I suspected it on the drive home yesterday when I got on the freeway on a new ramp. This morning, it was confirmed. The Marquette Interchange is open! Or at least it appears to be.

After work yesterday, I was Downtown and I entered the freeway on North 11th Street. It felt weird but the ramp was wide and almost shiny with newness.

This morning when I got onto 794 East, there were cars entering on my right from the high rise bridge. That's something that hasn't happened in years.

Last night all of 794 was closed from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m. today for installation of signs, staining of concrete and what the project Web site calls, "final pavement marking."

Final pavement marking sure sounds like "finished!" to me.

However, according to Mchange.org, it appears that the spurs from 794 to I-43 north and south, and a few other ramps, aren't scheduled to reopen until 4 p.m. today.

Now, brace yourself for the renovation of I-94 from Milwaukee south to the state line and for the rebuilding of the Zoo Interchange. Ay carumba!