Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 24, 2018
Crews Finish Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Ahead of Schedule
A bridge replacement project in downtown Boston that once would have taken several years to complete was traffic-ready after only days of closure. The bridge, owned by the city of Boston, carries 22,000 vehicles daily on Massachusetts Avenue, running over Commonwealth Avenue below, and is the most heavily used bus route in Boston....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Thu April 26, 2018
Phase 2 of Route 146/West Main Street Interchange Project Now Under Way
The construction of the replacement bridge that carries Route 146 over the city of Millbury's West Main Street may be the most visible component of MassDOT's Route 146/West Main Street Interchange project, but it's not the only improvement within the project area....
Thu April 26, 2018
Boston's North Washington Street Bridge Project Advances
The MassDOT Board of Directors approved awarding a contract for approximately $177 million to replace the North Washington Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Boston Inner Harbor between the North End and Charlestown....
Thu April 26, 2018
MassDOT Begins Repair Work on Boston's Tobin Bridge
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation announced that traffic disruptions including lane closures which began April 22 and continue during several construction seasons through 2020 as it makes repairs to the aging Tobin Bridge that carries U.S....
Victor Paul Alvarez - CEG Correspondent - Thu April 12, 2018
Vinagro Corporation Demolishes Massachusetts Bridge
Repeated battering from recent Nor'easters didn't stop the J.R. Vinagro Corporation from tearing down a portion of I-95 north and southbound over North Avenue in Attleboro, Mass., in March. The Johnston, R.I., company brought excavators equipped with shears and hydraulic hammers to demolish and remove 7,200-sq.-ft....
Daniel Libon – PATCH STAFF - Thu March 29, 2018
Work on I-95 in Needham Restarts
Crews resumed overnight construction operations on Route 128/Interstate 95 in Needham and Wellesley as part of the ongoing Add-A-Lane project, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation....
AASHTO Journal - Mon March 26, 2018
State DOT: Board Advances $177M Bridge Replacement Project
The board of directors for the Massachusetts Department of Transportation approved a contract for about $177 million to replace Boston's North Washington Street Bridge that carries traffic over the Boston Inner Harbor between the North End and Charlestown....
Thu March 15, 2018
MassDOT Research, Materials Lab Is LEED Gold Certified
MassDOT announced that the MassDOT Research and Materials Lab in Hopkinton has been nationally recognized for its environmentally-friendly features. This MassDOT facility, designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects and constructed in 2016, has achieved MassDOT's first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification due to its many amenities including, sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, renewable materials selection and high indoor environmental quality....
Andrea Watts - CEG Correspondent - Thu March 15, 2018
MassDOT's $317M Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement Project in Final Phase
The five-year Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) Whittier Bridge/I-95 Improvement project is now in its final six months. With the construction of the new Whittier Bridge complete, crews are removing the old bridge's foundations from the Merrimack River and paving the new lanes on I-95 within the project corridor....
Mon March 05, 2018
MassDOT Proceeds on Bridge Replacement in Raynham
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation's Board of Directors gave approval Feb. 12 to award a contract for about $20 million to replace the highway bridge that carries vehicles on Route 44 over Route 24 in the southeastern town of Raynham....
