Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu November 07, 2019
Time Has Come to Usher in the New With Charlestown Bridge Replacement
Having served motorists for more than a century, Boston's historic North Washington Street Bridge is nearing its end. Efforts are under way to replace the structure with a new bridge designed for the 21st century, at a cost of $200 million....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 28, 2019
Restoring an American Landmark
The New York City Department of Transportation has given contractors the nod to begin work on a project to restore the Brooklyn Bridge. Navillus Contracting and the MLJ Contracting Corp. are partnering on the $238 million restoration work....
RIDOT - Thu October 24, 2019
RIDOT Begins First Phase to Replace Hawkins Street Bridge
The Rhode Island Department of Transportation (RIDOT) announced the start of a project to replace the city of Providence-owned Hawkins Street Bridge, which carries Hawkins Street over the West River, between Branch Avenue and Corliss Park, in Providence....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 17, 2019
GDOT's Islands Expressway Bridge Replacement Hits One Year Mark
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) is investing $58.9 million to demolish the two Causton Bluff Bridges built in 1963 over the Wilmington River (Atlantic Intercoastal Waterway) along Islands Expressway (CR 787) in Chatham County....
Associated Press - Mon October 14, 2019
Small Century-Old Span for Sale in Pa.
WAYNESBURG, Pa. (AP) A small century-old bridge in Pennsylvania is up for sale as long as the buyer agrees to relocate and preserve the steel structure. According to the (Washington) Observer-Reporter, a legal advertisement says the Federal Highway Administration and other agencies have announced the availability of the span along a remote road near Waynesburg in southwestern Pennsylvania's Greene County....
TRIP - Mon October 14, 2019
TRIP Grades the State of New York's Infrastructure
Ten percent of bridges in New York State are rated in poor/structurally deficient condition, according to a new report released by TRIP, a Washington, D.C.-based national transportation research nonprofit....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon October 14, 2019
'Bridge to Nowhere' Starts to Go Somewhere
What was once called the "Bridge to Nowhere" in Bluefield, W. Va., is now going somewhere thanks to the Governor's Roads to Prosperity Program. According to Terra L. Goins, PE, assistant district engineer of the West Virginia Division of Highways (WDOH), the bridge was one of the first projects added to the program....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu October 10, 2019
Working Together: DOTs Collaborate on Piscataqua River Bridge Project
Crews working on a $53 million bridge repair over a New England river are getting a big assist from a piece of equipment never before used in Maine. Working in collaboration with the New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT), the Maine DOT (MDOT) is repairing the I-95 bridge over the Piscataqua River....
ADOT - Wed October 09, 2019
Work Begins on $22.7M Pinto Creek Bridge Project
An Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) project on U.S. 60 east of the Phoenix area is replacing the 70-year-old bridge over Pinto Creek with a nearly 700-ft. span designed to better accommodate personal and commercial travel for decades to come....
ADOT News - Tue October 08, 2019
Federal Grant Will Advance U.S. 191 Bridge Improvements on Navajo Nation
Winning a $10.4 million Federal Highway Administration grant will allow the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to advance improvements to four U.S. 191 bridges in a corridor important to residents of the Navajo Nation and Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona....
