MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Just after 4 p.m. Friday, the Minneapolis Police Department said it was monitoring a protest that had blocked the Lake Street bridge from Minneapolis into Saint Paul. Lake Street remain closed for about an hour.

The protest appears to be have been a demonstration against the Dakota Access Pipeline.



Just after 5 p.m. Friday, police said on Twitter that protest group left and the bridge had reopened to vehicle traffic. No arrests were made, according to police.