Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Wed February 05, 2020
$143M Project Adds Lanes to Indiana's I-65
The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is overseeing a $143 million project that will increase mobility throughout a section of the I-65 corridor. Between U.S. Highway 50 and S.R. 58 at Walesboro, work is ongoing to completely reconstruct and reconfigure I-65 as a six-lane concrete roadway....
Indiana Department of Transportation - Wed January 22, 2020
IDOT Awards $164M Contract to Build I-69 in Martinsville
The Indiana Department of Transportation has awarded Walsh Construction Company II LLC a $164.8 million contract to transform 6 mi. of State Road 37 into Interstate 69. Walsh's proposal was the lowest price among four responsive bids and $7.8 million below estimate....
AASHTO Journal - Wed September 18, 2019
Purdue Using Sensors to Track Lifecycle of Concrete
A team of Purdue University engineers is using roadway sensors to compile data on "concrete maturity" during select highway patching and paving projects — a project that seeks to establish "evidence-based recommendations" on the optimal time to re-open highways to traffic once construction activity is completed....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Wed June 12, 2019
Work Continues on Final Section of I-69 Project
Work on the last section of an Indiana interstate project is underway. With an estimated cost of $1.5 billion, the 27-mi. I-69 Interstate extension to connect Indianapolis to Evansville is the most expensive of all six sections, coming with a price tag more expensive than all the previous five sections combined....
AASHTO Journal - Wed April 17, 2019
Indiana Kicks Off 2019 Road Construction Season
Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb helped kick off the 2019 road construction season in Indiana during a March 19 media event — construction that's touted in part as the continuation of the state's Next Level Roads strategy, originally implemented in mid-2017....
AASHTO Journal - Thu August 30, 2018
Mid-America Transportation Projects Win Big in National Competition
Eight outstanding transportation projects from five mid-America states were honored Aug. 29 in the fourth and final regional America's Transportation Awards competition. The projects were recognized for major achievements, including: engaging small businesses through a “first of its kind” training program; replacing bridges to reconnect communities after major flooding; increasing mobility through a $2 billion overhaul of the most popular Amtrak route in the Midwest; and modernizing an aging freeway to improve safety and economic development....
Robert Damora – CEG Correspondent - Wed May 30, 2018
Project Breathes New Life Into an Old Street
For years, Franklin, Ind.'s Jefferson Street was in dire need of revitalization. With population growth, new commercial businesses moving in and the vexing issue of traffic, it goes with saying that the old Jefferson Street needed a new lease on life....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Wed January 10, 2018
Walsh Construction Performs Bridge Slide on I-70 Project
For the second time in its history, the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) is using a slide-in-bridge method to replace the twin bridges on Interstate 70 (I-70) at State Route 121/New Paris Pike (SR 121) in Wayne County....
Irwin Rapoport - Wed November 15, 2017
Crews Use Unique Method on INDOT Project
Gradex Inc. is about one year away from completing the Indiana Department of Transportation's (INDOT) $23.9 million U.S. 40 and U.S. 27 project in downtown Richmond. The project, which is divided into three phases, started last March and should be completed in late 2018....
Wed November 01, 2017
Officials Plan to Widen I-69 in Central Ind.
ANDERSON, Ind. (AP) State officials are planning a project that will widen a section of Interstate 69 to six lanes northeast of Indianapolis. The planned project would add a lane for both northbound and southbound traffic on a seven-mile section between Indiana 38 near Pendleton and the Indiana 9 exit at Anderson....
