Jon Chiglo, PEProject Director
2014 Construction Plans
Tentative 2014 Construction Timeline
Access to businesses and residences
Local access will remain during business hours and at all times to residences.
- Business signage- Detour signage- Temporary gravel roads
2014 Minn. Approach Work Contracted Maximum Impacts
• North Frontage Road—50 calendar days
• Osgood Avenue—40 calendar days
• Greeley Street—40 calendar days
• Oakgreen Avenue—25 calendar days
• South Frontage Road—70 calendar days
Highway 36
• Single-lane in each direction – Open AT ALL TIMES• Work: Resurface road
• Westbound: Spring to mid-summer 2014(red)• Eastbound: Mid-summer to fall 2014(green)
South Frontage Road – East of Osgood
• Closed to through traffic • Local access to businesses and residences • Work: Resurface road, replace public utilities • Spring to mid-summer 2014 (red)
Hwy 95 / Lookout Trail / Sunnyside
• Hwy 95• Single-lane in each direction • Work: Construct 4-lane road • Spring to mid-summer 2014 (red)
• Lookout Trail• Work: Reconstruct access to Hwy 95
to right in/out intersection• Spring to mid-summer 2014
• Sunnyside Marina• Work: Reconstruct driveway• Spring to mid-summer 2014
North Frontage Road
• North Frontage Road – Northwestern to Greeley• Possible detours to access
North Frontage Road.
• Work: Resurface road, add turn lane, add curb & gutter
• Spring to mid-summer 2014 (red)
North Frontage Road
• North Frontage Road – Greeley to Osgood• Possible detours to access North Frontage Road, either from
Greeley St. or Osgood Ave.• Permanent closure of right in/out connection to Hwy 36• Work: Resurface road, add turn lane, add curb & gutter • Spring to mid-summer 2014 (red)
Greeley St./Oakgreen Ave. Intersection
• North/south traffic closed for 2 periods of 6 calendar days each
• Oakgreen—Closed between S. Frontage Road and 58th St./Oak Park Blvd. for 25 days. Local residential access only. (green)
• Work: Build new frontage road system further away from Hwy 36; shift intersection to the east; install three traffic signal systems; add double left turn lanes
Osgood Ave. Intersection
• North/south traffic closed for 2 periods of 6 calendar days each
• Work: Add double left turn lanes, resurface intersection
• Osgood intersection and Greeley-Oakgreen intersection WILL NOT close at the same time
Final Hwy 36 Intersections Looking East
S. Frontage Road – Oakgreen to Osgood
• Possible detours/temporary roads to access businesses/residences
• Work: Resurface road, add turn lane, add curb & gutter, replace public utilities
• Late summer to fall 2014 (blue)
Trail Construction
• Work: Construct pedestrian/bicycle trails • Occurs as time allows, complete in fall 2014
Other area county/city projects
Wisconsin Approach Work
Work occurs: March 2014-late summer 2016
Goal: Open WIS 64 at the same time as the new bridge
2014 Wisc. Approach Work
• Grade from the bluff to County Road E
• Build the WIS 35 overpass over the new WIS 64
2014-2017 Wisc. Approach Schedule
The New St. Croix Crossing
Bridge Superstructure
• Timeline: Dec. 2013 to late-summer/early fall 2016
• Winter/Spring 2014 Impacts: Pile driving on the Minnesota shoreline and work on Pier 8 • Through May• 6 days per week -- 7 a.m.-7 p.m. • Goal: As much work done as possible while
windows are closed
Minnesota Land Piers Work Progress
2014 Bridge Construction
• Build all river piers and land piers vertically (Piers 1-13)
2014 Bridge Construction
• Begin casting segments – Approx. 1,000 • 656 extradosed segments• 330 approach segments
• Two casting yard locations -- Gray Cloud Island and at the Hwy 36/95 interchange
• Place first segment in fall 2014
River Bridge Construction Staging
Segment Lifter Example
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Contact Information
Hotline1-855-GO-CROIX (462-7649)
Website/Regular project updateswww.mndot.gov/stcroixcrossing
Facebook www.facebook.com/saintcroixcrossingmndot
Twitter @stcroixcrossing
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