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Tag: MnDOT

The jobs we do

Bridge building doesn’t stop for a Minnesota winter

Bob CollinsBob Collins January 10, 2017, 2:41 PM Jan 10, 2017
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Remember last spring and summer when you were heading for the cubicle farm in a stuffy office and you thought to yourself, ‘Man, those folks who have outside jobs have got it made!’? They might be thinking the same thing about your job today. Read more →

This or That

Dog gets a bit too curious about MN’s tallest bridge project

Bob CollinsBob Collins August 15, 2016, 3:52 PM Aug 15, 2016
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Maybe “Hat Trick” just wanted a better view of the Highway 53 bridge construction outside Virginia, Minn. But it was an ill-advised trip. (Spoiler: happy ending). Read more →

Regional history

End of the line coming for Watson’s Mile Tree

Bob CollinsBob Collins April 19, 2016, 10:29 AM Apr 19, 2016
32

People are attaching love notes to a Cottonwood tree, that’s stood sentry by the side of Minnesota Highway 7/U.S. Highway 59 longer than almost every Minnesotan has lived. But it will not live much longer, apparently.
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End of the road for troublesome Hwy 52 intersection

Bob CollinsBob Collins October 31, 2014, 9:23 AM Oct 31, 2014
4

It may be a pain for residents of Pine Island but the words ‘good riddance’ were invented precisely for the closing of the disaster-waiting-to-happen intersection of Highway 52 in the city. Read more →

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