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North Dakota DOT Kicks Off 2026 Construction Season

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AASHTO Journal - The North Dakota Department of Transportation officially kicked off its 2026 construction season at an event on May 21 — a season the agency said will consist of work o...

Ames, NDDOT Improve Bismarck Interchange

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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - A $47.8 million project in Bismarck, N.D., will replace a 61-year-old Diamond Interchange on I-94 built when Bismarck was still expanding. Work on the new interchange known as a Single Point Urban interchange or SPUI is in its second and most challenging year, said Bernie Southam, project enginee...

NDDOT Academy Marks 20 Years of Excellence in Training

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North Dakota Department of Transportation - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) celebrated the 20th year of its Fall Transportation Technician Training Academy Oct. 6, 2025, at Camp Grafton located just south of Devils Lake. The week-long academy provides new maintenance team members from across the state with cla...

Western DOTs Shine at America's Transportation Awards

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AASHTO - Eleven state department of transportation projects from Nebraska, Utah, Texas, North Dakota, California, Idaho and Oklahoma won regional honors in the 2025 America's Transportation Awards competition. From using innovative technology like robotic arms to build bridges to creating a system...

NDDOT, Partners Officially Kick Off Construction Season

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North Dakota Department of Transportation - In anticipation of the upcoming travel season, the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) kicked off the 2025 construction season with a news conference on May 22 in Bismarck to discuss upcoming projects and work zone safety. This year's construction season consists of appr...

Idaho Transportation Department Maintenance Team Prevails at National Snow Roadeo

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Idaho Transportation Department - The largest group of competitors ever (about 330) at the Snow & Ice Conference and National Snow Roadeo in Loveland, Colo., couldn't slow down the Idaho Transportation Department maintenance team, which won the national "Top Agency" title for the third time in the last four y...

SDDOT Diverging Diamond Interchange Project Earns 2024 Award

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South Dakota Department of Transportation - The South Dakota Department of Transportation's (SDDOT) Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) located on Interstate 90 at exit 59 and North LaCrosse Street in Rapid City was recently honored as a winner within the Western Association of State Transportation Officials (WASHTO) region for the 202...

Western DOTs Win Regional Awards for Stellar Projects

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AASHTO - Ten projects from state departments of transportation in California, Arizona, Utah, Washington State, Nebraska, South Dakota, Oregon, North Dakota and Texas took home top prizes in the 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. These projects, ranging from implementing new safety counterme...

Growth Spurs SDDOT's Sioux Falls Project

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - A $34.3 million reconstruction project on Benson Road and the Interstate 229 interchange is unfolding in Sioux Falls, S.D. The undertaking, a combined effort by the South Dakota Department of Transportation (SDDOT) and the city of Sioux Falls, includes construction of a diverging diamond intercha...

ITD Team Captures Award at 2021 Snow & Ice Conference

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ITD.idaho. gov - Competing against the top operators from the region and the country, the four-person team from the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) won the national team title at the 2021 Western Snow & Ice Conference in Colorado on Sept. 29. The four maintenance workers who made the trip were B...

Seven Western Departments of Transportation Win Awards

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AASHTO - Seven state departments of transportation in Arizona, California, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon, Texas and Utah earned regional recognition in the 2021 America's Transportation Awards competition for projects providing safer access to kids walking to school, removing a highway to reconnect...

NDDOT Wraps Up 193 Projects as 2020 Construction Season Comes to End

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North Dakota Department of Transportation - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) wraps up work on 193 road and bridge projects during the 2020 construction season, which is coming to a close around the state. "2020 was a tremendous year for the NDDOT and the state of North Dakota," said NDDOT Direc...

NDDOT Wins Perpetual Pavement Award

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North Dakota Department of Transportation - The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA) announced that the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) has won a 2019 Perpetual Pavement Award (PPA) for an 11.3-mi. section of North Dakota Highway 5 in Pembina County. This is NDDOT's first PPA. To qualify for this award...

Federal Highway Administration Awards $8M to 10 States for Innovative Projects

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Federal Highway Administration - The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced more than $8 million in Accelerated Innovation Deployment (AID) Demonstration program grants to state departments of transportation (DOTs) and local governments in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, ...

New Long X Will Handle Big Loads in N. Dakota

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Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is overseeing a $38.5 million project that will create a new Long X Bridge. Construction consists of bridge replacement, a wildlife crossing structure, grading and guardrail work. Motorists will continue to ut...

Bridge Crews Endure Brutal Winter, High Water

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Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - 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 ...

North Dakota DOT Targets Highway Deaths

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AASHTO - The North Dakota Department of Transportation has unveiled an ambitious five-year "Vision Zero Plan" that it views as a starting point for eliminating both fatalities and injuries due to motor vehicle crashes on the state'...

