This rebuild would accommodate for the expansion of the commons area for the work to take place in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Also in 2004, design work for the west and east interchanges was completed with the intent to eliminate weaving issues, as well as add additional lanes inside the commons area in between the two junctions. 2005 The following year, bridge abutments were put into place for new replacement bridges for the project. Final work on the Edgerton Street bridge was completed, for a total cost of $3 million. Cranes began coming onto the project to haul steel material into staging areas for bridge replacement. Also, late in 2005, bridge piers were installed and put into place for bridge construction on the west end of the project. This set of piers were put into place on a flyover bridge from NB Interstate 35E to WB Interstate 694. As of December 2005, all original bridges still existed throughout the project. No work on lane widening or interstate reconstruction was in progress at the time. 2006 2006 brought a beginning to the rebuilding of Interstates 35E and 694. Beginning in May 2006, bypasses and detours of interstate traffic were set up along both interstates, first covering the total distance of the project on both interstates, and a retaining wall along NB 35E was also started from Little Canada Road to the west junction of Interstates 35E and 694. Construction of two bridges on both the east end of the project and the west end of the project continued through June 2006, and noise walls were beginning to be installed along SB Interstate 35E to the east end of the commons section. This continued into August, and flyover bridge construction continued going from NB Interstate 35E to WB Interstate 694 on the west end of the project. Noise wall construction in two areas of the project were completed by the early part of September, and permanent pavement was beginning to be poured from Ramsey County Road E to Interstate 694 on the east end of the project, and from Little Canada Road to Interstate 694 on the west end of the project. In October 2006, bridge abutments were formed on the flyover bridge, and piers were still being constructed for the opposite end of the flyover bridge where it met with WB Interstate 694. All original bridges still existed through this month.