CONSTRUCTION

Highway 61 detour in eastern Duluth starts today

The city of Duluth’s efforts to extend the Lakewalk trail system farther east will spur traffic detours starting today.

By News Tribune staff , April 08, 2013

Reminder: Highway 61 closure in eastern Duluth starts Monday

The city of Duluth's efforts to extend the Lakewalk trail system farther east will spur traffic detours starting Monday.

By News Tribune staff , April 07, 2013

Highway 61, Scenic 61 detours coming in April

City of Duluth officials said today that Lakewalk extension work will include a pedestrian tunnel that allows users to safely cross under Highway 61.

By News Tribune staff , March 11, 2013

Plan is clear when you're an ice-bar builder

Experience counts when you're building with ice. That’s why Chris Swarbrick had no fears of nearly 50-degree weather lousing up his latest project, the ice bar on the deck of Little Angie’s Cantina & Grill in Canal Park.

By Mike Creger , December 04, 2012

Scenic Highway 61 to close for culvert repair

The St. Louis County Highway Department said work on the project will begin this week.

By News Tribune staff , September 24, 2012

Rumble strips still a hot issue

According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, rumble strips save lives. They alert drivers who have veered from their lanes and can reduce “run off the road” crashes by 40 percent. According to some local residents, rumble strips are just plain noisy.

By LaReesa Sandretsky , September 06, 2012

Road closures reroute Brimson event goers

Beginning Thursday, Aug. 16, St. Louis County Public Works will be replacing culverts on Highway 55 (Two Harbors – Brimson Road) from Highway 44 to the St. Louis County border. Highway 55 will be closed to traffic and a detour will be posted.

By LaReesa Sandretsky , August 16, 2012

Help needed on fiber project

The Lake Connections broadband fiber project is recruiting temporary workers to residents this month and in July in the Two Harbors and Silver Bay areas to gather signed permission forms to install fiber-optic connections.

By News-Chronicle staff , June 08, 2012

Construction, rain’s aftermath will affect Northland traffic

A section of Interstate 35 in Carlton County will be reduced to a single lane in each direction, and several ramps will close, beginning this Thursday as crews work on a resurfacing project.

By News Tribune staff , June 03, 2012

Mild winter has MnDOT ahead on projects

May 26, 2012

Rumble strips planned for Highway 61

During a summer project to resurface roads on Highway 61 from Silver Creek Tunnel to Gooseberry River, the Minnesota Department of Transportation plans to gouge new “rumble strips” into the highway.

By Alicia Lebens , May 25, 2012

Know where property lines are before construction projects this spring

Any construction on state land is prohibited by state law.

By Pine Journal staff , April 24, 2012

Bygones for Dec. 28, 2011

News Tribune Dec. 28, 1971

Ninety-six percent of the available space in the new Miller Hill Mall now under construction has been either leased or is committed, officials said yesterday. When completed in the summer of 1973, the mall will feature about 50 retail stores.

By News Tribune staff , December 28, 2011

As Duluth college enrollment grows, developer brings housing plan

Even as Duluth college students and residents are telling the city they want more student housing and retail closer to campus, an established developer of student housing complexes is working to create just that.

By Jana Hollingsworth , November 20, 2011

Mega relief coming for Duluth commuters

After two consecutive seasons of construction, traffic flow through Duluth's major transportation artery will be restored Friday.

By Steve Kuchera and John Myers , October 19, 2011