Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue November 24, 2020
Minnesota Aims to Rid Road of Dangerous Conditions
The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is overseeing a $64.5 million project that will use giant underground stormwater tanks designed to ease a dangerous condition. The completed undertaking will help reduce frequency and severity of flooding on a busy freeway in south Minneapolis....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 08, 2020
Crews Dismantle Aging Red Wing Bridge
A $63.4 million undertaking overseen by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) is inching closer to completion, as crews dismantle an aging structure that's clearly past its prime. The Red Wing Bridge Project includes the Highway 63 (Eisenhower) Bridge over the Mississippi River and the Highway 63 Bridge over Highway 61, as well as the highway connections to Highway 61, Minnesota Highway 58 and approach roadways in Wisconsin....
Minnesota Department of Transportation - Tue April 14, 2020
MnDOT Announces 2020 State Road Construction Projects
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced that the agency will undertake 188 road and bridge projects statewide during the 2020 season to help maintain the state's roads and bridges, improve safety and support construction jobs across the state....
Minnesota DOT - Wed January 08, 2020
Minnesota Awards $18M for TED Projects
The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced awards for five state highway projects that will help support growing industry and businesses, leverage private funding and improve the transportation system for all users....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 08, 2020
Bridge Crews Endure Brutal Winter, High Water
In just a matter of one year when cranes began to loom over the original 35W bridge crossing over the Minnesota River, regular commuters are now seeing real progress on its replacement. Connecting the cities of Bloomington and Burnsville just south of Minneapolis, traffic crews recently switched all six lanes from the old bridge to the new, northbound bridge....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed November 13, 2019
Improving Minnesota Roads, BNSF Rail Operations
Construction began in mid-July for the $34 million, design-build Willmar Wye project, an initiative led by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and its partners — Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (BNSF), city of Willmar, Kandiyohi County and the Kandiyohi County and city of Willmar Economic Development Commission....
Katherine Devlin – CEG Editorial Assistant - Wed October 30, 2019
Ulland Relies on Ruffridge Johnson, Bomag to Meet IC Spec.
Thermal segregation — temperature differences in hot mix asphalt (HMA) — and aggregate segregation — the non-uniform distribution of coarse and fine aggregates within the asphalt mixture — can cause premature failure of asphalt roads....
Richard Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed July 10, 2019
Work Resumes on Red Wing, Minn., Bridge Project
Finally, after a two month lay-off caused by high river levels, iron workers recently returned to work raising a new bridge crossing the Mississippi River between the city of Red Wing, Minn., and the western shoreline of Wisconsin....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 26, 2019
Concrete Roadway Repairs on I-90 Begin
Started last summer, Ulland Brothers Inc. is looking to complete the Minnesota Department of Transportation's (MnDOT) $17 million I-90 Westbound Concrete Overlay project between the cities of Manchester and Hayward in Freeborn County by mid-September....
MnDOT - Wed May 29, 2019
MnDOT Receives Award for Promoting Women-, Minority-Owned Business
The Minnesota Department of Transportation's Americans with Disability Act Small Business Opportunity pilot program received the Rosa Parks Diversity Leadership Award April 25 from the Women's Transportation Symposium....
