This long journey has come to a close in the fall of 2021. Many, many people put in a lot of effort to make sure this project was a success for the lake owners and local Akeley community members. The lake crossing of course serves as a vital Highway link. It also provides lake crossing for hikers, bikers, and ATV riders. State of MN kicked in all of the funds for this, with MnDOT engineers providing design and coordinating all of the construction. Landwehr Construction completed the actual work. Thank you all so much!
Some details of the new concrete box culvert…Inside dimensions are 14′ wide by 14′ tall. Soon after construction concluded we had a measurement of 8′ of air gap and 6′ from waterline to the bottom of the culvert (as we know the water level is always fluctuating some). It was designed with a 7’6″ air gap in mind. Some settling may occur, but a min 4′ of aggregate bedding was specified.
For the sake of posterity, check out the Page link to the right for history, communications, slides, files, pics, etc. The links below will take you to pictures of the finished culvert as well as the construction phase.