About the Hwy 14 Corridor project
Highway 14 was originally constructed as a two-lane highway. An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was completed in June 1999 with a preferred alternative of a four-lane roadway with south bypasses of Janesville and Waseca. Read the Janesville bypass project summary (64 KB PDF) and the Clean Water Action Alliance letter with MnDOT response (96 KB PDF) regarding construction and measures to minimize harm to wetlands.
Work includes
- Grading and surfacing from the Waseca/Steele County Line to just east of the I-35/Hwy 14 interchange for the new Hwy 14 alignment
- Constructing the new I-35/Hwy 14 interchange
- Construction of 8 bridges
Cost
- Design Engineering - $7 million
- Right of Way - $13 million
- Construction - $52 million
- Construction Engineering - $5 million
2011 work schedule
Work remaining from Hwy 13 to Waseca/Steele County Line:
- About five miles of grading, aggregate base, concrete paving, and edge drains
- About five miles of shoulder work, grading and shaping ditches, signing and striping, turf establishment
- Miscellaneous finishing items
Work includes
- 10 miles of new four-lane
- Interchanges with CR 2 and Hwy 13
- Construction of 10 bridges
- Paving and grading
- Mill and overlay of Hwy 13
- Relocation of MnDOT Truck Station
Cost
- Design Engineering - $7 million
- Right of Way - $7.2 million
- Construction - $56.2 million
- Construction Engineering - $5 million
Cost
- Design Engineering - $7.4 million
- Right of Way - $6.6 million
- Construction - $34.4 million
- Construction Engineering Estimate - $4.9 million
Cost
- Design Engineering - $1.6 million
- Right of Way - $1.6 million
- Construction - $13.4 million
- Construction Engineering - $1.1 million
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