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Sep. 6—BEMIDJI — Just like any other summer in Minnesota, road construction has been a common sight for motorists on their daily commutes. Beltrami County has been no exception, with several ...
The original construction of MN 100 started in 1935, as a New Deal project. The project was a cooperative venture between the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Minnesota Highway Department, and was the largest WPA project in the state. The demand for the highway came out of growing pains in the Twin Cities during the 1920s, when ...
The 2009 construction project also rehabilitated the concrete pavement between I-94 and Territorial Road. The project also included replacement of the BNSF Railroad bridge on Larpenteur Avenue west of MN 280; placement of a new median on MN 280 from south of Como Avenue to Larpenteur Avenue; and noise walls along MN 280's east side.
The St. Croix Crossing is an extradosed bridge that spans the St. Croix River, between Oak Park Heights, Minnesota and St. Joseph, Wisconsin.Connecting Minnesota State Highway 36 and Wisconsin State Highway 64, the bridge carries four lanes of traffic (two lanes in each direction), and includes a bike/pedestrian path on the north side.
Apr. 28—Road construction projects totaling more than $100 million are underway in North Dakota and Minnesota. The North Dakota Department of Transportation Grand Forks District, which maintains ...
Another construction project, the I-35W/US 10/I-694 North Central Corridor Reconstruction Project, also designed to reduce unnecessary traffic crossovers on the highway, began in September 2011. This project eliminated the weaving movements of I-694 at its interchange with US 10 and MN 51 in Arden Hills. This interchange often created one of ...
For air transport, the Minnesota Aeronautics Commission was created in 1933. Much of the railroad oversight was transferred to the Minnesota Department of Public Service in 1967. Two years later, the Minnesota Department of Public Safety was established and took over the Highway Patrol and Driver's License Bureau. MnDOT finally came into being ...
Minnesota state highway markers use Type D FHWA font for all route numbers and type C for three-digit route markers only if type D font cannot be used. All routes except interstates use 24-by-24-inch (610 mm × 610 mm) or 36-by-36-inch (910 mm × 910 mm) markers.