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Pilot projects

MnDOT district Funding fiscal year SP number Project short name Digital delivery goals/components, comments Program code Primary work type Secondary work type Project description Project Manager Award Date
District 1 2024 6926-57 Hwy 61 Intersection Safety Improvements • View ORD files on Trimble device and use Mobile Inspector software to synch inspection data with AASHTOWare  Safety HSIP Traffic Control Devices/Safety Channelization Construct intersection safety improvements and/or add left turn lanes at 5 intersections on Hwy 61 south of Two Harbors - June 13, 2024
District 1 2024 6947-57 Hwy 37 & County Hwy 5 Intersection Safety Improvements • View ORD files on Trimble device and use Mobile Inspector software to synch inspection data with AASHTOWare  Safety HSIP Traffic Control Devices/Safety Turn Lanes Reconfigure turn lanes at Hwy 37 and CR 5 near Range Regional Airport Highway 37 and County Road 5  West and East - Left Turn Lanes/Realignment; Intersection improvements. Grading Bituminous Mill & Surfacing & Lighting Alex Peritz Dec. 26, 2023
District 1 2026 6926-58 Hwy 61 - McQuade Road Intersection Improvements TBD Safety HSIP Traffic Control Devices/Safety Channelization MN 61 at Jct County Hwy 33/McQuade Rd. Intersection safety improvements and install weather station, culvert repairs at Talmadge River Thomas Lamb -
District 1 2027 3809-09 Hwy 169 Ely to Winton Reclaim & Overlay • Preparing a traditional full plan set with electronic files available in 1205.2
• Contractual delivery of certified design model and exchange data for finish surfaces
• Reducing number of plan sheets (removing alignment, superelevation, and cross-sections)
• Will be using Trimble Connect
Reconditioning Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Bituminous Reclamation Resurface Hwy 169 from Hidden Valley Rd to CR 18 (Power Dam Rd) Elle Sin -
District 2 2025 3902-27 TH 11 Mill & Overlay • Used 3D AMG milling model; D2 will certify alignment; WSB will certify milling model
• Provided certified electronic XML files for surfaces and horizontal alignment non-contractually, as "1205.2 - Additional Information."
• ELLE
Resurfacing Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Bituminous Overlay Resurface Hwy 11 from Hwy 72 to east Lake of the Woods County line. Thin overlay. Matt Upgren April 14, 2024
District 2 2026 6304-15 Badger Creek Box Culvert Replacement • Deliver models contractually (design, water resources, & traffic)
• Reduce number of plan sheets
• Use Bentley Infrastructure Cloud viewer for review. 
Bridge Replacement BRPC- Bridge Replacement or Construction Bridge Replacement Grading, bituminous surfacing and box culvert replacement on Hwy 92 over Badger Creek. In-house design. Minimal plan sheets. Jim Bittmann -
District 3 2022 7106-87 169 Redefine--Elk River • Use of consultant-created 3D model during project development to produce 2D contractual deliverable
• Use of Bentley Synchro Control & Field and creation of data entry forms for field information
• Using 3D model to help populate inspection/material testing forms; Tim Paul used 3D hosted Bentley Cloud.
• Project involved the development of (non-contractual) 3D models to be used in development of the 2D contract deliverable; the 3D models were not used during construction.
