Baton Rouge Advocate - Thu June 29, 2023
Plans Advance for Baton Rouge-Area Mississippi River Bridge, But Need Support
With statewide elections on the horizon in Louisiana this year, some Baton Rouge-area officials working to bring a new Mississippi River bridge to the region are worried leadership changes could derail construction before it even starts....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 28, 2023
VIDEO: I-95 Reopens to Philly Phanfare
When a tanker truck explosion collapsed part of an I-95 bridge June 11 in Philadelphia, PennDOT sprang into action with an aggressive plan for the crucial roadway. In just two weeks, Penn DOT and contractors C....
Arizona Department of Transportation - Tue June 27, 2023
ADOT, Ames Earn America's Transportation Awards Honors
An Arizona Department of Transportation project that replaced the U.S. 60 Pinto Creek Bridge between the East Valley and Globe has received a regional honor. The 2023 America's Transportation Awards named the venture Best Use of Technology and Innovation, Medium Project, for the Western region....
StreetsblogMASS - Wed June 21, 2023
Work to Start in 2024 on Car-Free Mystic River Bridge Linking Two Boston Suburbs
A new motor vehicle-free bridge to connect the Boston suburbs of Everett and Somerville over the Mystic River is on schedule to begin construction in 2024, according to Massachusetts officials. The elegantly designed bicycle and pedestrian span would provide a direct link between the Encore Casino and the Northern Strand Trail on the northern banks of the Mystic River in Everett to the Assembly Square neighborhood and its Orange Line station in Somerville, on the southern bank....
Ohio Department of Transportation - Tue June 20, 2023
Ohio Gov. Announces Local Bridge Replacements, Improvements
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and Ohio Department of Transportation Director Jack Marchbanks announced June 2 that the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) will dedicate nearly $28 million to support local projects to repair, replace or demolish 24 aging bridges in Ohio....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Mon June 19, 2023
CPM Saves Money Using ChromX Rebar On Yarmouth Bridge Work
The contractor of Maine Department of Transportation's bridge replacement project in Yarmouth overcame the impact of the rise in steel prices during the Russia-Ukraine conflict by switching to ChromX rebar for the second half of the project....
WSDOT - Wed June 14, 2023
Washington Looking for Fixes After Slide Wipes Out 85-Ft. Bridge
Shortly after 9 p.m. Sunday, May 14, debris from an adjacent hillside fell approximately 2,000 ft. above SR 504-Spirit Lake Memorial Highway-and covered the roadway with rock, mud, ice and water causing catastrophic damage to the Spirit Lake Outlet Bridge, which connects travelers to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, near Mt....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Tue June 13, 2023
Fluor Builds Elevated Lanes, Bridges On $548M Job in Texas
As part of a $4 billion effort spearheaded by the Texas Department of Transportation, Fluor Corporation began work on the I-35 Capital Express South project. This portion of the massive Lone Star State project is valued at $548 million....
TxDOT - Tue June 13, 2023
Three Contractors Will Rebuild Three Highway Bridges
Interstate 20 travelers in Midland can see the new bridge at CR 1250 taking shape. Next in line for renovation is the Midkiff bridge followed by Cotton Flat. Phased demolition of the existing Midkiff structure began on May 31....
CEG - Mon June 12, 2023
UPDATE: I-95 in Philly Reopens
UPDATE: Interstate 95 reopened Friday, June 23, fewer than two weeks after a deadly collapse in Philadelphia, a quicker-than-expected rebuild to get traffic flowing again on a heavily traveled stretch of the East Coast's main north-south highway....
