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Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed December 04, 2024

VIDEO: Hawkins Takes On Nebraska's $130M I-80 Expansion

Fifty years after becoming the first state in the United States to complete its interstate highway system, Nebraska is rebuilding 7.6 mi. of I-80, the only interstate in the midwestern state. Work began on the span between Pleasant Dale and the capital city of Lincoln in the spring....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed April 24, 2024

New Bridges Part of Iowa's $114M Madison Avenue Project

As the final piece in the comprehensive Council Bluffs Interstate System Improvement Program puzzle, the $114 million Madison Avenue Interchange reconstruction project will expand the interstate capacity to the east of the I-80/I-29 East System interchange and replace deteriorating bridges....

ARTBA - Wed September 13, 2023

ARTBA Contractors From Arizona, Nebraska, Utah Receive 2023 ARTBA Contractor Safety Awards

Transportation construction companies from three states were recognized Sept. 11 for their outstanding employee safety programs during the American Road & Transportation Builders Association's (ARTBA) national convention in La Jolla, Calif....

ARTBA - Thu July 15, 2021

Hawkins Construction Co. President, Mayer Brown Partner, Two California Projects Receive National Public-Private Partnership Awards

Hawkins Construction Co. President Chris Hawkins; Mayer Brown Partner Mitch Holzrichter; the Sepulveda Transit Corridor in Los Angeles; and University of California (UC) Merced have been recognized as models of excellence in innovative transportation leadership and finance, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) announced July 15....

Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Tue December 22, 2020

Nebraska Launches $352M Lincoln South Beltway

Most large cities have a loop around the city center to divert traffic from the downtown area and to enhance traffic flow. Lincoln, Neb., has been dreaming of a beltway since the 1960s, but until the Build Nebraska Act was passed in 2011, designating one-quarter of 1 percent of sales tax for expansion of the expressway system, federal high priority corridors and preservation of the existing transportation system, the Nebraska Department of Transportation wasn't able to commit the resources necessary....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2018

First Phase of U.S. 30 Upgrade Moves Forward

The Nebraska Department of Transportation, via the Build Nebraska Act, is spending close to $170 million to convert roughly 26 mi. of U.S. Highway 30 (U.S. 30) between Schuyler and Fremont in Dodge and Colfax County from a two-lane road into a four-lane expressway on new alignment that in places is 1.5 to 2 mi....