Reconstruction GRSU - Grade and Surface Bridge Replacement Reconstruct US 169 in Elk River, TH 101 to 197th Ave.  Convert to freeway design.  Replace Br 71002 with new BR 71020 NB over US 10 Darren Nelson March 16, 2022
District 3 2022,
2025
8001-44 Hwy 10, 29, & 71 Wadena Construction • Contractual digital files Reconstruction GRSU - Grade and Surface Major Construction Road reconstruction (4-lane expansion) on US 10 from 1.3 mi W of CSAH 75 to 3rd St in Wadena and from Wadena CSAH 4 to 0.4 mi E of Oink Joint Rd and road reconfiguration from 3rd St in Wadena to CSAH 4. Includes Roundabouts AT US 10 & Ottertail CSAH 92 and US 10 & Wadena CSAH 54(Harry Rich Dr). Eric Schiller April 24, 2025
District 4 2024,
2025
5618-117 Hwy 59 Pelican Rapids Reconstruction • Using 3D model to populate inspection/material testing forms Bridge Improvement and Repair GRSU - Grade and Surface Major Construction Complete streets reconstruction in Pelican Rapids; resurface bridge Thomas Pace Feb. 27, 2024
District 6 2026 2508-36 Bridge box culvert replacement • Design discipline model, non-contractual.
• Construction will view ORD files on Trimble device and use Mobile Inspector software to synch inspection data with AASHTOWare
• [GEC Contract]
Bridge Replacement BRPC- Bridge Replacement or Construction Bridge Replacement Replace Highway 56 box culvert over stream north of Kenyon Paul Zager -
District 7 2024 0804-119 Hwy 14 New Ulm Roundabout • Using 1205 "Additional Information" for 3D files for contractor and inspection 
• Handing out model with Item Types included
Safety HSIP Traffic Control Devices/Safety Roundabout Construct roundabout at Jct of Hwy 14 and Highland Ave in New Ulm Mathew Thibert Feb. 22, 2024
District 7 2024 8302-48 Hwy 4 St. James to Sleepy Eye • Contractor-created digital models Reconditioning Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Mill and Bit Overlay Resurface Hwy 4 from Armstrong Blvd. in St James to Brown Hwy 18; replace 1 bridge Glen Coudron Feb. 22, 2024
District 8 2025 3412-76  Hwy 71 and Hwy 23 Resurfacing Willmar • Contractual digital files. The milling surface was provided as a contractual model, but the rest of the project designed/modeled and delivered through a plan set. (All work was complete via Consultant) Resurfacing Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Concrete Overlay Resurface SB lane of Hwy 71 from south end of Hwy 23 bypass to the Business 71 split & resurface Hwy 23 from CR 5 to start of Hwy 23 bypass. Al Setrum May 20, 2025
District 8 2023 3405-94 TH 23 South Gap; Willmar ramps at Hwy 23 & CR 5 • Viewed ORD files on Trimble device and used Mobile Inspector software to synch inspection data with AASHTOWare 
• Piloted Trimble Quadri 
Reconstruction GRSU - Grade and Surface Major Construction Construct on and off ramps at Hwy 23 and CR 5 in Willmar. Al Setrum May 24, 2023
Metro District 2024 0208-165 Highway 65 - Spring Lake Park, Blaine, Ham Lake and East Bethel • 3D Model (not contractual) & E-ticketing Resurfacing Appurtenance, Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Median Barrier, Mill and Overlay Repair pavement and replace bridges 6817 Michael Kronzer March 25, 2024
Metro District 2024 6212-192 Hwy 36 Roseville & Little Canada • E-ticketing Resurfacing Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Mill and Bit Overlay Grading, Bituminous Mill & Surfacing, ADA Improvements, TMS, Signals, and Lighting Heather Gardner May 23, 2024
Metro District 2023,
2024
8282-132 I-94 Oakdale, Woodbury, Landfall, Lake Elmo, Afton, & Lakeland • E-ticketing Reconstruction GRSU - Grade And Surface, Pavement Resurface and Rehabilitation Auxiliary Lane, Concrete Overlay Resurface road, traffic management system, drainage, signing, lighting, guardrail, noise wall, Hudson frontage Rd resurfacing, median barrier and ADA improvements on I-94 from Hwy 120 (Century Ave) in Oakdale to St. Croix River in Lakeland and Construct EB auxiliary lane on I-94 from I-94/494/694 in Oakdale to Hwy 19 (Woodbury Dr) in Woodbury Ryan Coddington March 10, 2023