Black River Falls-based Hoffman Construction is the apparent low bidder for the first phase of a multi-year project that will reduce flooding and improve safety on Highway 169 from Mankato to LeSueur, Minn.

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Workers will undertake 308 road construction projects throughout Minnesota in 2014, a state Department of Transportation official said Thursday.

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The construction of the new St. Croix River bridge is relying heavily on local labor, a strategy that officials say keeps money in the community and takes advantage of well-established relationships.

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Minnesota state transportation officials have closed a section of Interstate 35 in Duluth after an inspection found a deteriorating support piling.

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Three contractors who unsuccessfully bid on the Interstate-35E MnPASS project and later sued the Minnesota Department of Transportation over the contract award are asking the courts to prevent further work on the project until the lawsuit is settled.

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Minnesota road surfaces that were supposed to last for 30 years are beginning to crumble in half that time, raising concerns that cities could have to spend millions of dollars to fix deteriorating streets.

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The joint venture of Black River Falls, Wis.-based Lunda Construction Co. and Burnsville, Minn.-based Ames Construction is the apparent low bidder to build the St. Croix River Crossing’s main bridge span, the biggest work package within the estimated $626.4 million project.

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A state bid protest official found that the Minnesota Department of Transportation’s contract award process for the nearly $100 million Interstate-35E MnPASS project had some flaws, but the problems weren’t so great that the award should be overturned.

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Three contractors who unsuccessfully bid on the $100 million Interstate 35E MnPASS project are suing the Minnesota Department of Transportation over its decision to award the project to a proposer with the highest bid.

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Minnesota transportation officials are distributing remnants of the Interstate 35W bridge that collapsed in 2007.

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