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Category 1: The Urban Highways


2002 Excellence in Highway Design Awards

Category 1: The Urban Highways

Merit Award


Category 1: The Urban Highways Merit Award, image of project Highway 96 Lexington Avenue to STH 61, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Highway 96-Lexington Avenue to STH 61, Ramsey County, Minnesota

Designer:
Ramsey County Public
Works, Vadnais Heights, MN
URS (BRW) Inc., Minneapolis, MN

Contractor:
Arndt Construction, Inc., MN
Hentges Construction, Inc., MN
Shafer Contracting, Inc., MN
C.S. McCrossan Construction, Inc., MN

Highway 96 is a major arterial roadway providing a critical east-west link for seven suburban communities outside St. Paul. The goal of the project was to develop an overall plan to guide final design and reconstruction of 8.5 miles of highway to accommodate increasing traffic volume. The highway has evolved from a two-lane rural road into a four-lane concrete, urban, divided-section paved shoulder with full-access intersections, trails, and sidewalks.

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