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Bemidji Area Projects in 2001
Pave a 2 mile segment from the Mississippi river bridge
along the East side of Lake Bemidji on RR grade into city of
Bemidji. State bonding funded. $400,000 |
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Concrete bridge over Bemidji
bypass. 4 lanes of highway - 2 spans with pier in
median. Concrete decks. Prospect cost $800,000. T-21 plus
bonding. 2001 complete. |
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Single span concrete bridge over County
road 197 (Washington Ave) Concrete deck. Cost
$400,000. Bonding and DOT funded. 2001. |
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Cass Lake Area 2002
U.S.F.S. projects develop and pave 8.7 mile trail around Pike
Bay of Cass Lake to connect with Heartland State Trail. T-21
and U.S.F.S. funds project cost $600,000. |
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Heartland State Trail, Walker to Cass
Lake 18 miles. 2001. TEA 21 and bonding. $1.2 million. |
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Paul Bunyan Scenic Byway
2001 Construction of 12.7 miles of paved shoulders on CSAH 16
from Jenkins to Crosslake $350,000 T-21 funded with match from
local community. |
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2003 proposed paved shoulders 4.8
miles on CSAH 11 from Pequot Lakes to Breezy Point
$160,000. T-21 applied for. |
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Baxter Area
Baxter segments of Paul Bunyan State Trail complete in
2000. 8 miles funded by City of Baxter, local trail grants
and MN DOT. |
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Baxter Hwy. 371/210 Tunnel
Underpass/Trail scheduled for 2002. Project cost $450,000
(approx.). T-21 funding approved as high-priority
demonstration project. Local match; MN DOT, DNR, Crow Wing
County, Cities of Baxter and Brainerd. |
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Brainerd Highway Bridge
New 4-lane highway bridge over Mississippi River includes a
12' trail lane separated from motor vehicle traffic by a 2 1/2'
concrete barricade. Added cost to bridge project
$600,000. Funded by MN DOT. Open August 2000. |
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1998 Minnesota statute extends the Paul
Bunyan Trail from Baxter South to Crow Wing State Park
approximately 5 miles. Routes under consideration. |
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Morrison County, Crow Wing Township,
and Crow Wing County. Citizen's committee working with MN
DOT on future trail alignment to Little Falls for a regional trail
connection form Crow Wing State Park to Lake Wobegon regional
trail via Little Falls to Holdingford. |
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2000 legislative request; 1.4 million
dollars to connect the PBST from Hackensack to Heartland State
Trail through 18 miles of the Chippewa National Forest.
Total project cost $2.6 million. $1 million from 98
bonding. To be completed 2002. |
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