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August 26, 2017 • Vol. XX • No. 17 • 470 Maryland Drive • Ft. Washington, PA 19034 • 215-885-2900 • Toll Free 800-523-2200 • Fax 215-885-2910
Contractor Finishes Hwy 371 Ahead of Schedule By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT
Manitowoc Cranes Work on New Stadium…14
Fabick Cat Celebrates 100th Anniversary…26
AGC of Minn. Hosts Golf Tournament…36
Table of Contents ..............4 Truck & Trailer Section ........ ....................................43-49 Attachments Section ............ .................................... 55-58 Recycling Section ......69-85 Business Calendar ............86 Auction Section ..........90-99 Advertisers Index ............98
Minnesota is the state of 10,000 lakes and millions of water enthusiasts. In the heart of the state’s north central lake country, one of its more popular lake recreational areas, road crews of Mathiowetz Construction have brought new life to a very crowded and active lake country highway. Here, once was a narrow stretch of TH 371 threading its way through a half dozen lakes between the small tourist towns of Nisswa and Jenkins, road crews recently completed the rebuild of this highway from two to four lanes over 9 mi. of pavement one month ahead of schedule. Crews worked through two summer vacation seasons under traffic conditions and kept vehicles flowing through the work zone safely on this highway where ADT counts swing upwards from 12,700 to more than 20,000; an increase of nearly a million vehicles more on this pavement each season. Statistics supplied by the Minnesota Department of Economic Development further support the popularity of this part of the state dotted by small towns and just a little more than a two
In the heart of the state’s north central lake country, one of its more popular lake recreational areas, road crews of Mathiowetz Construction have brought new life to a very crowded and active lake country highway.
hour drive north of the three million plus residents of the St. Paul/Minneapolis metro area. More than a quarter billion dollars in gross sales is spent throughout this area; bringing in $14 million in sales tax and creating more than 4,000 private sector jobs. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) awarded
the $49.9 million contract to Mathiowetz Construction based out of Sleepy Eye, Minn. The company is a fourth generation heavy highway contractor in business since 1924 specializing in earthwork and underground utilities. Safety and dwindling capacity were the two main drivers to bring the project to design and construc-
tion, said Tony Hughes, Minnesota Department of Transportation District 3 resident construction engineer. With the volume of traffic during the peak summer months, “we were having a lot of issues with crashes and with the no passing zone on the highway, drivers see MATHIOWETZ page 68
Ohio River Bridge Sparks Development JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) A new bridge spanning the Ohio River between Indiana and Kentucky is sparking development in the city of Jeffersonville, where three hotels and several other projects are in the works. Plans filed with the Army Corps of Engineers show three hotels, three restaurants,
a bank and a convenience store are slated for a 16-acre site that’s about three miles from the new Lewis and Clark Bridge. The development site just north of Interstate 265 is owned by a group headed by Edward Britton. He tells the Courier-Journal of Louisville, Kentucky, the site’s development is expected “in the next year or so.”
The bridge opened in December and links the Utica, Indiana, area with the Prospect, Kentucky area. It’s one of multiple bridges connecting southern Indiana with the Louisville metropolitan area. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)