limit travel to the Miller Hill Mall to required trips only. A temporary bus stop will be placed near Essentia’s mall entrance (the old Sears Building).

Below is a map outlining the detour routing. The duration of the detour may last from a few days to over a week.

Service Pause – Weekday Route 5:

Despite ongoing efforts to bring aboard Bus Operators to replace those who have retired or otherwise departed, we are forced to make the difficult decision to pause weekday Route 5 (which runs between western Duluth and the Miller Hill area), As a function of the weekday Route 5 pausing, this will also impact Inbound Route 10E trip Departing Door 8 at 7:05am and Outbound Route 1 Zoo trip departing DTC at 7:35am weekdays.  A Route 9MT trip departing the Piedmont Park and Ride at 7:07am, which arrives downtown at 7:23am will also be paused. These individual trips, while not part of Route 5 are connected via interlined service, and will also be paused until the 5 service returns.  These changes will take effect Monday, January 30th.

Due to the closure of both on and off ramps from 21^st Avenue West to Highway 53, Weekday and Saturday Route 5 buses will detour as follows:

From West Duluth to Mall: Buses will run regular route to 3^rd Street and 24^th Avenue West, then detour via left on 24^th Avenue West to Piedmont Avenue, right on Piedmont Avenue to Highway 53, left on Highway 53 and return to regular route.

 From Mall Area to West Duluth: Buses will run regular route to Highway 53 and Piedmont Avenue, then detour via right on Piedmont Avenue to 24^th Avenue West, left on 24^th Avenue West to 3^rd Street, right on 3^rd Street and return to regular route.

This detour is expected to last for an extended period as the ramp closures are planned to remain closed into 2024.