Emily Buenzle - Wed June 06, 2018
FDOT Argues Case in Lawsuit About FIU Bridge Documents
In court on June 4, the Florida DOT (FDOT) tried to block the public and media from seeing the records that could show the cause of the fatal FIU bridge collapse in March. FDOT requested that Judge John Cooper of the Leon County Circuit Court dismiss a lawsuit by the Miami Herald, which urged the state of Florida to turn over documents including emails, meeting minutes and additional records detailing the bridge's construction and design, the Tampa Bay Times reported....
AP News - Wed May 30, 2018
NDDOT Proposes Removal of N.D. Historic Bridge
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) The North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) is proposing to remove a historic bridge and is seeking a public or private agency to adopt one or more segments of the structure....
Jennifer Rupp – CEG Correspondent - Tue May 29, 2018
DRBA Aims to Create Safer Delaware Memorial Bridge
Multiple efforts are taking place simultaneously to make the Delaware Memorial Bridge and connecting highway a safer, more reliable thoroughfare now and in the future. From widening interchanges and rehabilitating ramps to new suspension ropes and a dehumidification system, these improvements will ease travel for the millions of motorists traversing between Delaware and New Jersey each year....
Associated Press - Thu May 24, 2018
Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel Expansion Grows
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) The future Hampton Roads Bridge-Tunnel expansion will widen the tunnel to four lanes instead of three. The Virginian-Pilot reported that the land sections of I-64 also will have three lanes in each direction....
Associated Press - Thu May 24, 2018
NTSB Confirms Cracks May Have Contributed to Deadly FIU Bridge Collapse
Federal investigators looking into the collapse of a pedestrian bridge in Florida that killed six people earlier this year confirmed May 23, 2018, that they are focusing in part on the emergence of cracks in the structure before the accident....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 24, 2018
Crews Finish Boston's Commonwealth Avenue Bridge Ahead of Schedule
A bridge replacement project in downtown Boston that once would have taken several years to complete was traffic-ready after only days of closure. The bridge, owned by the city of Boston, carries 22,000 vehicles daily on Massachusetts Avenue, running over Commonwealth Avenue below, and is the most heavily used bus route in Boston....
South Mountain Freeway - Tue May 22, 2018
Salt River Bridges Reach New Heights
The longest bridges on the Loop 202 South Mountain Freeway, two half-mile-long spans over the Salt River, are quickly emerging in Laveen, Ariz. Construction is now two-thirds complete on these bridges, which will serve growing areas of the southwest Valley when the freeway opens by late 2019....
Emily Buenzle - Thu May 17, 2018
Crews Rush to Repair Bridge's Broken Cable
Crews are working hard to repair the 1,000-ft. broken cable on the James B. Edwards bridge, which crosses over the Wando River in the Charleston, S.C. area that caused an emergency shutdown on May 14. Officials said the span will be closed down for four weeks for temporary repairs, the Post and Courier reported....
Emily Buenzle - Thu May 17, 2018
Russia Opens Longest Bridge in Europe
"A miracle has come true," said Russian President Vladimir Putin as he inaugurated a 12-mile bridge May 15, that now connects Crimea with Russia. The inauguration ceremony was led by Putin driving a Kamaz truck, which led a string of dump trucks, cranes and more equipment across the bridge into Kerch, Crimea, TASS reported....
Lori Tobias – CEG Correspondent - Thu May 17, 2018
Work Begins on $67.5M I-65 Project in Shelby County
Work has begun in Shelby County, Ala., to widen bridges and add lanes to a section of I-65 known for its severe traffic back up in both the morning and evening commutes. The $67.5 million project was awarded as a joint venture to Dunn Construction and Wiregrass Construction and will take place from State Route 3 Interchange (US 31 – Exit 238) in Alabaster to the County Road 52 Interchange (Exit 242) in Pelham....
