Stillwater Lift Bridge rehab on schedule

Groundbreaking set for new St. Croix bridge

Published: May 21, 2013
Tags: St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge

Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation officials have scheduled a groundbreaking ceremony for the new St. Croix bridge project connecting the two states.

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.

Open houses on tap for St. Croix Crossing project

Published: May 20, 2013
Tags: St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River, WisDOT

A series of open houses will be held in May and June for a project to build a bridge over the St. Croix River in northwestern Wisconsin and Minnesota.

Work begins on new St. Croix bridge

Published: April 30, 2013
Tags: St. Croix River, St. Croix River Crossing, Stillwater Lift Bridge

Work has begun on the new St. Croix bridge project to connect Minnesota and Wisconsin.

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.

St. Croix Crossing gets permit

Published: March 12, 2013
Tags: Army Corps of Engineers, St. Croix River, St. Croix River Crossing, Stillwater Lift Bridge

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District, said Monday it issued a permit to the Minnesota Department of Transportation for the St. Croix Crossing project.

Frac smack: Industry faces DNR violations, warnings

Published: March 1, 2013
Tags: DNR, fracking, Preferred Sands, St. Croix River, stormwater
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Almost one-fifth of Wisconsin’s 70 active frac sand mines and processing plants were cited for environmental violations last year, as the industry continued to expand at a rapid clip.

Two big contracts coming to replace Stillwater Lift Bridge

Published: December 26, 2012
Tags: AGC, J&L Steel and Electrical Services, St. Croix Crossing, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge, Tim Worke

Minnesota and Wisconsin transportation officials are ramping up planning and prep work for the $626.4 million St. Croix Crossing, a long-anticipated span to relieve the aging and congested Stillwater Lift Bridge.

DNR to move mussels for St. Croix project

Published: December 26, 2012
Tags: DNR, St. Croix River, Stillwater Lift Bridge

Crews will have to move thousands of mussels in the St. Croix River as part of the bridge project connecting Minnesota and Wisconsin.