DTA to modify four routes with respect to complex summer construction in the Twin Ports
***For Immediate Release***
Duluth Transit Authority
May 18th, 2026
Duluth, MN
DTA to modify four routes with respect to complex summer construction in the Twin Ports
June 7th DTA Service Changes
To position the service for success this summer, the DTA announced today that four of its routes will see modifications beginning June 7th. The Blue Line and routes 103,112, and 211 will see impacts, with the Blue Line and 103 changes designed to address construction projects that will affect our routing. Routes 112 and 211 are undergoing small revisions in timing to improve connectivity to the broader system. “We have taken a strategic look at the construction projects planned for the summer season, and designed modifications to some of our most important routes. The goal is to provide the best possible and most reliable service given the conditions we are anticipating,” noted DTA CEO Chris Belden.
The DTA will provide descriptions of these changes, along with visuals and other information at:
https://www.duluthtransit.com/?page_id=46025
Temporary Changes for construction season:
Impacted neighborhoods:
Denfeld, Lincoln Park, Morely Heights, UMD area
Blue Line ends on the East Side at 24th Ave E and Superior St. Service to UMD temporarily paused for summer. Riders are advised to use 103, 104, 105, 106, and 112 to access UMD.
On the west side of Duluth, Blue Line will detour around 40th and Grand for the duration of the summer.
Route 103 will not serve Morely Heights, but will provide service on Snively Rd. It will express (using I-35) from Downtown to 40th Avenue west in a similar fashion to Route 109.
Route 103 will follow the same detour as blue line from 46th and Grand to 40th avenue West and W Superior St.
Route 112 gets approximately a ten-minute earlier shift across the board to improve connectivity with all other routes.
211 receives approximately 1 minute shifted between a couple time points to improve route timeliness but is largely very much the same. One time point has been removed from the listings to improve route timeliness as well, but the routing has not changed just the listing of the time point.
The hand updated hand schedules for the Blue Line and Route 103 will be marked with orange to indicate they are the temporary summer versions of these schedules, which we plan to revert to more familiar routing as construction concludes in the fall. These and the other two hand schedules will be available on our service alerts webpage as well to preview. Below is a system map reflecting the shortened Blue Line routing,\ along with the modified express service for route 103.
