Highway Crossings

Highway Crossings provides information on safe and proper methods for crossing highways with utility infrastructure, helping members and contractors understand guidelines to protect both the public and Capital Electric Cooperative’s equipment.

Capital Electric Cooperative (CEC) is pursuing a project to convert 46 existing overhead distribution lines to underground conductors which cross federal and state highways.

The project involves directional boring under existing highways, pulling underground conductors, modifying overhead structures at edges of road right-of-way (ROW), terminating and energizing new conductors, and retiring overhead wire from above the roadway.  Click on the Project Information tab to learn more about this project. 

CEC has been awarded federal grand funds from the Infrastructure and Jobs Act (IIJA) to utilize for this project, facilitated via the State of North Dakota by the North Dakota Transmission Authority. 

CEC also utilizes funding from the United States Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities (RUS).  Applicants will be required to comply with both grant and RUS requirements.