This report is required by Minnesota Stat. § 174.185. The statute requires a life-cycle cost analysis for every project in the reconditioning, resurfacing and road repair funding categories. The LCCA is a comparison of life-cycle costs among competing paving materials using equal design lives and equal comparison periods. A LCCA is required for all projects constructed after July 1, 2011.
This report, covering the history of Interstate Highway Route development in the Twin City area for presentation to the Legislative Commission on Highways in Minnesota, was compiled from information, reports, and records on file within the Department which pertained to the network in general, with specific reference to that portion of the Freeway System in the central core area of Minneapolis, the University district, Como district, Prospect Park district, Merriam Park district, and Beltrami Park district. The location of the Interstate Highway through sections of the above districts has been questioned by various groups representing residents of those areas.
This report outlines the many and varied studies made by the Department of Highways and its consulting engineers in close liaison with city and county engineers and planners, and other interested groups .
The studies began with designation of a Strategic Highway System in 1941; subsequent planning for an interregional system and an expressway system; culminating in the present Freeway System as proposed by this Department, and officially approved by the governing bodies of the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul and the Bureau of Public Roads;
Arthur R. Nichols was a landscape architect in Minnesota. He worked extensively with the Minnesota Department of Highways (MDH) and designed many of the historic roadside properties in the state. This report is his reaction to MDH's Landscape Program, which set out the department's plans and goals for the landscape design of the new state highway system.
This item contains an essay on the history of the bridge and its 1979-1980 renovation and pages of pasted-on photographs (many in color, taken in March 1982), with typed captions, showing a 1912 architectural rendering, the bridge as originally built, restoration in progress, and pre- and post-restoration views.
This report is the Design Concept Document for the Interstate 35E Parkway from the Grand/Ramsey Interchange to I-94 in St. Paul, Minnesota (see Figure 1). It was prepared for the Minnesota Department of Transportation, the City of St. Paul and the Federal Highway Administration. The Design Concept Document facilitates the efficient completion of a compatible final design for this important gap in the Interstate highway system .
This report presents findings and conclusions from a Minnesota Highway Department study to determine the best corridor for an expressway extending westward from the Twin Cities metropolitan area to serve west-central Minnesota. The study evaluates the relative desirability of four alternative corridor locations for such an expressway., These corridors roughly parallel existing TH 121 7, 212 and 19.
This document constitutes the areawide TOPICS Plan for the City of Rochester, Minnesota, which has been developed under the Federal program called, "Urban Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety (TOPICS)." The report has been prepared in accordance with the Federal Highway Administration's Policy and Procedure Memorandum 21-18, dated May 13, 1971, which governs the expenditure of Federal Aid highway funds for the TOPICS Program.
This report asks the question, "What happens to a series of communities along a high-type blacktop and concrete roadway when a new highway is constructed in a nearly parallel location?" Previous economic impact studies by the Minnesota Department of Highways have asked the same question numerous times. However, they have concentrated efforts on one or more towns that have been bypassed. This study analyzes several communities along Trunk Highway 10 in west central Minnesota to determine if there have been any obvious signs of either growth or stagnation since Interstate Highway 94 was completed.
