ST. PAUL, MN — The Minnesota Department of Transportation's 2025 construction season includes nearly 180 planned road and bridge projects, plus 51 projects that will improve airports, water ports, railroad crossings, and transit infrastructure. Significant projects across Minnesota this year include:
- In the Twin Cities metro area, five bridges will be repaired along I-94 in Minneapolis, including the Mississippi River bridge. Other projects include resurfacing Interstate 35W in Burnsville and repairing or replacing bridges at three locations; replacing or repairing bridges on I-494 between Edina and Richfield and over the Minnesota River; reconstructing Highway 5/East 7th Street and Highway 61/Arcade Street in St. Paul and Maplewood; repairing 34 bridges and ramps along I-394 and I-94 in Minneapolis; repairing 11 bridges including the John Ireland Boulevard bridge along I-94 and I-35E in St. Paul; and adding a third lane in each direction on Highway 10 in Coon Rapids.
- The three-year I-35 Hinckley Bridge Replacement project will be completed. In 2025, crews will replace southbound I-35W bridges spanning the Grindstone River and a railroad.
- On Highway 12 from Litchfield to Cokato, crews will complete the two-year concrete repair, culvert, and accessibility improvements project.
- In northern Minnesota, crews are reconstructing Highway 371 through Hackensack to three lanes. The project will add a center-turn lane, additional sidewalks, and parallel parking on both sides of the road and install a roundabout at the Highway 371/Cass County Road 5 intersection.
- Expanding Highway 10 through Wadena to four lanes, plus resurfacing Highways 29 and 71 and other infrastructure improvements, begins in 2025.
- The 11th Street underpass in Moorhead project is entering the second of three years of construction. The project also includes constructing two underpasses under BNSF rail lines, paving, sidewalk improvements, utility replacements, and other improvements.
- Eastbound I-94 will be resurfaced from Rothsay to Fergus Falls.
- From Mankato to St. Peter, work on Highway 22 will begin to replace and repair bridges, install a new roundabout at the Le Sueur County Road 21/Highway 22 intersection, and improve lighting at intersections.
- Reconstructing Highway 19 in Marshall begins its first year of construction.
