The Minnesota Department of Transportation announced details of its 2013 state highway construction program today. Included in the list are 34 new or continued projects in District 1, which covers Northeastern Minnesota.
"This will be another big year for road construction in Northeastern Minnesota," District 1 Engineer Duane Hill said. "MnDOT's road construction program includes approximately $97 million in new projects and $29 million in carryover work from last year."
The state highway projects in District One are:
Highway 1
Location: Murphy City
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Description: Raise grade and resurface the road, replace culvert.
Cost: $450,000
Date: June-September
Impact: Intermittent, single-lane, flagger-controlled
Highway 1
Location: South of Ely between Forest Roads 553 and 424.
Description: A continuing project to rebuild five miles of highway. Remaining work includes re-establish turf, stripe road
Total cost: $7.1 million; $70,000 this year
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Date: November 2011-June
Impact: Short-term lane restrictions
Highway 1
Location: Tower and Ely
Description: Rebuild 25.5 miles highway, repair shoulders
Total cost: $9.3 million; $7 million this year
Date: July 2013-Aug 2014
Impact: Detour, daytime lane closures
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Highway 1
Location: Tower and Ely
Description: Resurface 2.5 miles of highway, install pedestrian ramps
Cost: $2.1 million
Date: May-October
Impact: Daytime lane closures
Highways 1, 2, 65, 73 and 169
Location: Various
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Description: Repair, replace culverts
Cost: $1.8 million
Date: August-November
Impact: Daytime lane closures
U.S. Highway 2
Location: Boundary Avenue in Duluth
Description: Resurface Highway 2
Total Cost: $3.14 million; $375,000 this year
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Date: May 2012-June; 5 to 7 days of work remain
Impact: Daytime lane closures
Highways 2, 18 and 210
Location: Various
Description: Replace signs
Cost: $600,000
Date: August-November
Impact: Intermittent shoulder closures
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Highways 2, 53, 61, 200 and 210
Location: Various
Description: Install centerline rumble strips
Cost: $845,000
Date: August-November
Impact: Intermittent single-lane closures
Highway 11
Location: Four miles east of Rainier (Jackfish Bay) and 5.5 miles east of Rainier (Tilson Creek)
Description: Replace Jackfish Bay and Tilson Creek Bridges
Total Cost: $2 million; $300,000 this year
Date: July 2012-June
Impact: Single-lane traffic across the bridge
Highway 18
Location: East of Highway 47 to County Road 61
Description: Replace culvert
Cost: $500,000
Date: June-November
Impact: Intermittent lane closures, flaggers
Highway 23
Location: Highway 210 to just east of 130th Avenue in Fond du Lac
Description: Repair storm sewer and pavement, bituminous paving and ADA improvements (curb ramp)
Cost: $306,570
Date: May-June
Impact: Single lane in each direction
Highway 23
Location: West Duluth
Description: Replace storm sewer, curb, gutters, sidewalks and pavement
Cost: $1 million
Date: July-August
Impact: Northbound lane closure and detour, single-lane southbound
Highway 33
Location: Carlton and St. Louis counties
Description: Resurface highway, repair culverts
Cost: $6.3 million
Date: June-September
Impact: Intermittent, single-lane closures
Highway 53
Location: 4.5 miles south of Highway 1 to just south of Cook
Description: Expand highway to four lanes
Total cost: $32.8 million; $25 million this year
Date: January-September 2014
Impact: Cross-overs, single-lane, flaggers
Highway 61
Location: 26th Avenue East to the Lester River in Duluth
Description: Replace catch basin and repair/replace pipe
Cost: $190,000
Date: June-August
Impact: Parking lane closures, brief single-lane closures
Highway 61
Location: Lake County
Description: Reconstruct Baptism River Rest Area, Tettegouche State Park headquarters
Total cost: $3 million; $2.5 million this year
Date: July 2012-July
Impact: Rest area is closed; park is open
Highway 61
Location: Little Marais
Description: Rebuild 5.27 miles of road and shoulders, install new culverts
Total cost: $7.6 million; $3.7 million this year
Date: July 2013-Oct 2014
Impact: Intermittent detour, intermittent single-lane flagger controlled traffic, single-lane bypass this fall.
