Highway 1804 work under way

Gordon Weixel Bismarck Tribune

April 27, 2007

Work is under way on Highway 1804, widening the section from 48th Avenue to Signal Avenue, just past the University of Mary.

The $9 million project is being handled by Northern Improvement and is the third phase of the reconstruction of 1804-University Drive, according to Bob Fode, the North Dakota Department of Transportation's director of transportation programs.

The 2.5-mile section, currently a two-lane route, will be widened to five lanes of asphalt, including a center turn lane.

The Apple Creek Bridge will be replaced at a cost of $800,000. The pedestrian-bike path that currently ends just south of Burleigh Avenue will be extended to the University of Mary on the west side of 1804 at a cost of between $200,000 and $300,000.

"A thin lift overlay of 1804 past Signal Street will be coming up in a couple of years and will be the last piece in the 1804 project," Fode said.

The federal government will be covering 80 percent of the cost of the project, with the state picking up the remainder. The project is slated for completion by Oct. 28 of this year.

(Reach reporter Gordon Weixel at 250-8255 or gordon.weixel@;bismarcktribune.com.)