WSDOT - Wed November 29, 2023
WSDOT Looks for Public Input On Its Transportation Projects
A compilation of prioritized transportation improvement projects is now ready for public review and comment through Dec. 19. More than 1,200 statewide transportation improvement projects using $3.8 billion in federal funds are included in the 2024-2027 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program, or STIP for short....
HDR Inc. - Wed November 29, 2023
Oregon Selects HDR to Upgrade Portland's Burnside Bridge
Multnomah County has chosen HDR as the prime consultant to perform final design services for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge project. Located in the heart of downtown Portland, Ore., the $895 million project will replace a nearly century-old structure with a new and seismically resilient bridge designed to have a 100-year service life and high functionality for users....
Idaho Transportation Department - Wed November 29, 2023
Idaho Transportation Department Reevaluating State Highway 16 to Address Its Needs
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) has started the process of reevaluating an environmental assessment of State Highway 16 (SH-16) first completed in 2005. While holding to an approved highway alignment from the 2005 study, other features such as roadway connections and highway capacity will be reevaluated to address the needs of growth through the year 2050....
ITD - Wed November 29, 2023
Idaho Transportation Dept. Delivers State Christmas Tree
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) delivered Idaho's state Christmas tree to the steps of the Capitol. This year's tree, which is always a blue spruce, stands at approximately 45 ft. tall and will be cut down to approximately 35 ft....
CEG - Wed November 01, 2023
Seattle Celebrates Six-Year, $489M Project Completion
After investing $489 million and more than six years for a major construction project on the Seattle Waterfront, there is a reason to celebrate. Seattle Gov. Jay Inslee joined local officials, construction crews and the Washington Department of Transportation on Monday, Oct....
WSDOT - Wed November 01, 2023
Graham Contracting Upgrading I-405/85th St. Interchange
Graham Contracting Ltd., WSDOT and Sound Transit are working to reconstruct and improve the I-405/Northeast 85th Street interchange. This project design supports Sound Transit's Stride Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), improves transit connections on Northeast 85th Street and provides direct access to the I-405 Express Toll Lanes (ETLs)....
WSDOT - Wed November 01, 2023
Safety Improvement Project Begins On Bainbridge Island
A long-awaited safety improvement project has begun just south of the Agate Pass Bridge on Bainbridge Island. Contractor crews working for the Washington State Department of Transportation started the construction project on Oct....
Associated Press - Wed November 01, 2023
Feds Approve Gas Pipeline Expansion in Pacific Northwest
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) Federal regulators recently approved the expansion of a natural gas pipeline in the Pacific Northwest over the protest of environmental groups and top officials in West Coast states, who said it goes against the region's plans to address climate change and could pose a wildfire risk....
WSDOT - Wed October 04, 2023
Kraemer North America Reaches Midway Point On Washington's Purdy Creek Project
Construction crews from Kraemer North America are pressing forward on a project that is replacing aging culverts with new large bridge structures over Purdy Creek in Pierce County, Wash. The Washington Department of Transportation (WSDOT) recently provided an update on the project, which is now 50 percent complete thanks to diligent work from the general contractor....
Update Magazine - Wed October 04, 2023
Ascendent Grows Into Full-Service Demolition Contractor
Destruction of the Kingdome — home to Seattle professional sports teams from 1976 to 1999 — provided the catalyst for Rick Estes to start his own business. "I worked for a prominent company that landed the selective demolition," said Estes....
