down on EB Interstate 694 between Interstate 35E and U.S. Highway 61 the week of July 7. During early August, MnDOT finished pouring of permanent pavement at the east end of the commons, preventing traffic from entering NB Interstate 35E from EB Interstate 694. This task was completed in the late part of the month. The Labore Road bridge was also reopened to traffic on August 27. MnDOT held an official project completion celebration during the afternoon of October 23, 2008. This was the invitation to attend the completion ceremony: According to the White Bear Press, state and local employees unknotted a rope instead of cutting a ribbon to mark the project complete. Interstate freeway designs This section depicts the overall change in freeway design between pre-construction in 2004 and construction completion in 2008. The maps do not have a set scale; it simply depicts overall freeway design. For reference, the distance between the west and east interchanges of Interstate 35E is approximately 1 mile. Table of freeway changes: pre-construction to post-construction The following table lists changes the Minnesota Department of Transportation made to the system of interchanges as a whole between 2004 and 2008. Footnotes Urban design Interstate Highways in Minnesota Interstate 35