Chao Attends Energy, Infrastructure Summit in North Dakota

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Emily Buenzle - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao traveled to Bismarck, N.D., Aug. 6, to attend an energy and infrastructure summit. Chao joined Sen. John Hoeven, Congressman Kevin Cramer and others to talk about technology, energy, and the need for safe infrastructure, West Dakota Fox News repor...

NDDOT Proposes Removal of N.D. Historic Bridge

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AP News - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is proposing to remove a historic bridge and is seeking a public or private agency to adopt one or more segments of the structure. The Bismarck Tribune reported that the decision to take down the Long X Bridge is pa...

Russell Street Bridge Reconstruction Begins This Month

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CEG - After a comprehensive process of planning, design and public involvement, the Russell Street Bridge in Missoula, Mont., is being fully reconstructed in April 2018. The Montana Department of Transportation, in partnership with the city of Missoula, is rolling out a completely new bridge ov...

MnDOT, NDDOT Partner to Repair Connecting Span

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Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - The Highway 2 Kennedy Bridge, connecting Minnesota and North Dakota, is undergoing a rebuild via the joint-venture of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT, with the work being undertaken by Zenith Tech Inc.The project,...

South Dakota DOT Pays $7.5M for Mount Rushmore Road Renovations

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Samuel Blackstone - Rapid City Journal - Work is now underway on the third and final phase of the project, Mostly Chocolates will host a ground-breaking ceremony at 1919 Mount Rushmore Road to mark the occasion. This phase of the project has an expected completion date of May 2018 and is estimated to cost about $9 million, with ...

DOT Chiefs Tell Congress to Up Federal Funding

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CEG - The heads of departments of transportation for two western states told the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee they need Congress to craft an infrastructure investment plan that provides new federal funding to help states improve their systems and meet growing demand. William Pa...

Pipeline Protests… Backwater Bridge

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Blake Nicholson - Reopening a bridge near the main Dakota Access pipeline protest encampment is key to restoring better relations between the state and the Standing Rock Sioux tribe, according to North Dakota's now-former governor and the tribal chairman, but the effort will take weeks if not months.The...

AASHTO Names Project Finalists for 2016 Awards

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CEG - The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, AAA and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, announced the finalists in the 2016 America's Transportation Awards competition. Twelve projects from 10 state departments of transportation are competing for the national Grand Prize...

Crews Work on I-190/Silver Street Interchange Project

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Cindy Riley - Construction teams in Rapid City, S.D., are working long hours to build a new single-point interchange at Exit 1 of Interstate 190. Activities include the erection of a new bridge, the demolition of the old bridge and completion of an interchange for access directly from I-190 to and from North S...

Reason for Expensive Repair Problem on Interstate Remains Unknown

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CEG - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) A failing stretch of Interstate 29 in eastern South Dakota is going to cost nearly $25 million to repair, and local officials want to know why.State transportation officials are preparing to fix a 23-mi. (37 km) stretch of I-29 north of Sioux Falls that's only 20...

Increases in Traffic Call for Minot, N.D., Bypass

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Dorinda Anderson - An increase in growth and traffic numbers in Minot, N.D., have made it necessary to create a bypass on the northeast corner of the city starting at County Road 12, just north of Highway 2, an east/west route, and continuing to U.S. Highway 83, a main thoroughfare and north/south route. The...

New Minnesota Interchange Will Spur Local Development

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CEG - Work on a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI), an innovative design and a first of its type to be built in Minnesota is taking shape on TH52 in the southeastern part of the state. Along with this project being one part of many to reach the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s (MnDOTR...

Curve Reduction, Bridge Work Begins for I90 Near Spearfish

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Dorinda Anderson - Reducing the curve and widening of the bridges at Exit 10 over Interstate 90 near Spearfish, S.D., will improve the line of site for motorists to improve safety on this busy intersection that sees commuter traffic between Spearfish and Belle Fourche.Located on the western end of the state,...

Floods Prompt New Bridge in Drayton, N.D.

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Dorinda Anderson - Flooding was the major reason to replace a 1,058-ft. (322.4 m) bridge at Drayton, N.D., with a new bridge about four times its length, making it the second largest bridge in the state. The Drayton Bridge has been overtopped with flood waters 15 times since 1954, according to information from the ...

South Dakota’s I-90 Gets Needed Upgrades Near Exit 30

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Dorinda Anderson - Safety was a key factor in reconstructing a 3.5 mi. (5.6 km) stretch of Interstate 90 and approach slabs for eight bridges at Exit 30 at Sturgis, S.D.The project took place from the Lawrence County line at Exit 28 to just west of the Exit 32 interchange in the northern Black Hills of South...

