Lunda Construction Company and C.S. McCrossen Construction Company, Inc. formed a Joint Venture in 1989 for this project combining the strength and resources of both companies. Lunda would be primarily responsible for the construction of all of the bridges and the majority of the retaining walls. McCrossen would be responsible for all of the traffic control, earthwork, roadway paving (concrete and asphalt), landscaping, signing and lighting, and other incidentals of the project. When the Minnesota Department of Transportation opened the bids and awarded the project to the Joint Venture, it became the largest individual contract ever to be undertaken by the owner. In the 10 years since, this contract still stands as the largest ever for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.

The project consisted of the construction of 44 retaining walls and 20 bridges, and stretched over 2.3 miles in the North/South corridor and 1.3 miles in the East/West corridor. The project paralleled and was reconstructed over Minnesota TH 100 and USH 12 (Wazata Boulevard) in the Minneapolis suburb of Golden Valley. The new interchange was a major link in the completion of I-394 which connects downtown Minneapolis (I-94) with its western suburbs and I-494. Because of the high volume of traffic (over 100,000 vehicles per day) and its close proximity to downtown, this project was highly visible and affected the lives of thousands of motorists each day. For these reasons, it was extremely important for the Joint Venture to execute the work as quickly and safely as possible to avoid inconvenience to the traveling public. This was accomplished through changes to the construction staging which culminated in completing the project in 1992, over 200 calendar days early.