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Blue Line Detour Beginning Sunday, August 30th – 20th Ave E and Woodland area temp Stops

Due to a Kent Road construction project that remains closed beyond its anticipated completion date, the Blue Line will be detoured beginning Sunday, August 30, and is expected to remain on detour through Tuesday morning.

Riders using stops between 20th Ave E and Woodland Ave may experience temporary stop changes during this detour. Temporary stops will be available at:

Eastbound: 21st Ave E at 3rd Street
Westbound: Nearside corner of 4th St and 22nd Ave E

We anticipate returning to regular routing as soon as Kent Road reopens, which could occur as early as Monday evening.

If you plan to board or exit the Blue Line at stops between 20th Ave E and Woodland Ave on Monday evening or Tuesday morning, consider using nearby unaffected stops or call DTA Customer Service at 218-722-SAVE (7283) to check the current status of the detour before traveling.

Stay tuned for updates, as construction progress and the road reopening timeline may change.

Route 109 unexpected outbound detour:

Route 109 will use 58th to cody street on outbound for the foreseeable future, to navigate around unexpected construction.

We will provide updates as they are available.

Route 103 and 109 Detour Under Mesaba Beginning Monday, August 24th

Beginning Monday, August 24, West Superior Street beneath Mesaba Avenue will be closed to traffic in both directions. As a result, Route 109 will operate on the detour outlined below.

Route 103 will follow the same detour as Route 109 through August 29. Beginning August 30, Route 103 will transition to a different detour and will no longer use the Route 109 detour routing.

This closure is expected to remain in effect through the end of October. Additional routes currently operating on separate detours may eventually return to their regular routes, which would be affected by this closure. Detour information will be updated as those routing changes are implemented.

Route 109 and 103 (until Aug 29^th) To Downtown: Regular route into downtown from I-35 NB

Route 103 To Downtown starting Aug 30th: the detour on W 1^st St will take 103 around this closure.

Route 109 From Downtown and Westbound 103 (until Aug 29^th): From W Superior St and 5^th Ave W detour by turning left onto 5^th Ave W, follow 5^th Ave W to I-35 SB ramp and take that ramp to resume regular route on I-35 SB.

Route 103 Westbound starting Aug 30^th: the detour on W 1^st St will take 103 around this closure.

Route 109 and Route 103 (through Aug 29^th) map:

Route 112 Detour Begins Wednesday August 19th Pecan/Upham/Baylis area

On Sunday August 30th, there will be changes to Routes 103 and Blue line.  These routes will revert to the schedules and service corridors used before the summer detour schedules launched in June.  This change will have route 103 staying on Grand avenue through Spirit Valley/Lincoln Park, and see the return of the Blue Line serving UMD (aside from active detours that will affect these routes into fall).

Additionally, Superior will see the addition of a new local route, Route 210, returning service to portions of South Superior, connecting that neighborhood with all other Superior routing.  This routing addition is a first phase of the plan to provide more service to Superior, pending the addition of more drivers.   The 210 will operate seven days per week except on holidays. Service will run approximately 6:00 am to 10:00 am, and 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm, much in the way recently added Route 111 operates.

Here are previews of the schedules for the three routes mentioned above:

Blue Line Schedule  effective Sunday, August 30th

Route 103 Schedule  effective Sunday, August 30th

Route_210 Schedule  effective Sunday, August 30th

OBSERVATION HILL DETOUR

A closure of W Skyline Parkway Southwest of the split for 7th St and 9th St will create a detour for Route 114 starting on Wednesday August 12th and continuing for approximately 3 weeks.

Route 114 From Downtown: Regular route until 7th St and Mesaba Ave, detour by turning left onto Mesaba Ave and follow to 3rd St, turn right on 3rd St and follow to 10thAve W, turn right onto 10th Ave W and follow to W Skyline Parkway, turn right and
follow W Skyline Parkway to 8th Ave W, turn right and follow 8th Ave W to 6th St and turn right, follow 6th St to 10th Ave W and turn left, follow 10th Ave W to resume normal To Downtown routing.

Route 114 To Downtown: Regular route from downhill on 10th Ave W after following the From Downtown detour.

This detour will temporarily close all stops on 7th St West of Mesaba Ave and up to 8th Ave W as well as reverse direction of travel on Skyline Parkway during the detour.

West Superior Street Closure Route 1, 103, 107, 108, 110 and Blue Line – Begins Monday, May 11th:

Beginning Monday, May 11th, West Superior Street from M&H (8th Avenue West) to 18th Avenue West will be closed for reconstruction. During this time Routes 1, 103, 107, 108, 110 & Blue Line will detour as follows:

Westbound (From Downtown to Lincoln Park) Routes 1, 103, 107, 108 & Blue Line: Regular route to Superior Street and 6th Avenue West, then detour by turning right on 6th Avenue West and follow to 1st Street, turn left on 1st Street and follow to 21st Avenue West, turn right on 21st Avenue West and resume regular route. (Route 1, see below)

Route 1 will turn left on 21st Avenue West and follow to Superior Street, turn right on Superior Street and resume regular route.

Eastbound (From Lincoln Park to Downtown) Routes 103, 107, 108 & Blue Line: Regular route to 21st Avenue West and 1st Street, then detour by turning left on 1st Street and follow to 6th Avenue West, turn right on 6th Avenue West and follow to Superior Street, turn left on Superior Street and resume regular route. (Route 1, see below)

Eastbound Route 1 (From Lincoln Park to Downtown): Regular route to Superior Street and 21st Avenue West, then detour by turning left on 21st Avenue West and follow to 1st Street, turn right on 1st Street and follow to 6th Avenue West, turn right on 6th Avenue West and follow to Superior Street, turn left on Superior Street and resume regular route.

Temporary bus stops will be placed along 1st Street in the Lincoln Park area during this detour.

Routes 110 From Duluth MN. to Superior WI.: Regular route to Superior Street and 5th Avenue West, then detour by turning left on 5th Avenue West and follow to the ramp to Railroad Street. At the bottom of the ramp turn left onto Railroad Street and follow to Garfield Avenue, turn left on Garfield Avenue and resume regular route to Superior WI.

Routes 110 From Superior WI. to Duluth MN.: Regular route to Garfield Avenue and Railroad Street, then detour by turning right on Railroad Street and follow to the ramp to 5th Avenue West, at the top of the ramp turn left onto 5th Avenue West and follow to Superior Street, turn right on Superior Street and resume regular route to DTC.

This detour is expected to last approximately one month.