First State Update - Thu August 20, 2020
Concrete Deck Overlay Pilot Project to Soon Begin on Delaware-N.J. Bridge
The Delaware River and Bay Authority (DRBA) announced Aug. 18 that an ultra high-performance concrete (UHPC) deck overlay pilot project will begin on the four-lane New Jersey-bound span of the Delaware Memorial Bridge in September....
Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Wed August 19, 2020
New Interchange Will Ease Long-Rooted Bottleneck
Road and bridge crews are well on their way to easing driving frustrations for thousands of daily motorists at a notorious traffic bottleneck in Vadnais Heights, Minn., where County Road 49, a heavily-used, inter-city arterial crosses over I-694....
Newtown Bee - Wed August 19, 2020
Rochambeau Bridge/I-84 Rehab Work Commences in Connecticut
The Connecticut Department of Transportation (CTDOT) has commenced construction activities for the rehabilitation of the Rochambeau Bridge, which carries Interstate 84 over the Lake Zoar section of the Housatonic River....
PennDOT - Tue August 18, 2020
PennDOT to Replace Philadelphia's US 30/West Girard Avenue Bridge
The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced Aug. 14 that construction would begin to replace the U.S. 30/West Girard Avenue bridge that carries four lanes of traffic and the SEPTA Route 15 trolley over CSX railroad tracks between 34th and 38th streets in the Parkside neighborhood of Philadelphia....
GDOT - Tue August 18, 2020
Outdated SW Georgia Bridge, County Road Safety Contracts Awarded
Contracts representing a nearly $7 million investment in southwest Georgia infrastructure were awarded earlier this summer by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) to replace old, outdated bridges and upgrade county road safety in three counties....
GDOT - Tue August 18, 2020
Augusta, Covington, Ga., Areas to Each Get Replacement Road Bridges
A pair of separate highway bridge projects have been awarded to contractors by the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) in rural areas of the state southeast of Atlanta — one in Covington and a second in Augusta....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue August 18, 2020
Final Phase of Cleveland's $207M Opportunity Corridor Under Way
In Cleveland, Ohio, construction continues on the third and final phase of the $207 million Opportunity Corridor project. The Opportunity Corridor is a planned boulevard that will run from East 55th Street at Interstate 490 to East 105th Street at Chester Avenue....
CEG - Thu August 13, 2020
Construction on Rhode Island's Newport Pell Bridge Enters Phase 3
On Aug. 10, the Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority (RITBA) announced that Phase 3 of construction on the Claiborne Pell Newport Bridge was under way, an operation expected to last through November....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Thu August 13, 2020
Rappahannock Rejuvenation
Under the direction of the Virginia Department of Transportation, (VDOT), a major improvement project has begun on the Route 3 Business bridge over the Rappahannock River, also known as Chatham Bridge....
AZ Media - Wed August 12, 2020
New I-40 Fourth Street Bridge Slides Into Place in Flagstaff
Using an innovative bridge slide technique that accomplishes in days what ordinarily would take months, construction crews have placed a new Fourth Street bridge over Interstate 40 in Flagstaff. The new, wider bridge will improve traffic flow and have a dedicated path for bicycles and pedestrians connecting the Flagstaff Urban Trail System across the interstate....
