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Fourth Avenue Northeast has been re-opened to through traffic between the Seventh Street Northeast bridge on the west and Lowe's Garden Center on the east, according to project managers with the Mouse River Enhanced Flood Protection Project.
Fourteenth Street Northeast will reopen north of the Souris River dead loop as part of this opening. Full driving access will be from Seventh Street Northeast to 27th Street Southeast.
Railway Avenue will continue to be closed to through traffic from Fourth Street Northeast to 27th Street Northeast. Railway Avenue will remain closed for the duration of the 2023 construction season. Traffic on Railway Avenue will continue to detour south to Burdick Expressway, while local traffic will utilize Sixth Avenue Northeast to access residential neighborhoods north of Railway Avenue.
The Railway Avenue and Fourth Avenue Northeast work is part of the Phase MI-5 Northeast Tieback Levee Project of the flood protection project. Phase MI-5 includes earthen levees, arterial road changes, a dry stormwater pond, floodwalls, a city greenway feature and a stormwater pump station.