N.D. Crews Demolish Last of Old Bridge

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James MacPherson - ASSOCIATED PRESS - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The last two sections of a historic Missouri River bridge, about as long as three football fields, were blasted into the water Oct. 29 as crowds lined up to watch.“Everything went off perfect,” North Dakota Transportation Director Frances Ziegler said....

NDDOT Replaces 85-Year-Old Bridge

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Dorinda Anderson - “When the Liberty Memorial Bridge was first built in 1922 it was the only crossing over the Missouri River from Sioux City, Iowa, to Great Falls, Mont., a 500-mile distance in either direction. The Memorial Bridge was also needed as an arterial route between Bismarck on the east side of the...

Pier Problem Poses No Threat to Bismarck Bridge Construction

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CEG - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) A new bridge under construction over the Missouri River between Bismarck and Mandan has a problem with one of its piers, but officials say it poses no threat to the pier’s structural integrity.Inspectors noticed that a thin layer of concrete had separated from th...

North Dakota to Tackle More Than $280M in Projects

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CEG - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) North Dakota’s road construction season has started, and it will include more than 200 projects this year, state transportation officials said.“Nearly $280 million will be invested in approximately 216 construction and maintenance projects,” state Tran...

ND/DOT’s I-29 Construction Continues Without a Hitch

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Dorinda Anderson - The seventh year of the Interstate 29 highway project in Fargo, N.D., went without a hitch, ending one month early.Fargo, the state’s largest city, is growing so rapidly it has been difficult for the North Dakota Department of Transportation (ND/DOT) to catch up with its road widenin...

Contractor Begins Work on Nevada’s Freeway Bridge

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CEG - RENO, Nev. (AP) A North Dakota contractor has started work on the stalled freeway extension between Reno and Carson City.Tommy Fisher, president of Fisher Sand & Gravel Co., of Dickinson, N.D., said the firm is setting up offices, finishing paperwork and gathering heavy equipment.&#...

Report Ranks SCDOT 2nd in U.S. for Cost Effectiveness

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CEG - The South Carolina Department of Transportation (SCDOT) ranks second in the nation in cost-effectiveness, according to a 2006 independent report released by the Reason Foundation, a non-profit “think tank” dedicated to “the values of individual freedom and choice, limited govern...

TH 212 Project Begins Following Years of Delays

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Dick Rohland - After approximately three generations of preliminary planning, environmental studies, acquiring right of way and securing financing, Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) officials finally broke ground last August on the construction of a new, 12-mi. (19 km) segment of truck highway (TH)...

South Dakota Rebuilds Exit Interchange

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Dorinda Anderson - Work began on Exit 60 at Rapid City, SD, in April 2005 by primary contractor, Heavy Constructors Inc., of Rapid City, with a price tag of $17 million. “The pavement and bridges were in poor shape. The concrete base was overlaid with asphalt several times and the ramps were substandar...

No Takers on Missouri River Bridge Project; NDDOT to Re-Bid

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CEG - BISMARCK, ND (AP) North Dakota’s Transportation Department plans to send construction companies a new round of invitations to build a Missouri River bridge, three weeks after none of them wanted the job. Francis Ziegler, director of the agency’s project development division, sa...

Contractor Outwits Mother Nature on U.S. Hwy. 281 Job in ND

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Dorinda Anderson - Heavy rains for the first two months of a road widening project could have wreaked havoc on an early fall deadline but, thanks to an accelerated work schedule, the U.S. Highway 281 project was finished several weeks early.“May and June this year and last year were awfully wet, so wor...

Four Bears Steadily Crosses Sakakawea in ND

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Brenda Ruggiero - A unique project with roots stretching back to the late 1920s is steadily working its way across Lake Sakakawea near New Town, ND. Located in the heart of the Fort Berthold Reservation, the Four Bears Bridge on Highway 23 serves as a critical connection between the two sides of the state. ...

Warmer Temps to Intensify Work on Four Bears Bridge

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CEG - NEW TOWN, ND (AP) Construction managers working on the new Four Bears Bridge will step up their efforts once warmer weather sets in. Work on the $55-million project was curtailed by cold and ice in December. State officials have said it is the largest bridge project ever undertaken by the ...

Midwest Contractors Level Mountains to Improve Safety on North Dakota’s I-94

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Dorinda Anderson - What is the cost of safety? In the case of a 7-mi. (11.3 km) portion of Interstate in North Dakota it is about $20 million. Two hills coming in to the valley at Valley City, ND, along Interstate 94 are being lowered between 5 and 7 ft. (1.5 and 2 m) by North Dakota Department of Transport...