Despite Riley’s comment yesterday, Roadguy does actually get to St. Paul now and then. He doesn’t use the 10th Street exit very often, but he did last weekend, and he encountered this:

(This photo may look vaguely familiar.)

Roadguy sort of rolled his eyes at the sign, for he has been misled by black-on-orange lettering many times before (you might recall this and this, just for starters). Surely, he figured, if he proceeded, there would be at least one lane open, or something. Alas, no:

These guys were serious. Not just barricades, but floor-to-ceiling chain link. Additional specific signs were on hand to ban pedestrians …

… and the unemployed:

My having to reverse course could have been avoided if only I had (1) believed the first sign and (2) made use of the city of St. Paul’s handy street-closings page, which says that this stretch of 10th will be blocked until mid-September.

I can probably teach myself to check a website before leaving the house; learning to trust construction signs will be trickier. I’ve been betrayed by Minneapolis for so long, but maybe things are more honest east of the river….

If you have thoughts or stories to share or know of anything I should check out on my next St. Paul visit (besides Riley’s T-Intersection of Doom), send an e-mail or leave a comment below.

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