Take Other Route?

It's construction season again, this year exaggerated by federal stimulus package funds. I-35 splits just below Forest Lake into east and west, reuniting again on the south side of Burnsville, where you can continue all the way to Texas, should you be of a mind to do so. You can take your choice through the cities of going through either St. Paul or Minneapolis. Southbound 35W has been down to one lane now for a week, and just before the split, signs inform you of that fact and advise you to take 35E instead. It fails to mention that 35E in down to one lane also.