Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 06, 2025
PennDOT, Contractors Get Ready to Slide New Commercial Street Bridge Into Place in Pittsburgh
Drivers exiting the Pennsylvania Turnpike and heading into Pittsburgh most likely will be using I-376 to get there. The highway travels through a wooded area and then enters the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, a twin-bore opening stretching nearly a mile long....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed July 23, 2025
PennDOT to Create High-Speed I-80 Corridor
For many years, truckers and motorists had to transfer to SR 26 and other lower speed roads to transition from I-99 to I-80, one of the most important east-west highways in the country. Signalized traffic mixed with local traffic from the nearby community of Bellefonte to create congestion and angst....
Amtrak - Wed April 23, 2025
Historic Rail Stations in Pa. Towns of Latrobe, Greensburg Plan Upgrades
Amtrak announced on April 21, 2025, that it is beginning critical improvements and repairs at Latrobe (LAB) and Greensburg (GNB), two historic train stations located in western Pennsylvania that date back to the early 1900s....
Pittsburgh Union Progress - Mon March 24, 2025
Pennsylvania Turnpike Officials to Begin Removing Toll Plazas, Revising Interchanges in April
Contractors will start removing Pennsylvania Turnpike toll plazas and reconfiguring entrance and exit ramps on the highway in the eastern part of the state in April 2025, the Pittsburgh Union Progress reported March 23, 2025....
Erie Times-News - Mon December 16, 2024
Busy Construction Season Ends in NW Pa. as PennDOT Looks Ahead to 2025 Projects
The 2024 road construction season is officially over in northwestern Pennsylvania as the state Department of Transportation (PennDOT) turns its focus toward clearing roads of snow and ice. The Erie Times-News took a look back Dec....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu December 12, 2024
BPC, Fay Lead Part of $1.5B PennDOT Project
Fay, a subsidiary of S&B USA Construction, is currently acting as a subcontractor to Bridging Pennsylvania Constructors (BPC), a joint venture between S&B USA Construction and FCC Construction on the I-80 North Fork bridges project in Brookville, Pa....
TribLIVE.com & PennDOT - Tue December 03, 2024
VIDEO: PennDOT to Make $50M Upgrade to U.S. 119, Plans to Replace Old Bridge in Fayette County
Traffic signals at two intersections on U.S. Highway 119 in southwest Pennsylvania are slated to be removed as state transportation officials hope to improve safety on a section of the highway just south of Westmoreland County....
AASHTO - Tue November 05, 2024
Winners Named for America's Transportation Awards
An innovative highway emergency repair project in Pennsylvania and construction of a new bridge spanning the Ohio River took home top honors at the 2024 America's Transportation Awards competition. The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's I-95/Cottman Avenue Emergency Response project received the contest's grand prize, while the West Virginia Department of Transportation's Wellsburg Bridge project won the People's Choice Award....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 17, 2024
PennDOT Preserves McKees Rocks Bridge
A project to preserve a Pittsburgh, Pa., bridge will be complete by next summer, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). The $40.8 million McKees Rocks Bridge Preservation project is fully funded by the state....
CEG - Thu August 29, 2024
PennDOT to Start Massive Road Project in Bellefonte, Replace Small Bridge in Erie County
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) will start construction on the long-awaited $259 million high-speed interchange project between Interstate 80 and I-99 near Bellefonte on Sept.4....
