Maine DOT - Wed July 03, 2019
Maine Provides I-95, Piscataqua River Bridge Construction Update
The Maine Department of Transportation began making traffic changes to accommodate work on the I-95 Piscataqua River bridge, Maine's vital connection to New Hampshire and the rest of New England. The I-95 Exit 1 southbound on-ramp at Dennett Road in Kittery will be closed to facilitate construction activities....
Eric Olson –CEG Correspondent - Tue July 02, 2019
Caltrans: Initial Fixes on RSR Bridge Due to Complete in July
It's never good when crumbling concrete falls off an aging highway bridge, but particularly so on one that crosses a portion of San Francisco Bay, one of the busiest traffic corridors in the world. The structure in question is the 5½-mi.-long Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, the northernmost of the Bay's five crossing points....
Associated Press - Tue July 02, 2019
Remaining Parts of Collapsed Italian Bridge are Demolished
GENOA, Italy (AP) — A spectacular planned explosion on June 28, knocked down the remaining spans and supporting pillars of the Italian bridge that collapsed last year with the loss of 43 lives. The blast in Genoa at 9:37 a.m....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Mon July 01, 2019
Idaho Transportation Department Oversees $17.5M St. Maries, St. Joe Bridge Replacements
Construction crews are finishing work on two bridges in a design-build project in Northern Idaho. The project aims to replace the original structures on Idaho Highway 3 (ID-3) over the St. Maries Railroad and the St....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Fri June 28, 2019
Pre-Construction Activities Ramp Up on Walk Bridge Replacement Project
In Connecticut, pre-construction efforts are under way on The Walk Bridge Replacement Project. The project is currently at 60 percent design, and is expected to start construction by summer of next year....
Brenda Ruggiero – CEG Correspondent - Mon June 24, 2019
MDOT SHA Replaces Bridge Over CSX Line
In Arbutus, Md., which is located in Baltimore County, the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) is heading up a project to replace the U.S. 1 (Washington Boulevard) Bridge over the CSX Transportation rail line....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu June 20, 2019
Rhode Island's Newport Bridge Turns 50
In the late 1960s, college student Michael Gallogly spent two summers working as an oiler on the Newport Bridge. A half-century later, he recalls in vivid detail the men he encountered, including one Native American ironworker who stood on the barge's steel deck in front of the engine shacks....
ALL Family of Companies - Wed June 12, 2019
Crane, Bulldozer Partner to Set Cantilever Bridge
Cranes and bulldozers rule different realms: one, the air and the other, land. It's not every day they collaborate on setting a bridge, but they did just that for a temporary cantilever bridge in Aurora, N.C., earlier this year....
Ken Liebeskind -CEG Correspondent - Thu June 06, 2019
Tight Environmental Restrictions Mark Haverhill Bridge $102M Reconstruction
A four-year project to widen and replace bridges for Interstate 495 north and south over the Merrimack River in Haverhill, Mass., began in September and will be completed in May 2022. The northbound portion of the bridge will be rebuilt before the existing portion is demolished and will be followed by the completion of the southbound portion....
New Hampshire Department of Transportation - Thu June 06, 2019
NHDOT Wins Award for East Kingston Bridge Project
The New Hampshire Department of Transportation (NHDOT) announced the East Kingston, N.H. 107A Bridge rehabilitation project has been awarded the 2018 Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement (OCEA) Award....
