Hennepin County’s Lowry Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, will open in the Fall of 2012. Shot over two days in October 2011, this time lapse video is composed of 11,000+ photos. The precast edge girders were built on site, moved by barge, and lifted into place. Each girder is approximately 155 […]
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Minneapolis, MN: Lowry Avenue Bridge Construction Time Lapse – Girders on the River
Monday, July 30th, 2012Washington County, MN: On the Job: Stillwater Lift Bridge
Wednesday, July 25th, 2012Stillwater Lift Bridge operator, Randy St. Ores, talks about his duties running the bridge on the 4pm-12am shift. – rfilipczak on YouTube.
View this complete post...Great American Infrastructure: Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Skyway System
Monday, April 16th, 2012
This is the sixteenth in a series of entries celebrating infrastructure achievements in the United States.
View this complete post...Rails to Real Estate: Development Patterns along Three New Transit Lines
Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011
RECONNECTING AMERICA
This report documents real estate development patterns along three recently constructed light rail transit lines in the United States. This topic is important for local planning practitioners, transit agencies, community members and other stakeholders in their efforts to plan for new transit investments and foster transit-oriented development (TOD). Setting realistic expectations about the scale, timing and location of private investment along new transit lines is especially critical where new development is expected to help pay for needed transit improvements, neighborhood amenities, or other community benefits.
Investments for a Competitive and Healthy Minnesota: A Playbook for Minnesota’s New Governor
Wednesday, November 3rd, 2010
About 1000 Friends of Minnesota
Minnesota needs a transportation system that is safer, enhances and preserves communities, and saves families and businesses money through greater reliance on public transit, bicycling, and walking, and better maintenance of the infrastructure we already have. Transportation is about much more than getting from A to B. It is not an end, but it should be a means for a community to achieve broader goals of economic development, neighborhood revitalization, and environmental sustainability.
Connecting the Midwest: How a Faster Passenger Rail Network Could Speed Travel and Boost the Economy
Monday, September 20th, 2010
ILLINOIS PIRG
In building a 21st century economy, the Midwest is hampered by an outdated transportation system. Congested airports and crammed highways hinder travel around the region. As the main source of our dependence on oil, our transportation system leaves us vulnerable to oil price spikes and pollution…Intercity passenger rail in the Midwest can be part of the solution.
Winners of AASHTO’s “Faces of Transportation 2010” Photo Contest
Monday, August 23rd, 2010
Nearly 100 photos were submitted from state DOTs across the country for this competition. The photos represent the positive effects of transportation on individuals and/or communities. The environmentally-friendly project that is enriching a neighborhood, the new bridge that is making commuting times shorter; the widening project that revitalized a neighborhood; the resurfacing of a rural road that employed members of the community. Also, view the separate album with this year’s winning photos.
-American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) on Facebook
Minneapolis Highways and Skyline Views
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010The I-35W Crosstown Construction & Highway Tour of Minneapolis
-eluko79 on YouTube
Guest on The Infra Blog: Congressman James Oberstar (D-MN), Chairman, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Monday, June 7th, 2010
Congressman James Oberstar represents Minnesota’s 8th Congressional District. Now in his 17th term, he is the longest serving member of Congress in Minnesota history. In the 34 years he has served in Congress, Jim has become known as the body’s leading expert on transportation policy. From 1989 through 1995, he chaired the Subcommittee on Aviation, passing important legislation that has led to better maintenance and safer aircraft. Later, as the ranking democrat of the full Transportation Committee, he worked in a bipartisan manner to take the Highway Trust Fund off budget to ensure that gas taxes are used to fix roads and bridges and not to make the budget deficit look smaller. In January 2007, Jim was elected chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. He is also the first member of Congress to have served both as a committee’s administrator and its chairman.
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