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CHS Laurel Refinery
803 US Highway 212 South
Laurel. MT 59044
Dear Laurel City Hall,
In late April, CHS sent you a letter to inform you of a bridge construction project taking place at the
CHS Laurel Refinery, in Laurel, Mont. The project is located on the southern edge of the refinery
immediately adjacent to Montana State Highway 212 and requires lane closures that may cause
minor traffic delays.
To safely lift the bridge into place, Highway 212 will be closed on June 19 from 1 p.m. -3 p.m. and
on June 20 for 12 hours, starting at 7 p.m. Traffic will be rerouted along a route approved by
Yellowstone County and the Montana Department of Transportation (See Attached).
The new bridge will service a new electric substation that will provide power to all areas of the
refinery.
I have enclosed maps and an information sheet with further information. If you have questions
about the project, please contact me at 406-628-5383 or Brandon.Gauthier@chsinc.com.
Thank you,
Brandon Gauthier
Project Manager, CHS Laurel Refinery
406-628-5383
Brandon. Gauthier(cD_chsinc.com
Farmer -owned with
global connections
The CHS Refinery in Laurel, MT processes roughly 60,000 barrels
of crude oil a day. Providing three percent of the United States' daily
consumption requires upkeep and improvements. To ensure ongoing
safety and operations, CHS is installing a new bridge to carry both
workers and electrical power over US Highway 212 and the BNSF
railroad tracks into the refinery.
Currently two bridges carry workers &
liquids over Highway 212
The CHS Refinery maintains two bridges that cross above Highway
212 and the railroad tracks. These bridges have been used for
decades. One bridge carries workers to/from the refinery offices. A
second bridge conveys products over Highway 212 and train tracks
that bisect the refinery. The new bridge will carry workers and 46,
three-inch, insulated power cables from a new Northwestern Energy
substation into the refinery.
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CHS is building a third bridge over Highway 212
In cooperation with Northwestern Energy, CHS is building a new
electric substation between Bernhardt Road and the Laurel Water
Plant, on the east side of Highway 212. The new substation will
replace an older substation within the refinery boundaries. The
new substation is planned to come online in 2018 and will provide
power to all areas of the refinery via the new bridge.
Planned bridge construction
May -July 2018.
When will work begin?
When completed, the bridge will not affect Highway 212 traffic.
Construction of the new bridge has already begun and is expected
to finish in early summer of 2018.
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Expect to see steel bridge parts
delivered and stored on CHS property
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near 1-90 and Highway 212. There
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may be slight travel delays as'
Construction begins in the bridge pier
delivery trucks enter the refinery.
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areas which are outside of Highway
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Nutting Road and the railroad
may have some short closures for
Cranes will be brought in to lift the
construction needs.
bridge and place it on towers. Short
closures will occur on Nutting Road
but delays are not expected on
Highway 212. One or two lanes will be
closed on Highway 212 to keep
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Early June
vehicles outside the construction
Highway 212 will be
areas and may cause a minor
for lifting the bridge over the highway.
slow -down of traffic for a short time.
Drivers will be routed to Thiel, River,
and Duck Creek Roads to get to the
Frontage Road and 1-90 Exit 437 [the
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East Laurel interchange]. CHS is
Cranes and construction materials
coordinating with agencies and will
will be removed as quickly as
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provide notification well before closure.
possible and should have little
impact on Highway 212.
Summary
As the nation's largest cooperative refiner, CHS sells more than
three billion gallons of refined fuels each year. The CHS Laurel
Refinery continues to find better and safer ways to get both workers
and electrical power in and out of the Laurel Refinery.
We appreciate your patience during the construction period and
ask that you slow down during construction activities. If you have
concerns or see unsafe activities during construction, please contact
the CHS Refinery at (406) 628-5383.
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