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October 21 2017 Vol. XX • No. 21
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U.S. 169 Project Opens Ahead of Schedule Light, falling snow flakes sparkled from the brightness of klieg lights as Cat excavators equipped with hydraulic hammers and ripper shanks began tearing into the steel and concrete that held the bridge and road together.
McCann Welcomes Customers to Event…10
By Dick Rohland CEG CORRESPONDENT Ber r y Tractor Hosts Lunch for Rodeo…14
Brooks Tractor Celebrates Grand Opening…16
Table of Contents ....................4 Crews begin demolition of the bridge.
Truck & Trailer Section ....35-41
In the early morning darkness and damp cold of a Minnesota winter, crews closed off a 3,000 ft. long bridge deck of U.S. 169 carrying 90,000 daily motorists over an expansive wetland and small creek in the city of Edina. With this closure, the four-lane highway was reduced to two lanes along another 6 mi. stretch of aging pavement to reconstruct the highway and extend the acceleration and deceleration lanes at a busy interchange connection with a city arterial. Light, falling snow flakes sparkled from the brightness of klieg lights as Cat excavators equipped with hydraulic hammers and ripper shanks began tearing into the steel and concrete that held the bridge and road together. Starting at 6 a.m. on Jan. 23rd, crews with Ames Construction and its sub-contractors had 272 days to replace the bridge with a more cost-effective causeway, built to last 100 years, and complete the road work at the same time. Ames Construction crews and its sub-contractors beat this see BRIDGE page 60
Attachment & Parts Section...............................55-57 Snow & Ice Section ..........61-67 Recycling Section ............75-91 Business Calendar..................92 Auction Section ..............96-103 Advertisers Index ................102
Ballpark Village to See $65M Hotel in Second Phase ST. LOUIS (AP) Loews Hotels & Co. plans to build a $65 million hotel as part of the second phase of the Ballpark Village in downtown St. Louis. The Live! By Loews-St. Louis hotel will be across the street from Busch Stadium. The St. Louis Cardinals say construction on the $260 million second phase is scheduled to begin by
the end of this year. Loews said in a news release the hotel will have 216 rooms, meeting and event space, a grand ballroom and an outdoor event terrace. In addition to the hotel, the second phase of Ballpark Village is expected to include a 29story luxury high-rise apartment tower and
more retail and entertainment businesses. The Cardinals said the second phase will create 1,500 construction jobs and more than 1,000 permanent jobs. (This story also can be found on Construction Equipment Guide’s website at www.constructionequipmentguide.com.)