Tag: Minnesota DOT: Page 4

Without long-term road funding, a Minnesota group has resorted to duct tape

Duct tape is a go-to problem solver in many situations. But it’s usually a temporary fix. No one is going to keep fishing out of a boat patched up with duct tape. And duct tape isn’t going to fix the Minnesota’s lack of transportation funding, no matter how big. But it is holding together a […]

May 21, 2015

Still from the KARE 11 newscast shows the campaign’s giant roll of duct tape during a stop in St. Paul..

Minnesota gas tax would increase 16 cents a gallon under Senate bill

The Minnesota Senate has approved a bill that would increase the state’s gas tax by 16 cents per gallon and raise vehicle registration fees to provide an estimated $11 billion for transportation project funding by 2025, according to a report by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The bill began as House Bill HF4, was approved by […]

April 29, 2015

APA announces 7 state DOTs as winners for 2014 Perpetual Pavement Awards

The Asphalt Pavement Alliance (APA), in coordination with the National Center for Asphalt Technology (NCAT) have selected seven transportation agencies to receive the 2014 Perpetual Pavement Awards, honoring these departments for their work in successful “long-life” asphalt roads. NCAT engineers evaluate “well-performing asphalt pavements” that are 35 years old or older, have had no structural […]

April 23, 2015

Minnesota DOT to tackle 290 statewide construction projects this season

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has begun work on 290 transportation construction projects for this season, many of which will focus on preserving and maintaining the state’s aging roads and bridges with short-term fixes. Half of the states roads and roughly 40 percent of the bridges are more than 50 years old, according to Transportation […]

April 8, 2015

2015 Minnesota DOT construction map

Minnesota DOT creates bridge deck deterioration timelines to predict needed repairs

Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) researchers are using a database of historical bridge deck inspection and construction reports to help determine estimated times when current bridges need to be repaired. MnDOT researchers reviewed 2,601 reports dating back “decades”. After analyzing the reports, they were able to create predictable curves that showed when bridge conditions degraded […]

March 3, 2015

The Cedar Avenue Bridge in Minneapolis.

The 3 things needed right now to repair our nation’s bridges, according to 12 DOTs

The nation’s infrastructure system can be likened to an economic circulatory system – giving us freedom, opportunity and mobility—and this should not be taken for granted, said former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves during a recent infrastructure conference. “We should never undervalue the greatness and freedom our nation’s roads provide,” says Graves, now president and CEO […]

February 17, 2015

After the I-35 bridge collapse in 2007, the Minnesota DOT was able to streamline the environmental revenue process from years to months in order to expedite replacement.

Cracking Cold

Solving the Riddle of RAP and Thermal Cracking

February 17, 2012

Crow Wing County, Minn., is fighting low-temperature cracking of virgin and RAP mixes by using a warm-mix asphalt additive.

Fast Forward

AASHTO’s TSP•2 Program Speeds Acceptance of Technologies, Materials

February 17, 2012

Roadtec paver overlays U.S. 202 in New Hampshire with 1-inch-thick asphalt mix produced to regional specifications developed by Northeast Pavement Preservation Partnership.

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