Highway 61
Location: London Road in Duluth
Description: Repair historic bluestone arch structures under the road
Total Cost: $1.2 million; $800,000 this year
Date: September-June 2014
Impact: Parking lane closures
Highway 61
Location: Silver Creek Tunnel to Kennedy Creek
Description: Resurface road and install centerline rumble strips
Total Cost: $4 million; $50,000 this year
Date: August 2012-June
Impact: Lane closures
Highways 61, 169, 53, Interstate 35
Location: Various
Description: Resurface segments of the highways
Cost: $1.8 million
Date: July-September
Impact: Daytime lane closures
Highway 65
Location: 11 miles south of the Koochiching County line to five miles south of Hwy 71
Description: Replace 4 box culverts near the Littlefork River
Cost: $3.8 million
Date: June-November
Impact: Lengthy detour, flaggers
Highway 65
Location: Near Pliny
Description: Resurface 15 miles of highway, install new culverts
Cost: $5.4 million
Date: June-September
Impact: Lane closures with flaggers and pilot car
Highway 73
Location: 9.4 miles south of Highway 2 to Highway 2
Description: Resurface the road
Cost: $4.8 million
Date: May-September
Impact: Single-lane closures with flaggers
Highway 123
Location: Near Sandstone
Description: Repair bridge and approaches, construct new sidewalks
Total Cost: $2 million
Date: June-August
Impact: Single-lane closures, temporary signals
Highway 169
Location: 3.6 miles east of Highway 65 to Highway 73 junction near Nashwauk
Description: Resurface the road, replace a culvert
Cost: $6.1 million
Date: June-September
Impact: Single-lane in each direction
Highway 169
Location: Third Street North to 13th Street South in Grand Rapids
Description: Rebuild and widen Highway 169, add turn lanes
Total Cost: $6.5 million $100,000 this year
Date: April 2012-June
Impact: Short-term lane closures
Highway 169
Location: County Road 438 to the Pike River Bridge
Description: Rebuilt Highway 169, add turn lanes
Total Cost: $3.6 million; $1.8 million this year
Date: September 2012-July
Impact: Single-lane, flaggers, detour
Highway 194
Location: Duluth
Description: Improve accessibility between Arlington Avenue and Blackmon Avenue
Cost: $262,500
Date: July-August
Impact: Brief sidewalk closures
Highway 210
Location: Jay Cooke State Park
Description: Build a new bridge and approaches
Cost: $4 million
Date: June-November
Impact: The highway is already closed in this area due to 2012 flood
Highway 210
Location: Thomson Bridge in Carlton County
Description: Apply epoxy chip-seal to deck, paint beams on new bridge
Total Cost: $3.3 million including emergency flood construction; $100,000 this year
Date: May 2012-June
Impact: Intermittent single-lane closures and flagger-controlled traffic
Interstate 35
Location: Four sites between Highway 70 and Carlton County Road 4
Description: Install cable median barrier
Cost: $3.7 million
Date: August-November
Impact: Intermittent, single-lane closures
Interstate 35
Location: Between Esko and Proctor
Description: Rebuild the interstate between east of Esko to Proctor
Total cost: $30.1 million; $15 million this year
Date: May 2012-November
Impact: single-lane in each direction from May to late-fall
Interstate 35
Location: Scanlon
Description: Resurface and paint four bridges
Cost: $3.9 million
Date: August-November
Impact: Intermittent, single-lane closures on I-35; detours for County Roads 13 and 138.
Interstate 535
Location: Blatnik Bridge
Description: Maintain bridge components, replace light system, paint
Total cost: $12.9 million; $5 million this year
Date: May 2012-October
Impact: Single-lane traffic in each direction
