Complexities abound for St. Croix Crossing bridge project

Crews ramping up work on St. Croix Crossing

Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: C.S. McCrossan, Dave Solberg, Edward Kraemer & Sons, MnDOT, St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge, WisDOT

Aside from a lone fisherman south of Stillwater’s Lift Bridge, all was quiet on the St. Croix River. But the calm isn’t going to last.

Minn. prepares to dispose of I-35W bridge parts

Published: May 7, 2013
Tags: Interstate 35W bridge, MnDOT

Minnesota is preparing to give victims, historians and engineers a chance to claim some of the crumpled steel wreckage from the deadly 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35W bridge before the rest is sold for scrap.

Kraemer & Sons on alert for zebra mussels

Published: May 6, 2013
Tags: DBE, DNR, Edward Kraemer & Sons, Lunda Construction, MnDOT, St. Croix River Crossing

The discovery of dead zebra mussels on six barges used for the St. Croix Crossing project has led contractor Edward Kraemer & Sons Inc. to seek help from a third-party inspector to prevent a repeat.

Contractor prepares response in St. Croix Crossing lawsuit

Published: May 2, 2013
Tags: C.S. McCrossan, Lunda Construction, MnDOT, St. Croix River Crossing

Contractor C.S. McCrossan has until Friday to respond to legal arguments made by the Minnesota Department of Transportation in the St. Croix Crossing lawsuit.

St. Croix Crossing lawsuit targets MnDOT

Published: April 24, 2013
Tags: Lunda Construction, MnDOT, St. Croix River Crossing

Maple Grove, Minn.-based C.S. McCrossan is relying on a two-pronged legal strategy in its effort to be reinstated as a contractor on the $626.4 million St. Croix River Crossing project, a job McCrossan lost despite having the lowest bid and best technical score.

Rejected St. Croix Crossing bid prompts suit

Published: April 23, 2013
Tags: Lunda Construction, MnDOT, St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River

Maple Grove-based C.S. McCrossan said in a lawsuit filed Monday that the Minnesota Department of Transportation unfairly rejected its bid to do approach work for the $626 million St. Croix Crossing project.

Stillwater Lift Bridge closes Monday

Published: September 10, 2012
Tags: AECOM, MnDOT, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge

The Stillwater Lift Bridge will close for several months starting Monday.

MnDOT seeks contractor input for St. Croix Crossing

Published: August 31, 2012
Tags: AGC, Army Corps of Engineers, Associated General Contractors, MnDOT, St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River Crossing

If you’re a contractor and have sound advice on how to best build a complex bridge with an unusual design in a protected scenic waterway, Minnesota transportation officials want to hear from you.

DOT: Second interstate bridge over Mississippi River recommended

Published: August 24, 2012
Tags: bridge, MnDOT

State transportation officials are recommending a new two-lane interstate bridge be built over the Mississippi River, next to the existing span in Winona which has been listed as structurally deficient.