Progress of the State the group was taken down from the capitol roof for a year-long restoration procedure. The quadriga was reinstalled in 1995 and the figures have had several minor "in situ" reapplications of gold leaf since. A comprehensive restoration of the State Capitol building was completed in August 2017. Progress of the State Progress of the State is the title of a group of sculptural figures that sits above the south portico, at the main entrance to the Minnesota State Capitol in Saint Paul, the state capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota. The statuary group is in an arrangement known as
Minnesota State Highway 254 defined as Route 254 in the Minnesota Statutes. MN 254 was authorized on July 1, 1949. Originally, it traveled from U.S. Route 16 (US 16) south through Frost to Iowa Highway 322 (renumbered 254 in 1969) at the state line near Rake, Iowa. The route was paved between US 16 and Frost in 1950. The remainder was paved in the mid-1950s. The part of MN 254 south of Frost was removed from statute in 1988 and turned back to Faribault County. It is now marked County Road 17. Minnesota State Highway 254 Minnesota State Highway 254 (MN 254) is a