Minnesota DOT reveals $1.1 billion in road construction plans

Amanda Bayhi - Mar 29, 2013

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has revealed plans for $1.1 billion in road construction in 2013, according to Finance & Commerce. The program would cover 337 ongoing and new projects such as the $17.6 million Highway 36 interchange at English Street ...

Infrasense completes subsurface scans of 100 bridge decks in Minnesota

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 12, 2011

Infrasense Inc. recently completed subsurface investigations for 100 bridge decks throughout Minnesota’s Metro, Southeast and Northeast regions. In the years following the I-35 bridge collapse outside of Minneapolis, the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) has increased focus ...

Minnesota gets $1.5 million in emergency funds

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Oct 22, 2010

U.S. Department of Transportation has made $1.5 million in quick-release emergency funds immediately available to the Minnesota Department of Transportation to begin repairs to roads and bridges damaged by floods, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood publicly announced on Oct. ...

Wakota Bridge tops mid-season list of completed construction projects

Tina Grady Barbaccia - Jul 23, 2010

The opening of the eastbound Interstate 494 Wakota Bridge in the southeast Twin Cities Metro Area tops a list of 51 state highway and bridge projects totaling $113.37 million that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has completed so far this ...