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June 27 2020 Vol. XXV • No. 13
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Wisconsin’s $1.2B I-39/90 Entering Home Stretch
RDO Equipment Opens Newest Store in Dayton, Minn....14
Southeastern Equipment Names Retirees, MVP Award...18
Twenty miles of the Interstate between Madison and Edgerton have been widened to three lanes and are open to traffic. More than 100 bridges also are complete. Rosen, Buddy Barton Hold On-Site Auction in Cleveland...70
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By Lori Tobias CEG CORRESPONDENT
A $1.2 billion Wisconsin interstate project under construction since 2015 is now two-thirds completed. The WisDOT Interstate
39/90 project stretches 45 mi. from the Illinois border to the U.S. 12/18 interchange in Madison. The original highway was built more than 50 years ago and is dated, inefficient and unsafe, according to WisDOT. The project widens the
two lanes in each direction to three lanes, and, on a portion through Janesville, to four lanes. “We are reconstructing and expanding the Interstate to mainly improve efficiency and safety and also to meet today’s standards,”
said WisDOT spokesman Steve Theisen. “We have a lot of cloverleaf interchanges. We need to create diverging diamond interchanges [DDI].” see WISDOT page 52
Recycling Section ........28-40 Attachment & Parts Section ......................................47-51 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ......................................58-63 Auction Section ............67-73 Business Calendar ............69 Advertisers Index ..............74
Turner Mining … ‘Mine-Changing’ Innovation By Lori Lovely CEG CORRESPONDENT
At the age of 27, Keaton Turner wanted to “make mining sexy again,” so he decided to “take a swing” at launching a contract mining company. He said he wants people to know how “awesome” the industry is. “A lot of people think mining is the underground dirty coal
mine, but it’s just not.” The Indiana native with degrees from Indiana State University in construction and business administration worked for his uncle’s excavating company for eight to 10 years but didn’t think he’d live in “the dirt world.” However, he liked traveling and being outside … and he noticed something about the mining industry that suggested an opportunity.
“The mining industry is unique,” he said, adding that it’s rooted in tradition and has an older workforce. “The average age is 52.” At a recent roundtable, Turner confessed that at age 16, he had no thoughts of getting into the mining industry. “I grew up liking trucks and excavators, but this industry looks scary from an outsider’s perspective. It looks old.” see TURNER page 46