Crews begin concrete work on the Redwood Lane Roundabout. (Derek Sidian, KBRF News)
Fergus Falls, MN – Despite this week’s extremely hot temperatures and poor air quality, as well as last week’s heavy rainfall, work on the Highway 210/I-94 Interchange Reconstruction Project has continued to keep a steady pace.
Resident MnDOT engineer Jesse Miller says the crews have done a good job balancing between pushing the project forward and taking care of themselves in the heat and smoke. “They just take their longer breaks, drink more water, and just make sure everybody’s looking out for each other,” Miller says. “They’re taking it easier than I think they normally would, but I think the guys out there, they get acclimated to it, and it’s surprising what they can actually get done.”
This week, traffic switched to the westbound lanes to allow crews to install the bridge beams over eastbound I-94. With the beams set, bridge crews are doing their decking work and other preparations for pouring the bridge deck in late July.
On the west side of the bridge, concrete crews have arrived and are pouring the curb and gutter for the Redwood Lane roundabout. Grading is underway at the westbound I-94 on-ramp, while storm sewer is installed east of the bridge.
Map of Western Avenue detours. (MnDOT)
As underground work progresses on the east side of the bridge, crews will need to install pipe across the roadway at Western Avenue, on both sides of the road. Starting July 22, lasting up to five days, weather permitting, the Western Avenue intersection north of Highway 210 will close. Western Avenue traffic will be detoured to local roads around the closure. The same work will be performed on the south side of Highway 210 at a later date.
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