Bridges

WALA FOX10 News - Mon June 21, 2021

Mobile, Ala., Bay Bridge Project Back on Track, But Funding Issues Still Loom

The Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project is one of those good news/bad news situations. The good news to report is that the long-discussed project is now back on track to be built, after local officials balked at putting tolls on its usage in 2019....

Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 17, 2021

Spanning the Potomac: Three-Quarter-Billion-Dollar Bridge Replacement Under Way

The construction of a new Potomac River crossing from Charles County, Md., to King George County, Va., is well under way for the Maryland Transportation Authority (MDTA). Thousands of Marylanders depend on the Nice/Middleton Bridge daily for work, business and recreation....

Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu June 17, 2021

Reconstruction Begins On Century-Old Border Crossing Span Over St. John River

The 100-year-old Madawaska/Edmundston International Bridge, which serves as a border crossing between Maine and Canada, is being reconstructed. Work began in April on the project that should be completed in 2025....

Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Wed June 16, 2021

Reed & Reed Leads Twin Bridges in Vermont to Mid-Summer Completion

The construction of the Rockingham twin bridges, which travel over the Williams River and the Green Mountain Railroad on I-91 in Rockingham, Vt., will be completed in July, with Reed & Reed of Woolwich, Maine, finishing 24S, the southbound bridge....

AZ DOT - Wed June 16, 2021

Crews Replacing Historic Route 66 Rio de Flag Bridge

The Rio de Flag Flood Control Project is a 20-year effort between the city of Flagstaff and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prevent life/safety hazards and property damage caused by significant flood events in Flagstaff....

Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed June 16, 2021

Granite Construction, Mahaffey Drilling Fix Railroad Issue in Encinitas

People living on or near North Vulcan Avenue in the Leucadia district of Encinitas had a problem. This beachfront community in north coastal San Diego County is home to Coast Highway 101 and Los Angeles to San Diego (LOSSAN) railroad tracks, which carry 37 passenger and freight trains per day....

NBC DFW - Mon June 14, 2021

Officials Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for U.S. 75 Bridge

Local leaders celebrated the official groundbreaking of a bridge that will link the pedestrian and bike trails on either side of U.S. Highway 75 in Dallas. The $9.3-million project is a partnership with the city of Dallas, Dallas County, North Central Texas Council of Governments, TxDOT and Friends of Northaven Trail....

Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021

Old River Road Overpass On I-16 Nears Its Finish

McLendon Enterprises Inc. is a few months away from completing the Georgia Department of Transportation's (GDOT) $8,575,000 Old River Road Overpass at Interstate 16 project in Bloomingdale, Effingham County....

CEG - Thu June 10, 2021

Rehab of Northampton 'Free Bridge' in Pennsylvania to Resume in 2021

The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission (DRJTBC) said June 8 that it will start repairs later this year on the free bridge connecting Easton, Pa., and Phillipsburg, N.J., a project that was delayed several months due to COVID-19....

Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 10, 2021

NCDOT Widens Strategic Highway

In an effort to improve traffic, construction crews in North Carolina are working on a stretch of I-40 from Raleigh to the I-40/NC 42 interchange in Clayton. The $360 million project was designed to help ease congestion and delays, make travel safer throughout the area and better accommodate motorists due to future growth....