[NLRS] ** AURORA CONF ALERT - ROAD CLOSED **

[WA2VOI, Donn]

MN HWY 55W IS CLOSED AT MN169W.  Also, no access to MN55W from MN169N.  (Yes and No.  You 
can get off but will be directed to the Hwy 55W detour.)   MN55 W is accessible from MN169 
S.

Hwy 55W DETOUR at MN169:
The detour takes you on MN169S to I394W (DO NOT TAKE "Betty Crocker Blvd").
- -  "Official" detour takes you W to I494N to Hwy 55  and than you backtrack  to W 
Medicine Lake Rd... its about 10 miles, total.)
- - A better way is I394W to Hopkins Crossroads / Zachary Ln. N to Cty 73.  Follow Cty 73 
to MN55.  Turn LEFT (West) on HW 55  to W Medicine Lake Rd.  ~3 mi total.

Access to MN 55E into MPLS is OK.  I didn't check access to MN169 N from HWY 55 E but it 
appears to be OK.

Just a note to hopefully save you some trouble tomorrow morning.
See you at Aurora !

73 Donn
WA2VOI/0