Jon Chiglo, PE Project 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 Road50 calendar days Osgood Avenue40 calendar days Greeley Street40 calendar days Oakgreen Avenue25 calendar days South Frontage Road70 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 OakgreenClosed between S. Frontage Road and 58 th 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

Wisc. Approach Schedule

The New St. Croix Crossing

Bridge Superstructure Timeline: Dec 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, 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

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