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February 27, 2016 • Vol. IXX • No. 5 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
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$600M Bridge to Connect Minn., Wis. Under By Irwin Rapoport CEG CORRESPONDENT
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The St. Croix Crossing that will connect Oak Park Heights, Minn., and St. Joseph, Wis., will be open to traffic in the fall of 2017 when crews from the joint-venture of the Lunda Construction Company and Ames Construction Inc. complete the substantial construction project. The $617 to $646 million project also is a shared initiative between the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) and the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), with MnDOT being the lead partner. The 3,200 ft. (975.4 m) extradosed bridge — a design between a box-girder and a cable-stayed bridge — crosses the federally protected St. Croix River and the goals of the project are three-fold — provide a safer, more reliable river crossing, improve traffic safety and ease congestion in the St. Croix Valley; and support jobs and help interstate commerce. Similar bridges include Connecticut’s I-94 Pearl Harbor Memorial Bridge in New Haven, Vancouver’s North Arm Crews lower the crossbeam truss following completion of crossbeam construction.
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Table of Contents.............4 Recycling Section.....29-45 Attachment Section ...................................57-60 Business Calendar..........70 Trucks & Trailer Section ...................................71-82 Auction Section ......88-107 Advertisers Index ........106
Crews install the second set of stay cables at Pier 8.
Bridge and Japans Twinkle Kisogawa Bridge. Work on the project began in April 2013 and the new bridge is expected to carry 24,000 cars and trucks on a daily basis. “The planning process started several decades ago and there were plans completely developed in 1995 however permits were not able to be acquired,” said Kevin Western, MnDOT’s design manager. “The large stakeholder group was involved in all aspects of the project — environmental, location, bridge type, aesthetics etc. The consensus
building process led us to the project we are constructing. We are meeting the goals determined from that process. The bridge is designed for 100year service life. The extradose design was determined, as part of the stakeholder process, with the understanding that this type was new to the United States. The bridge architecture reflects the unique natural setting for the project and we believe will be a landmark structure for the region and both states.” The new bridge will replace the existing Stillwater Lift bridge, which is being upgraded to a bicycle/pedestrian use only while still accommodating boats underneath. The new bridge see CROSSING page 48
Industry Employment Increases in Metro Areas Construction employment increased in 190 out of 358 metro areas, was unchanged in 63 and declined in 105 between December 2014 and December
2015, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that
many firms expect to continue expanding their headcount in 2016 as demand continues to grow for different types of construction.
“There were nearly twice as many metro areas adding construction jobs in 2015 as there were areas losing jobs,” said Ken see AGC page 20