2014 Construction Plans Jon Chiglo, PE Project Director 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 Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Construction Sequence Contact Information Hotline 1-855-GO-CROIX (462-7649) Email stcroixcrossing.dot@state.mn.us Website/Regular project updates www.mndot.gov/stcroixcrossing Facebook www.facebook.com/saintcroixcrossingmndot Twitter @stcroixcrossing Questions?